Unable to update old posts after installing WordPress 4.6

  • Resolved natashaskitchen

    (@natashaskitchen)


    9 years, 9 months ago

    I updated to wordpress 4.6 last night and since then I am unable to update any existing posts. When I make changes and click “update”, the post reverts back to what it was before I tried making changes and I am unable to make any changes at all to existing posts.

    I have tried the following:
    1. Tested on desktop and laptop in all 3 browsers: chrome, safari, firefox,
    2. Had a development site set up for my site to remove all pluggins and once I disabled pluggins, the issue still persisted (so it isn’t related to pluggins). Also, all of my pluggins are up to date.
    3. I also tested different themes (namely I tested twenty fourteen and twenty fifteen) instead of my custom theme and the issue persisted so it is not theme related.
    3. Cleared all cache from my dashboard and cleared cache in my cloudflare account.

    After all this, the issue persists. I am unable to update existing posts on my wordpress site: natashaskitchen.com

    I am convinced this is a WordPress 4.6 bug since the issue occurred immediately following the update. Is this happening to anyone else? I sure hope there is a fix coming soon!!

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  • kmessinger

    (@kmessinger)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Just before updating a post, hit F12 (in Chrome). Do any errors show up?

    Also in your config.php file change define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, false ); to define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true ); Any errors reported?

    Thread Starter natashaskitchen

    (@natashaskitchen)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    I don’t think it is a browser issue because I had it tested on multiple browsers and my web host duplicated the same issue from his end. After changing the config file setting to “true”, this is what happened.

    Notice: register_sidebar was called incorrectly. No id was set in the arguments array for the “Sidebar” sidebar. Defaulting to “sidebar-1”. Manually set the id to “sidebar-1” to silence this notice and keep existing sidebar content. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.2.0.) in /home/natash9/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3995

    Notice: Undefined index: noads in /home/natash9/public_html/wp-content/themes/natashas-kitchen/functions.php on line 330

    Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget in Natasha_Widget_Social is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use
    __construct()
    instead. in /home/natash9/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3766

    Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget in Natasha_Widget_Subscribe is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use
    __construct()
    instead. in /home/natash9/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3766

    Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget in Natasha_Widget_Current_Favorites is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use
    __construct()
    instead. in /home/natash9/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3766

    Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget in Natasha_Widget_Favorite_Tools is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use
    __construct()
    instead. in /home/natash9/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3766

    Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget in Natasha_Widget_Popular_Recipes is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use
    __construct()
    instead. in /home/natash9/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3766

    Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget in Natasha_Widget_Instagram is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use
    __construct()
    instead. in /home/natash9/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3766

    Notice: post_permalink is deprecated since version 4.4.0! Use get_permalink() instead. in /home/natash9/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3706

    Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/natash9/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:3995) in /home/natash9/public_html/wp-admin/post.php on line 197

    Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/natash9/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:3995) in /home/natash9/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 1174

    Thread Starter natashaskitchen

    (@natashaskitchen)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Hitting F12 did not show any errors, just switched me to a different screen on my computer.

    kmessinger

    (@kmessinger)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    It is not about the browser but F12 bringss up developer tools in Chrome so you ca see javascript errors in the code.

    Switch tp the twentysixteen theme and see what errors debug shows.

    Dan14

    (@dan14)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    I have a similar issue with the posts. My theme is TwentyFourteen. After updating to wordpress 4.6, none of the posts or pages are showing on the website!! I do see the title but no content. When I click on categories I get 404, its as if all the posts are hidden. Any idea how to fix this? Its very similar to the topic of this thread.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    @dan14,

    If the troubleshooting already posted made no difference for you, then, as per the Forum Welcome, please post your own topic.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    @natashaskitchen,

    Are ALL your plugins and your theme up to date?

    Have you tried:
    – deactivating ALL (yes all) plugins temporarily to see if this resolves the problem (plugin functions can interfere). If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to find the problematic plugin(s).
    – If you can’t get into your admin dashboard, try resetting the plugins folder by FTP. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems. Also remember to deactivate any plugins in the mu-plugins folder (if you have created such folder). The easiest way is to rename that folder to mu-plugins-old.
    – switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Sixteen, etc.) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins). If you don’t have access to your admin area, use FTP , or your web-host’s cPanel or whatever file management application your host provides (no Dashboard access required). Navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and switch to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder by adding “-old” to the end of the folder name. Alternately, you can remove other themes except the default theme. That will force your site to use it.
    – If all the above steps do not resolve the issue, then try MANUALLY updating. Download a fresh copy of the WordPress .zip file to your computer, unzip it, and use that to copy up all files and folders EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory. You may need to delete the old wp-admin and wp-includes folders and files on your server before uploading the new ones. Please read the Manual Update directions first.
    – Backup: If you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong. You can never have enough backups!

    Dan14

    (@dan14)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you for all your support. When I first updated to 4.6 and I saw the posts are not showing I panicked and restored the backup. I updated to 4.6 again and started disabling plugins one by one until I found which plugin is causing the problem.

    I restored the old version and contacted the plugin developer for assistance. Thanks you for all your support again, this is market as solved.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    9 years, 9 months ago

    glad to know it 🙂

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