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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: a problem with importing database onlineIt looks like some WordPress files are missing or corrupted. Sorry that I cannot be more specific. I suggest you do the following Google search and just read through all the problems until you find a solution that addresses your problem. Be sure to keep backups as you make changes in case your change is not the one that solves the problem.
The Google Search (you must use quotation marks):
“Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp()”Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: a problem with importing database onlineI hope that you won’t be offended if I cut and paste the answer I gave to the same problem 3 days ago:
There is not enough PHP memory allocated for WordPress the way you have it installed. That message indicates that yours is set to 64MB and that is not enough.
This is the best place to start:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHPAs it says, get your web hosting Support folks involved if the wp-config.php statements do not solve your problem.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: a problem with importing database onlineYou are going from a newer version of MySQL to an older version that does not support utf8mb4_unicode_ci collation, which WordPress switched to in a recent version.
As explained in other threads referenced below, the best solution is to upgrade MySQL on the “online server” that you mentioned to a newer version of MySQL that supports utf8mb4_unicode_ci. Or switch to another hosting solution with a newer MySQL.
If that is not feasible, then you’ll have to do a conversion somewhere, which is discussed in these threads:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-collation-utf8mb4_unicode_ci?replies=13#post-6884250
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sql-error-when-importing-database-1?replies=1
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-collation-utf8mb4_unicode_ci?replies=45Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: send data from form to phpmyadmin databaseOr, if you want to continue to use Visual Form Builder, re-ask your question in that plugin’s Support Forum: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/visual-form-builder
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Staging site redirects to main siteI have always relied on this process:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
Notice the statement “If you do a search and replace on your entire database to change the URLs, you can cause issues with data serialization”.
I’ve used a couple of different plugins to overcome that problem, including this one mentioned in that codex article:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/I have also successfully used this plugin for sites that are small enough (Files storage size): https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/
It does all the work for you.Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Velvet Blues Update URLs] Before I startI have always relied on this process:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPressI have also successfully used this plugin for sites that are small enough (Files storage size): https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/
It does all the work for you.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Eggplant 301 Re-directs not workingMy best suggestion at this point is to go through some of the most popular Redirect plugins, including the ones we have talked about, and see who has the best support, in terms of percentage of recent support questions answered by the plugin author, and see if he/she will be work with you on this issue. By re-posting your problem in the plugin’s support threads shown on the plugin directory entry for the plugin you decide has the best support.
Otherwise, all I can suggest is the usual debugging methods:
- WP_DEBUG and WP_DEBUG_LOG set to TRUE in wp-config.php, and possibly some PHP error setting;
- momentarily deactivate all the other plugins and use the standard Twenty Sixteen Theme for just long enough to see if redirection works then, which would narrow it down to one of the other plugins or your theme.
ref. – https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress
That’s my best shot at this point.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Eggplant 301 Re-directs not workingTwo suggestions at this point:
- Try this plugin as it allows you to try other than 301, to see if it is the problem: https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-redirect-manager/
- Talk to your current web hosting company to be sure they are not somehow automatically thwarting 301 redirect attempts
On the off chance that you feel comfortable writing your own plugin to do this, I actually have a code set I use myself to “route” a bunch of domains. It requires PHP coding skills to use.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Eggplant 301 Re-directs not workingI was hoping that someone else would come to your rescue, as this is not something I’ve done before, but alas…
If I had this problem, the first thing that I would do is try and determine if it is the plugin you are using that is causing the problem. The best way to do that is to try another plugin, after deactivating Eggplant, of course.
This seems to be the most popular: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-301-redirects/
You can find a bunch more here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=301
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: I am having problem with my Loggin Dashboard and websiteThere is not enough PHP memory allocated for WordPress the way you have it installed. That message indicates that yours is set to 64MB and that is not enough.
This is the best place to start:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHPAs it says, get your web hosting Support folks involved if the wp-config.php statements do not solve your problem.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Eggplant 301 Re-directs not workingI’m afraid that the plugin author is unlikely to see your post here. I would suggest closing this as Resolved and re-posting here: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/eps-301-redirects
Although the author has not posted there recently, there may be some clues in both the previous posts and the FAQ and other info.
Lots more plugins worth looking at:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=login+redirectYou could write your own plugin if you have the PHP skills.
Take a look through the Plugin Directory. For example, the first one I found was this:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/peters-login-redirect/No experience with the plugin, but my point is that there are plugins out there that should meet your needs.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Menu/Horizontal Navigation DisappearedMany older Themes don’t work on current versions of WordPress, or even newer browsers, if they are no longer actively supported by their Author. That is an unfortunate fact of life.
Unless you are prepared to dig in deep into the Theme’s files, and build two new test WordPress systems, one 4.4.2 and the other whatever version it last worked in, then try to re-create and isolate the problem, I would think it is time to walk away from the old theme, and find a new one that meets your needs.
Forum: Hacks
In reply to: Sharing user and password with another applicationI know that I’m late to the party, but this sounds to me like what we used to call SSO 15 years ago: Single Sign-On. My bank still uses it. The concept is to have a separate authentication server that you login to, and it, in turn, logs into all the other systems, be they WordPress or otherwise. I had a user of one of my plugins want to use SSO, and I did a little research two years ago.
At that time, Auth0 looked like the most promising solution: https://auth0.com/
Yes, there is a WordPress plugin for Auth0: https://wordpress.org/plugins/auth0/
I also looked at Open Source SSO solutions (i.e. – running my own authentication server) but I didn’t have Root level access to a Linux web server at that time, so couldn’t fully explore that approach.