Title: chasingzen's Replies | WordPress.org --- # chasingzen [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [WordPress Admin not loggin in](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-not-loggin-in/) * [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * (@chasingzen) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-not-loggin-in/#post-15943276) * Do you have access to your site’s database? That would be something you can access from your web host’s control panel, and thus does not require you to know your WordPress user password. * If so you should be able to verify that you’re using the right email address and, if necessary, reset the password directly in the database. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Plug in maintenance mood](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plug-in-maintenance-mood/) * [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * (@chasingzen) * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plug-in-maintenance-mood/#post-15943272) * Hi there. If you add more detail people will have an easier time helping you out. For example: - what is the plugin? - are you accessing it from the WP admin dashboard or from elsewhere (like WP CLI)? - does the site actually go into maintenance mode or do you just get sent to a screen indicating it does? - what is the page/website you’re asking for help with? - do you have any error logs that you can provide? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Every time I “Update” or “Publish” a page the WP admin crashes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/every-time-i-update-or-publish-a-page-the-wp-admin-crashes/) * [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * (@chasingzen) * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/every-time-i-update-or-publish-a-page-the-wp-admin-crashes/#post-15861579) * PHP 7.4 will stop getting security updates in November 2022 so for security you’d ideally be on at least PHP 8.0 by then. If a vulnerability is discovered after November it will just exist forever in PHP 7.4. * You mentioned in your original post that you upgraded to 8.1. Did you downgrade to 8.0 or 7.4? If you went right to 7.4 it may be worth testing the intermediate option and see if 8.0 works out. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [there has been a critical error on this website](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/there-has-been-a-critical-error-on-this-website-147/) * [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * (@chasingzen) * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/there-has-been-a-critical-error-on-this-website-147/#post-15861350) * The error was thrown by the td-composer plugin. You can FTP into your site and rename the wp-content/plugins/td-composer folder to something else to deactivate the plugin. That should allow you to log in. * Specifically it seems to be looking, but not finding, for this file: `/var/www/ html/wp-content/Newspaper/tagdiv-deploy-mode.php` - This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/). * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Every time I “Update” or “Publish” a page the WP admin crashes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/every-time-i-update-or-publish-a-page-the-wp-admin-crashes/) * [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * (@chasingzen) * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/every-time-i-update-or-publish-a-page-the-wp-admin-crashes/#post-15861255) * Do you have access to your error logs? They are typically somewhere you can grab them by SFTP. That info would be helpful. * Have you tried rolling back to PHP 8.0? Your theme may be 8.1 compatible but it’s possible that some of your plugins are not compatible yet. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [WP Recommended way to reduce and optimize media library](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-recommended-way-to-reduce-and-optimize-media-library/) * [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * (@chasingzen) * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-recommended-way-to-reduce-and-optimize-media-library/#post-15847945) * I haven’t used this plugin personally, but it does look like it fits the bill for the task of finding and eliminating duplicates: [Media DeDuper](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-deduper/) * For optimizing images I like [Smush](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/), although [WP-Optimize](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/) also does a nice job using the same API for the optimization. Smush would require the paid tier to optimize your existing media library, but the free version does optimize any media added going forward. I _think_ WP-Optimize will allow you to batch optimize existing media files 50 at a time for free, although it sounds like with a media library as big as yours the time spent vs cost of premium for either plugin point to just paying. * As a longer-term strategy, have you considered offloading your media files somewhere like AWS? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Ive noticed weird things occuring when I updated to PHP 8x](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ive-noticed-weird-things-occuring-when-i-updated-to-php-8x/) * [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * (@chasingzen) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ive-noticed-weird-things-occuring-when-i-updated-to-php-8x/#post-15810557) * Is this a live site? If so it would probably make sense to revert to PHP 7.4 so the site functions as expected. * You can clone your site and do your PHP 8 compatibility on the clone/copy. Does your site provide access to your PHP error log? That would help you pinpoint which of your plugins are doing poorly on PHP 8. If you’re not already taking this approach, you can also deactivate all plugins, and then test them by activating one-by-one to sort out which plugins are the problem. * I’ve noticed threads popping up in individual plugin support forums asking about PHP 8.0 compatibility, so that might also be a good resource for you to check which plugins are confirmed by their developers to function correctly on 8.0. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Problems with mobile version](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-mobile-version-6/) * [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * (@chasingzen) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-mobile-version-6/#post-15796749) * Hi there. When you’re checking the changes on mobile, are you using an actual mobile device (phone or tablet) or using something like Chrome’s developer tools to simulate the mobile layout? * Some mobile browsers like to cache pretty aggressively, which may explain why you’re not seeing changes for several hours. But as an alternative, you can emulate a mobile phone from your computer browser (info on how to do that with Chrome can be found [here](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/device-mode/)). * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Event Organiser] Fatal error in formating DateTime object](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-formating-datetime-object/) * [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * (@chasingzen) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-formating-datetime-object/#post-15783250) * Thank you for sharing that! * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Event Organiser] Fatal error in formating DateTime object](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-formating-datetime-object/) * [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * (@chasingzen) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-formating-datetime-object/#post-15783117) * Hi Chad. I’m running into the same error. Wondering what version of the plugin you’re using? I’m on 3.11.0 - This reply was modified 4 years ago by [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/). * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Hyperlinks in my post show up much larger than regular text](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlinks-in-my-post-show-up-much-larger-than-regular-text-3/) * [chasingzen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chasingzen/) * (@chasingzen) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlinks-in-my-post-show-up-much-larger-than-regular-text-3/#post-15761610) * Could you provide some additional info, such as: 1. Is there a website where we can see this problem in action? 2. Are you using a page builder (e.g. Elementor)? If so, which one? 3. What theme are you using? Have you modified it at all? 4. Have you been able to add PDF links without this problem in the past? 5. 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