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# chris howard

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Countdown Timer Ultimate] CTU breaks page. Possibly Beaver Builder conflict](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ctu-breaks-page-possibly-beaver-builder-conflict/)
 *  Thread Starter [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ctu-breaks-page-possibly-beaver-builder-conflict/#post-13738651)
 * Thanks, Riddhi
 * I setup a staging site to test that.
 * And yes, it breaks TwentyTwenty theme too.
 * In fact, it breaks the WP block editor when I enter the shortcode.
 * I tried creating a new one and it still breaks.
 * Tracked down the error logs. Here’s what it shows
 * Stack trace:
    #0 /www/wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer-ultimate/includes/shortcode/
   wpcdt-shortcode.php(34): DateTimeZone->__construct(”) #1 /www/wp-includes/shortcodes.
   php(343): wpcdt_countdown_timer(Array, ”, ‘wpcdt-countdown’) #2 [internal function]:
   do_shortcode_tag(Array) #3 /www/wp-includes/shortcodes.php(218): preg_replace_callback(‘/\\[(\\[?)(
   wpcdt\\…’, ‘do_shortcode_ta…’, ‘\r\n<p>It has bee…’) #4 /www/wp-includes/class-
   wp-hook.php(287): do_shortcode(‘\r\n<p>It has bee…’) #5 /www/wp-includes/plugin.
   php(206): WP_Hook->apply_filters(‘\r\n<p>It has bee…’, Array) #6 /www/wp-includes/
   post-template.php(253): apply_filters(‘the_content’, ‘<!– wp:paragra…’) #7 /www/
   wp-content/themes/twentytwenty/template-parts/content.php(36): the_content(‘Continue
   readin…’) #8 /www/wp-includes/template.php(732): require(‘/www/wp-content…’) 
   in /www/wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer-ultimate/includes/shortcode/wpcdt-
   shortcode.php on line 34
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Extra Sentence Space] Wasn’t working on all posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wasnt-working-on-all-posts/)
 *  Thread Starter [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wasnt-working-on-all-posts/#post-11391022)
 * Ah! Ignore that! I see why. You only do it for double spaced. Tho I can’t say
   it was working for them consistently either.
 * I want a version for converting single spaces to double – which I now have with
   my hacked version! Thanks.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WPC Pexels] How do you use this with Gutenberg?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-you-use-this-with-gutenberg/)
 *  Thread Starter [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-you-use-this-with-gutenberg/#post-11390813)
 * Thanks. I guess that’s going to be a problem with plugins… they might work with
   5.x but doesn’t mean they work with GB.
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[Gutenberg] You want me to lose my job, right?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/you-want-me-to-lose-my-job-right/)
 *  Thread Starter [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/you-want-me-to-lose-my-job-right/#post-10588082)
 * Thanks, Tammie
 * I have already installed and activated Classic Editor on all our sites in preparation
   for 5.0.
 * I do think there would be value in including a block that allows multiple paragraphs.
 * And of course, making GB opt-in.
 * BTW Where has the author field gone in GB editor?
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[Health Check & Troubleshooting] Not worth the risk](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-worth-the-risk/)
 *  Thread Starter [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-worth-the-risk/#post-10496170)
 * Oh! Discovered that even after deactivating and deleting Health Check through
   the plugins screen, my site still goes 500 when I reactivate the child theme.
   So, HC still has its claws in my site even after it’s gone.
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[Health Check & Troubleshooting] Not worth the risk](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-worth-the-risk/)
 *  Thread Starter [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-worth-the-risk/#post-10496160)
 * Hi Marius
 * The site could actually be considered destroyed – as other commenters her have
   also encountered – in terms of requiring some unknown and difficult database 
   hack to recover it. Like others, I tried removing the Health Check plugin.
 * Without knowing the hack, the recovery process would be to wipe WordPress entirely(
   since it’s corrupted) including all files and the database, and then reinstall
   as per the backup used.
 * I didn’t bother with a backup since the site was just a staging site, so I can
   just wipe it and restage it.
 * But Health Check is intended to run on live sites. And yet you need to test it
   before installing it… To do that you need to stage your site. If I’m going to
   have to stage my site anyway, I can then troubleshoot the site the usual way.
   So, why do I need Health Check?
 * For it to be useful it needs failsafe switch to quickly turn it off if it breaks
   a site.
 * For your info, I just renamed my child theme folder (so WP wouldn’t then find
   it) and the site is now un-nuked. So, can confirm my site’s issue was child theme
   related. (Tho, I though HC automatically switched to Twenty Seventeen?)
 * I will give HC another look but will still be very wary
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection] Does this work with WP MultiSite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-work-with-wp-multisite-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-this-work-with-wp-multisite-2/#post-9791148)
 * Thanks, Bill. Might be a plugin conflict then. Will test that first and log a
   ticket either way.
 *   Forum: [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/reviews/)
    In reply to:
   [[Redux Framework] Do Not Work.. I have installed and nothing happens!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-work-i-have-installed-and-nothing-happens/)
 *  [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-work-i-have-installed-and-nothing-happens/#post-8015019)
 * “after we activate absolutely nothing changes”
 * No, there’s a page for Redux in your Tools menu now.
 * Redux is for developers, not users. 99% of people using it know that. Hence, 
   there won’t be any concerning increase in 1 votes.
 * From time to time, there will be some people like yourself who misunderstand 
   that and inadvertently install. I dont’ work for Redux, but on behalf of them,
   sorry for any confusion.
 * If you’re not a developer building themes or plugins, you have no need at all
   for Redux.
 * However, as Redux is essentially an add-on library of functions, a theme or plugin
   can *require* Redux is installed for that theme or plugin to work.
 * Does that help?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Comments Evolved for WordPress] CSS Issues in dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-issues-in-dashboard/)
 *  [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-issues-in-dashboard/#post-5881849)
 * +1 Global CSS styling is affecting WordPress and other plugins.
 * Please isolate your styling to only your plugin’s elements.
 * Ta
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WooCommerce] wp-admin not working after update 2.3.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-not-working-after-update-231/)
 *  [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-not-working-after-update-231/page/3/#post-5778867)
 * Mike
 * I hit this problem when I updated to WC 2.3.x today with my own plugin.
 * It is being triggered in a loop of mine that is using a custom query.
 * Here’s the last few lines of xdebug:
 *     ```
       13	0.5724	32565112	get_the_title( )	../arc-functions.php:763
       14	0.5726	32565600	apply_filters( )	../post-template.php:158
       15	0.5730	32567496	call_user_func_array:{/Users/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/architect-development/wp-includes/plugin.php:213} ( )	../plugin.php:213
       16	0.5730	32567664	wc_page_endpoint_title( )	../plugin.php:213
       17	0.5730	32567736	is_main_query( )	../wc-page-functions.php:19
       ```
   
 * Here’s the code whole loop:
 *     ```
       $query_options    = array(
               'post_type'      => 'arc-blueprints',
               'meta_key'       => '_blueprints_short-name',
               'posts_per_page' => '-1'
           );
           $blueprints_query = new WP_Query($query_options);
           $pzarc_return     = array();
           while ($blueprints_query->have_posts()) {
             $blueprints_query->next_post();
             $the_panel_meta        = get_post_meta($blueprints_query->post->ID);
             $bpid                  = $the_panel_meta[ '_blueprints_short-name' ][ 0 ] . ($inc_post_id ? '##' . $blueprints_query->post->ID : '');
             $pzarc_return[ $bpid ] = get_the_title($blueprints_query->post->ID);
           };
       ```
   
 * and here’s a dump of the object:
 *     ```
       object(WP_Post)[1695]
         public 'ID' => int 3561
         public 'post_author' => string '1' (length=1)
         public 'post_date' => string '2015-02-18 01:28:13' (length=19)
         public 'post_date_gmt' => string '2015-02-18 01:28:13' (length=19)
         public 'post_content' => string '' (length=0)
         public 'post_title' => string 'test' (length=4)
         public 'post_excerpt' => string '' (length=0)
         public 'post_status' => string 'publish' (length=7)
         public 'comment_status' => string 'closed' (length=6)
         public 'ping_status' => string 'closed' (length=6)
         public 'post_password' => string '' (length=0)
         public 'post_name' => string 'test' (length=4)
         public 'to_ping' => string '' (length=0)
         public 'pinged' => string '' (length=0)
         public 'post_modified' => string '2015-02-18 05:54:00' (length=19)
         public 'post_modified_gmt' => string '2015-02-18 05:54:00' (length=19)
         public 'post_content_filtered' => string '' (length=0)
         public 'post_parent' => int 0
         public 'guid' => string 'http://localhost/architect-development/?post_type=arc-blueprints&p=3561' (length=76)
         public 'menu_order' => int 0
         public 'post_type' => string 'arc-blueprints' (length=14)
         public 'post_mime_type' => string '' (length=0)
         public 'comment_count' => string '0' (length=1)
         public 'filter' => string 'raw' (length=3)
       ```
   
 * The error is triggered on the get_the_title() code.
 * I’ve replaced it with
 *     ```
       $pzarc_return[ $bpid ] = $blueprints_query->post->post_title;
       ```
   
 * and the error has gone away, but then of course, I aren’t getting to pass the
   title thru the title filter. If I do so myself in code, it brings back the error.
 * I also tried get_the_content, and get_the_excerpt which as expected returned 
   empty strings; however, get_the_id and get_the_date returned false.
 * I hope there’s some clues there.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Static front page pagination documentation amy be wrong?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-front-page-pagination-documentation-amy-be-wrong/)
 *  Thread Starter [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-front-page-pagination-documentation-amy-be-wrong/#post-5099160)
 * On “static front page.
 * All pages are static “page 1 of 1 pages” but pagination works on them. It’s only
   the “static front page” where you need special code to make pagination work.
 * Sometimes, some people do want a front page that is a blend of static content
   and paged posts.
 * To that end, that instruction page on Pagination tells you how it *should* work.
   To quote the whole section:
 * > **static front page**
   > If the pagination is broken on a static front page you have to add the “paged”
   > parameter this way:
 *     ```
       <?php
       if ( get_query_var('paged') ) { $paged = get_query_var('paged'); }
       elseif ( get_query_var('page') ) { $paged = get_query_var('page'); }
       else { $paged = 1; }
   
       query_posts('posts_per_page=3&paged=' . $paged);
       ?>
       ```
   
 * But without the global $paged; it doesn’t work for me.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Redux Framework] Fatal error: Class 'W3_ObjectCache' not found](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-class-w3_objectcache-not-found/)
 *  [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-class-w3_objectcache-not-found/#post-5009250)
 * Checked and this has been fixed for the next release which will hopefully be 
   soon!
 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress' Twenty Fifteen Default Theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-twenty-fifteen-default-theme/)
 *  [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-twenty-fifteen-default-theme/#post-4828134)
 * > you can’t please everyone
 * That is a key point and one that WP – and any developer – needs to respect for
   their own sake, to keep them aligned with their mission.
 * I think T13 and T14 were trying to please specific groups of users. It wouldn’t
   surprise if those two had a much less usage rate than T11. T13 and T14 were more
   challenging to build upon, because they were already taken a long way in a specific
   direction.
 * There are so many great stylized themes for WP, it doesn’t need to, nor should,
   compete.
 * WP is a platform to build upon, I think its built-in theme should be too.
 * That said, I would like it to have much more customization options so newbies
   can DIY **without** having to write a child theme. T14, for example, would have
   benefitted greatly from multiple colour schemes, instead of just green and black.
   Or where it provided the option to change colours – have a lot more than just
   site title and body background.
 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress' Twenty Fifteen Default Theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-twenty-fifteen-default-theme/)
 *  [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-twenty-fifteen-default-theme/#post-4828131)
 * TwentyEleven was the best theme WP has done. It had a great balance between usability,
   genericness, minimalism, and being ready to go. And it looked good. It was well
   equally usable by both newbies and developers.
 * Although, as a developer, TwentyTwelve was best for me because it had no clutter
   or wild formatting, but it was awful for newbies who just wanted to get their
   website up and running and looking pretty. I still use it in development.
 * And then came the antithesis in TwentyThirteen. TwentyThirteen andTwentyFourteen
   weren’t generic enough. (They had some whacky layout methods and formatting too
   that were a pain to work with).
 * TwentyThirteen was WP’s experimental uni-student phase; TwentyFourteen was its“
   first job, trying to impress the boss” phase.
 * So, hopefully TwentyFifteen will be like TwentyEleven but styled for 2015. Clean,
   elegant, usable, flexible and generic.
 *   Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
   
   In reply to: [Extend wpColorPicker options to match Iris](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extend-wpcolorpicker-options-to-match-iris/)
 *  Thread Starter [chris howard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrishoward/)
 * (@chrishoward)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extend-wpcolorpicker-options-to-match-iris/#post-4912625)
 * As I said, Photoshop defaults to the hue in the primary slider
 * [http://www.screencast.com/t/7U7GDDFlT](http://www.screencast.com/t/7U7GDDFlT)
 * So does Sketch
 * [http://www.screencast.com/t/8DG1qXHuee](http://www.screencast.com/t/8DG1qXHuee)

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