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# Criss Swaim

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square] Unable to enter credit card info](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-enter-credit-card-info/)
 *  Thread Starter [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-enter-credit-card-info/#post-16223203)
 * Thanks for resolving the entry issue [@hamza1010](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hamza1010/).
   You ask for a kind review, but I must acknowledge that I am disappointed in the
   stability of this plugin. My client has had at least 3-5 days of outage in each
   5 of the last 6 months where the plugin has failed to connect to Square. In the
   past I have encouraged them to upgrade to the premium, but with the history of
   outages, it will not happen soon.
 * Now with the 4.0.4 release I am getting the following error in my development
   system.
 * >  Warning: Undefined variable $gpay in C:\Data\www\sslwebsites\wp\wp-content\
   > plugins\wp-easy-pay\views\frontend\parent_view.php on line 145
 * You are in a very good position with your plugin, but it is the critical piece
   of online commerce and the stability must be better to truly be successful.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation form Builder for Square] Unable to enter credit card info](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-enter-credit-card-info/)
 *  Thread Starter [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-enter-credit-card-info/#post-16190478)
 * I have tried to running with php versions 7.4 and 8.1 with the same results.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] How to sort by title ASC (and open links in new tab)?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-sort-by-title-asc-and-open-links-in-new-tab/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-sort-by-title-asc-and-open-links-in-new-tab/#post-12129221)
 * Opening links in new tab:
    I remember looking at this in the past and decided
   against adding that as a feature because links to the post are built on the image,
   title, read_more. At the time, I was trying to push out a release and did not
   want to add that feature.
 * I am really covered up this week, but will consider adding an option that will
   build the link with a target option.
 * Sorry I could not find an already designed solution.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] How to sort by title ASC (and open links in new tab)?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-sort-by-title-asc-and-open-links-in-new-tab/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-sort-by-title-asc-and-open-links-in-new-tab/#post-12128992)
 * Glad to hear this plugin still fits some needs.
 * 1) I need to do some research on opening the links in a new tab. I think I have
   done that, but can’t recall immediately. It may be done thru the filters with
   some php code. Give me a few days to look into this.
 * 2) The plugin will accept any option defined on [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/).
   So adding orderby=”title”, order=”DESC” to the list of option should resolve 
   the order item. I have not selected this option for a while, so the syntax may
   need to be tweaked. See the examples
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] more_link_text=”” being ignored](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more_link_text-being-ignored/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more_link_text-being-ignored/#post-9757291)
 * I suspect there may be something in the theme that is setting the Read More text(
   more_link_text).
 * Search the function file for ‘the_content_more_link’ and see if a filter is being
   applied and also check the theme settings to see if there is an option that can
   be set in the theme setup.
 * You also might try changing the text to a ‘.’ to see if setting to a blank is
   the problem.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] Settings tab display is broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-tab-display-is-broken/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-tab-display-is-broken/#post-8782697)
 * You have identified the problem, but why is that happening? Here is the tab code
   from my system.
 * `<a href="#gp-overview" class="ui-tabs-anchor" role="presentation" tabindex="-
   1" id="ui-id-1">Overview</a>`
 * the code `<!--?_e('Overview','tpg-get-posts')?-->` is the php which outputs the
   text with a translation template. It appears to have been commented out with 
   html comments `<!--xxxx-->` or it is possible that a translation file has been
   created but not correctly.
 * In the plugin language directory, there is a language file tpg-get-posts.pot.
   That is all that is in the folder. Try renaming it or make a copy of it and delete
   it to see if that clears up the problem.
 * If that fails, the brute force approach of deleting the plugin and reinstalling
   might clear it up. But if you just updated, then that has been done, so I am 
   not hopeful it will clear the problem.
 * Have you done anything with translations?
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] Settings tab display is broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-tab-display-is-broken/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-tab-display-is-broken/#post-8779240)
 * From the screen shot, it looks like there is a javascript conflict. This is probably
   caused by another plugin or the theme. But this is a guess.
 * If you can determine what changes were made when the formatting broke and reverse
   those changes that will help identify the problem.
 * Try turning off some of the more recently added plugins to see if the problem
   is corrected, then update the plugin and extension. The other thing to try is
   to turn on debugging, that might show what is causing the problem.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] Cant find pagination after upgrading](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-find-pagination-after-upgrading/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-find-pagination-after-upgrading/#post-8748824)
 * After upgrading the base plugin, go to the settings tab, if the button to update
   the extension does not appear, set the option ‘Check for Update Freq’ to zero.
   Update the options and refresh the page. The update plugin button should appear.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] tpg-get-posts slowing down dashboard to a crawl](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tpg-get-posts-slowing-down-dashboard-to-a-crawl/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tpg-get-posts-slowing-down-dashboard-to-a-crawl/#post-8746075)
 * I am unable to recreate the warning message you referenced. The current version
   of the plugin is 3.4.2, is that what you have installed? Are you running the 
   premium extension?
 * It would be helpful if you could take a screen shot of the setting tab and the
   error message so I can recreate the problem. Send the directly to me at webmaster,
   tpginc.net.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] Pagination numbers?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagination-numbers-2/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagination-numbers-2/#post-8744469)
 * Not at this time. The simple pagination is all that is offered.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] tpg-get-posts slowing down dashboard to a crawl](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tpg-get-posts-slowing-down-dashboard-to-a-crawl/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tpg-get-posts-slowing-down-dashboard-to-a-crawl/#post-8738471)
 * I will look at this and see about the warning. I am in the process of making 
   a couple of other changes and will post back here when the warning is resolved.
   Hopefully that will help with the response time in the admin panel.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] Remove: comments off, filed under, & tags?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-comments-off-filed-under-tags/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-comments-off-filed-under-tags/#post-7654059)
 * Look at the fields option. You may want to drop the metadata.
 * > fields=”title, byline, content”
 * But this removes all metadata.
 * With the premium extension, you can format the metadata, but it requires php 
   knowledge and some digging through the doc to get things to format correctly.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] Pagination broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagination-broken-8/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagination-broken-8/#post-7364769)
 * A couple of ideas
    – Make sure the extension updated (check the options page)–
   look at the examples at [http://www.tpginc.net/blog/wordpress-plugins/plugin-tpg_get_posts/pagination/](http://www.tpginc.net/blog/wordpress-plugins/plugin-tpg_get_posts/pagination/http://)
   to see if there are some options that work for you – search the forum to see 
   what the issue was last time.
 * This is working on my test site, so it could be something with the theme. As 
   I said in the doc, pagination seems to be very finicky.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] More space between post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-space-between-post/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/more-space-between-post/#post-7361989)
 * I am unable to provide free website customization to all the sites using the 
   plugin. I identified the class in which to make the css changes. If you need 
   additional guidance, contact a local WP support person and ask them to show you
   how to make css changes.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[TPG Get Posts] Pagination broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagination-broken-8/)
 *  Plugin Author [Criss Swaim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswaim/)
 * (@cswaim)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagination-broken-8/#post-7364677)
 * What was the problem last time it broke and what did you do to correct the problem?
 * What have you tried this time?

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