Title: lawless's Replies | WordPress.org --- # lawless [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce] PHP fatal error since update to 7.2.0](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-since-update-to-7-2-0/) * Thread Starter [lawless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * (@lawless) * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-since-update-to-7-2-0/#post-18954438) * [@wpupen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpupen/) Thanks! * I just manually updated the plugin and am waiting for the client to confirm it’s working as expected. * I’ll upate here once I find out. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[WP Mobile Detect] Old version](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-version-10/) * [lawless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * (@lawless) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/old-version-10/#post-8680243) * You can find older versions here: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mobile-detect/developers/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mobile-detect/developers/) * Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/) In reply to: [Recent Posts Widget with Category Exclude hack failing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-widget-with-category-exclude-hack-failing/) * [lawless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * (@lawless) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-widget-with-category-exclude-hack-failing/#post-8203296) * Little more info. The title, number, and exclude data are being store in the database in the *yourprefix*_options table. Do you have access to your database via phpMyAdmin or something similar? * There is a field in the ‘option_name’ column called ‘widget_recent-posts’, that stores the values in an array that looks similar to this: * a:2:{i:2;a:3:{s:5:”title”;s:0:””;s:6:”number”;i:5;s:7:”exclude”;s:1:”1″;}s:12:” _multiwidget”;i:1;} * So caching shouldn’t affect that. It’s persisted in the database. * Widgets are weird little creatures and I’ve never fully understood them. I’ve run into similar issues in the past, usually when migrating sites where I’d lose all Widget data. * The weird thing in your case is the intermittent behavior. Like bcworkz said, it should just work or not work. * Can you give us any more context as to when it ‘forgets’ the exclude category? * Making new posts, when a comment gets added, etc. That may help identify some action that is triggering a behavior that is causing the problem. * Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/) In reply to: [Recent Posts Widget with Category Exclude hack failing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-widget-with-category-exclude-hack-failing/) * [lawless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * (@lawless) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-widget-with-category-exclude-hack-failing/#post-8203240) * [@trisham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trisham/), I just got an email since you [@lawless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/)’d me. * I just dropped that code in a current site I’m working on and it seemed to work as expected. I’ve got error reporting turned on, and the only thing I saw was a warning about an unset variable which wouldn’t cause your issue. * In digging deeper it seems since WordPress 2.5 the wp_cache function this code uses, does not store wp_cache data persistently, which my be why you are seeing intermittent issues. The Exclude Category value gets stored in wp_cache, then once the cache is destroyed, your Category value gets removed. * My guess is it’s somehow related to that. I just dug into it a little bit and didn’t see anything obvious, but it’s been 4 years since I’ve even looked at that code. I’ll try and play with it a little more this week in my spare time. * Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/) In reply to: [Recent Posts Widget with Category Exclude](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-widget-with-category-exclude/) * Thread Starter [lawless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * (@lawless) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-widget-with-category-exclude/#post-2806640) * Cheers. Funny, every couple months someone stumbles onto this post and the Recent Posts w/ Category Exclude widget. * I don’t even remember what project I used it in now, and haven’t used it since, but it’s good to see others getting some use out of it. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [After updating to 3.4 the "login_headerurl" & "login_headertitle" stoped wor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-updating-to-34-the-login_headerurl-login_headertitle-stoped-working/) * [lawless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * (@lawless) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-updating-to-34-the-login_headerurl-login_headertitle-stoped-working/#post-2836887) * Something definitely changed in core to break the old way of doing it. I had ` echo` statements too and had to change them to `return`. * I also noticed they now have a CSS `background-size: 274px 63px;` that has to be overwritten if you’re using a custom login logo. I’m having to write in a CSS style for `.login h1 a` to set the background-size to the exact size of my custom login logo. * Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/) In reply to: [Recent Posts Widget with Category Exclude](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-widget-with-category-exclude/) * Thread Starter [lawless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * (@lawless) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-widget-with-category-exclude/#post-2806550) * Recent Posts Widget with Category Exclude: [http://pastebin.com/jxDnqPqR](http://pastebin.com/jxDnqPqR) * Just drop that whole thing in your theme’s functions.php file and it will turn the Recent Posts widget into a Recent Posts with Exclude widget. * Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/) In reply to: [Recent Posts Widget with Category Exclude](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-widget-with-category-exclude/) * Thread Starter [lawless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * (@lawless) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recent-posts-widget-with-category-exclude/#post-2806549) * Link posted below. * Forum: [Hacks](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/hacks/) In reply to: [Excluding post categories from my gallery.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excluding-post-categories-from-my-gallery-1/) * [lawless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * (@lawless) * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excluding-post-categories-from-my-gallery-1/#post-2790990) * Hey jma666, I just ran into a similar problem with category__not_in, `'category__not_in' => array( 144, 145 )` seems to get processed as a string instead of an array, for whatever reason. * Try putting your exclude IDs into a variable and explode that into an Array for‘ category__not_in’. This is how I got it to work in my circumstance. * Try this example of your code: * ``` explode(',', $excludes), 'post_type' => 'gallery', 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1, 'orderby' => $gogo_gallery_items_order ) ); $postcount = 0; if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); $postcount++;?> ``` * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [2.9.2 site hacked](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/292-site-hacked/) * [lawless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawless/) * (@lawless) * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/292-site-hacked/page/5/#post-1491762) * Here’s GoDaddy’s response on their Support page: * [http://community.godaddy.com/godaddy/wordpress-compromised-how-to-fix-it](http://community.godaddy.com/godaddy/wordpress-compromised-how-to-fix-it/) * Pretty lackluster considering the scope of this problem. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total)