Darren Ethier (nerrad)

Hi there, I just released a new update that may fix this issue. Thanks for your troubleshooting so far, but I’m not convinced that the specific filter you are pointing out is what caused this. I’ve created a github issue for investigating: https://github.com/roughsmoothengine/organize-series/issues/13

Typically, I’ve experienced this kind of thing when plugins and/or themes interact with $wp_query before it has been instantiated and this in turn means other plugins relying on the $wp_query global being instantiated will break.

The problem is that the plugin uses /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php for all ajax requests (which is the api WordPress provides for doing ajax request). If you want to protect your wp-admin directory then you need to exclude admin-ajax.php.

Thanks for taking time to write your review. I’m curious, are you of the opinion that any plugin released for free should always have a quick start or beginner’s guide?

What should such a beginner’s guide look like? Should it be written from the standpoint that the user has no understanding on how to user WordPress and thus step through basic WordPress instruction as well? Should we NOT include ANY information for people who do understand some more technical things and want to be able to customize the output of the plugin more?

Oh I know, maybe you’re frustrated that there wasn’t any video instructions? Or maybe that there was no built-in wizard like “clippy” (your microsoft friend), to guide you through how to use the plugin?

If I come across snarky, that’s intentional. I’ve lost track of the hours I’ve spent coding this plugin, fixing bugs, and keeping it running and frankly I’m getting fed up with the unreasonable expectations people like you place on plugin developers who freely offer their work on WordPress.org. Yes FREE!

Writing documentation is no small task, and so I’ve taken pains to try and make it so yes, you CAN just activate the plugin and use it as is. If you want to customize it and work on it to make it your own, then I’ve provided the tools to do so… guess what FOR FREE!

Please keep in mind, when you review something on WordPress.org, you are NOT reviewing things that the authors are getting paid for, or for that matter, something YOU paid for.

It’s one star reviews like this that make me reconsider even making the plugin available (in light of your review, it looks like I’m hosting it on the wrong place, I need to put it on github because obviously it’s too technical to host on WordPress.org (sic) ). Frankly, I’m tired of the lack of appreciation for the work plugin developers do (and the cruddy reviews/comments like this that I see on so many plugins hosted on WordPress.org).

Translated, this is how your review reads:

Your plugin looked interesting. I don’t understand how to use it. All of the information you provide is useless to me. If you had something that I understood I would use it. So I’ve decided I’m not going to use it. Since I can’t get a refund, because its free, here’s one star for your efforts. Oh and I hope others see this one star and don’t use this plugin because it sucks that I can’t use it.

/endrant

For those interested, basically there are a few places where Organize Series is calling the WordPress get_query_var() function, which in turn uses the $wp_query global and calls get() on the WP_Query object. The issue is that I think Organize Series is using get_query_var() *way* to early in the request before WP_Query is even instantiated.

Thanks Michael, I’m fixing that in the next release that should be out before the end of the weekend.

That is available with the premium Organize Series Custom Post Types addon for Organize Series. Available via organizeseres.com

Hi there, thanks for reporting this. That certainly is a curious error especially since the $wp_query object is null. Were there any other plugins you installed or upgraded recently, or a new theme/updated theme? It’s possible that Organize Series exposed a bug within another theme and/or plugin?

I’m unable to reproduce currently.

Hi,

The validator is saying your feed is valid (but with some compatibility issues). I don’t see anything that is in those warnings that is specifically caused by Organize Series?