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# pshapiro

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/page/2/#post-11436355)
 * Got it! sudo apt-get install php7.0-mbstring
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/page/2/#post-11436353)
 * Also possibly relevant:
 *     ```
       Stack trace:
       #0 /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-content/plugins/name-directory/admin.php(510): name_directory_get_first_char('Please')
       #1 /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(286): name_directory_names('')
       #2 /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(310): WP_Hook->apply_filters('', Array)
       #3 /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-includes/plugin.php(465): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
       #4 /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php(167): do_action('wp_ajax_name_di...')
       #5 {main}
         thrown in /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-content/plugins/name-directory/helpers.php on line 16
       [16-Apr-2019 22:10:57 UTC] PHP Notice:  PHP's XML extension is not available. Please contact your hosting provider to enable PHP's XML extension. in /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-includes/IXR/class-IXR-message.php on line 48
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/page/2/#post-11436340)
 * In debug.log:
 *     ```
       [16-Apr-2019 22:10:30 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mb_strtoupper() in /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-content/plugins/name-directory/helpers.php:16
       Stack trace:
       #0 /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-content/plugins/name-directory/admin.php(510): name_directory_get_first_char('Mr Magoo')
       #1 /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(286): name_directory_names('')
       #2 /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(310): WP_Hook->apply_filters('', Array)
       #3 /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-includes/plugin.php(465): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
       #4 /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php(167): do_action('wp_ajax_name_di...')
       #5 {main}
         thrown in /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-content/plugins/name-directory/helpers.php on line 16
       [16-Apr-2019 22:10:33 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mb_strtoupper() in /var/www/boardgamesquad/wp-content/plugins/name-directory/helpers.php:16
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/page/2/#post-11436310)
 * Here’s a 500 status in the non-error log file if this helps:
 *     ```
       boardgamesquad.com:80 162.158.63.28 - - [16/Apr/2019:17:56:36 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 500 535 "https://boardgamesquad.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=name-directory&sub=manage-directory&dir=2" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/73.0.3683.103 Safari/537.36"
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/page/2/#post-11418532)
 * It also looks like the XHR request to admin-ajax.php for the action “heartbeat”
   on the plugin page is POSTing with a 200 status code.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/page/2/#post-11418517)
 * Yep! It makes the request, but it has no response (since 500 status).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/page/2/#post-11418227)
 * It’s possibly apache is misconfigured, but there are things in the log, just 
   not related to the plugin.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/page/2/#post-11418055)
 * Okay, using the official WordPress Health Check ([https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/health-check/))
   to go into troubleshooting mode, disabling all plugins, it still doesn’t work.
 * I also disabled Cloudflare and just run everything over http. It still didn’t
   work.
 *     ```
       Variable Name	Value	Variable Name	Value
       OS	Linux	Database Data Disk Usage	4.7 MiB
       Server	Apache	Database Index Disk Usage	544.0 KiB
       PHP	v7.0.33-5+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1	MYSQL Maximum Packet Size	4.0 MiB
       MYSQL	v5.7.25	MYSQL Maximum No. Connection	151
       GD	2.2.5	MYSQL Query Cache Size	1,024.0 KiB
       Server Hostname	boardgamesquad.com	PHP Short Tag	Off
       Server IP:Port	107.170.158.160:80	PHP Magic Quotes GPC	Off
       Server Document Root	/var/www/boardgamesquad	PHP Memory Limit	256.0 MiB
       Server Admin	newsletter@searchwilderness.com	PHP Max Upload Size	2.0 MiB
       Server Load	0.08	PHP Max Post Size	8.0 MiB
       Server Date/Time	April 11, 2019 @ 12:01 pm	PHP Max Script Execute Time	30s
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/page/2/#post-11417804)
 * I wouldn’t say I have too many. I just tried enable troubleshooting mode and 
   enabling your plugin and one other, Cloudflare Flexible SSL which is used to 
   help deal with Cloudflare managing the HTTPS. It still didn’t work. I wounder
   if Cloudlare could be a potential cause. CORS issue?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/#post-11417762)
 * PHP 7.0.33-5
 * I tried several names. Everything from “Foo” to “chimpanzee”. I tried the quick
   add view and full view. Neither work.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/#post-11417727)
 * Yeah, sorry. I’m actually not seeing anything relevant logged in the error.log
   file. It’s a bit perplexing.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/#post-11414503)
 * Here’s some relevant output: [https://boardgamesquad.com/log-4-10-2019-415pm.txt](https://boardgamesquad.com/log-4-10-2019-415pm.txt)
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/#post-11414498)
 * Here is some output that should be relevant:
 *     ```
       boardgamesquad.com:80 162.158.62.89 - - [10/Apr/2019:16:04:37 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 608 "https://boardgamesquad.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=name-directory&sub=manage-directory&dir=2" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/73.0.3683.103 Safari/537.36"
       boardgamesquad.com:80 162.158.62.89 - - [10/Apr/2019:16:05:37 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 608 "https://boardgamesquad.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=name-directory&sub=manage-directory&dir=2" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/73.0.3683.103 Safari/537.36"
       boardgamesquad.com:80 162.158.62.89 - - [10/Apr/2019:16:06:37 -0400] "GET /post-sitemap.xml HTTP/1.1" 200 756 "https://boardgamesquad.com/post-sitemap.xml" "W3 Total Cache"
       boardgamesquad.com:80 108.162.219.172 - - [10/Apr/2019:16:06:37 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 7517 "https://boardgamesquad.com/" "WordPress"
       boardgamesquad.com:80 108.162.219.244 - - [10/Apr/2019:16:06:37 -0400] "GET /root-the-underworld-expansion-preview-from-pax-east-2019/ HTTP/1.1" 200 14586 "https://boardgamesquad.com/root-the-underworld-expansion-preview-from-pax-east-2019/" "WordPress"
       boardgamesquad.com:80 162.158.62.59 - - [10/Apr/2019:16:06:37 -0400] "GET /castles-of-burgundy-app/ HTTP/1.1" 200 17697 "https://boardgamesquad.com/castles-of-burgundy-app/" "WordPress"
       boardgamesquad.com:80 162.158.62.129 - - [10/Apr/2019:16:06:37 -0400] "POST /wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron=1554926797.5355579853057861328125 HTTP/1.1" 200 228 "https://boardgamesquad.com/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron=1554926797.5355579853057861328125" "WordPress/5.1.1; https://boardgamesquad.com"
       boardgamesquad.com:80 162.158.62.89 - - [10/Apr/2019:16:06:37 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 608 "https://boardgamesquad.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=name-directory&sub=manage-directory&dir=2" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/73.0.3683.103 Safari/537.36"
       boardgamesquad.com:80 ::1 - - [10/Apr/2019:16:06:43 -0400] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 110 "-" "Apache/2.4.7 (Ubuntu) mod_wsgi/3.4 Python/3.4.3 (internal dummy connection)"
       boardgamesquad.com:80 162.158.62.89 - - [10/Apr/2019:16:07:37 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1" 200 608 "https://boardgamesquad.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=name-directory&sub=manage-directory&dir=2" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/73.0.3683.103 Safari/537.36"
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Name Directory] Names won’t publish](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/)
 *  [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/names-wont-publish/#post-11414264)
 * I’m experiencing the same exact issue. Latest version of WordPress on Chrome.
 * Since, you mentioned it may have to do with an AJAX call, here’s the messages
   from chrome dev console: [https://i.imgur.com/0dbblwB.png](https://i.imgur.com/0dbblwB.png)
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/).
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Google+ Interactive Posts Creator] Please elaborate on step 7 of installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-elaborate-on-step-7-of-installation/)
 *  Plugin Author [pshapiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pshapiro/)
 * (@pshapiro)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-elaborate-on-step-7-of-installation/#post-4049558)
 * Hi The process doesn’t appear to have changed. An agency in the UK made a great
   set of videos to help people set the API running and set it up with the plugin.
   Definitely check it out.
 * Part 1: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2q8K2-ajhY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2q8K2-ajhY)(
   How To Connect Your Google+ Account to the Google+ API)
 * Part 2: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGEMvYDMwnY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGEMvYDMwnY)(
   How To Post Google+ Interactive Posts To Your WordPress Blog)

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