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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[SEOPress - AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO] Can’t save ‘Title’ or ‘Meta desc.’ with Classic Editor.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-save-title-or-meta-desc-with-classic-editor/)
 *  Thread Starter [rickfitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfitz/)
 * (@rickfitz)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-save-title-or-meta-desc-with-classic-editor/#post-11435863)
 * No console errors or warnings in front-end or in the page editor. I’ve tried 
   in both Chromium and Firefox with same results. I duplicated the page, and it
   happens there too. Really odd…
 * In the duplicate page I then deleted all the Oxygen content – and now it works!
   So it looks like there may be a conflict with something in Oxygen, but only with
   that page, and only when using the Classic Editor.
 * When I have time I’ll see if I can track it down further, and report back.
 * Thanks,
    Rick.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Swift Performance Lite] Cache pre-build fails due to SSL certificate problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-pre-build-fails-due-to-ssl-certificate-problem/)
 *  Thread Starter [rickfitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfitz/)
 * (@rickfitz)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-pre-build-fails-due-to-ssl-certificate-problem/#post-10838702)
 * Sorry, I’ve currently removed the plugin. Don’t need it for a while as there’s
   still work to do on the site.
 * I don’t think there’s any issue here related to your plugin – it’s a WP / server
   configuration problem that I need to sort out with my host when I have time!
 * As far as I can see, you use the wp cron function to fetch pages to build & refresh
   the cache. The problem is that when wp uses curl to fetch the page, it’s unable
   to verify the ssl certificate, which is from Let’s Encrypt. So if I understand
   this, the PHP setup doesn’t have access to the necessary certificate info. As
   the wp installation, php and letsencrypt are all sourced from my hosting company(
   lcn.com), I’m hoping they can resolve it. But I’m too busy with other stuff this
   week – so hopefully next week.
 * I’ll post any results here when I can. Meanwhile, any other suggestions would
   be most welcome – or corrections if my understanding is all wrong!
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Swift Performance Lite] Uncaught Error: Cannot use object of type WP_Error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncaught-error-cannot-use-object-of-type-wp_error/)
 *  [rickfitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfitz/)
 * (@rickfitz)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncaught-error-cannot-use-object-of-type-wp_error/#post-10822801)
 * Me too. It’s a bug in the performance.php file. Line 675 is in the wrong place;
   it should be immediately after the “Skip on error” block, not before it!
 * If you choose to fix that (at your own risk!), then the error gets logged before
   the process is aborted, and you’ll be able to see the error in the Swift log.
 * In my case, the cache pre-building is unable to fetch any pages due to an SSL
   issue.
 * HTH, Rick.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PJ News Ticker] PHP7.2 error with ‘show_excerpt’ option](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php7-2-error-with-show_excerpt-option/)
 *  Thread Starter [rickfitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfitz/)
 * (@rickfitz)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php7-2-error-with-show_excerpt-option/#post-10736989)
 * Looks correct to me. Can’t test immediately as I have several other mods in the
   file and it’s on a live site!
 * I’ll email separately to describe my changes and see if you’d like to merge into
   your plugin or whether my requirement is too different to make it worthwhile.
 * Many thanks for the really useful plugin and lightning fast support!
 * Rick.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PJ News Ticker] PHP7.2 error with ‘show_excerpt’ option](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php7-2-error-with-show_excerpt-option/)
 *  Thread Starter [rickfitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfitz/)
 * (@rickfitz)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php7-2-error-with-show_excerpt-option/#post-10736916)
 * Thanks for the update, but it’s causing a new problem!
    You’ve declared $post
   global, so the ticker shows the data from the current page (which is what the
   global $post holds), and not the specified post!
 * My version looks like this:
 *     ```
          if ($options['show_excerpt'] == 'true') {
             setup_postdata( $post );  // RCF added
             $content .= ' - '.get_the_excerpt($post);
          }
       ```
   
 * Just the commented line added – nothing else.
 * Cheers, Rick.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [rickfitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfitz/).
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [rickfitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfitz/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[PJ News Ticker] PHP7.2 error with ‘show_excerpt’ option](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php7-2-error-with-show_excerpt-option/)
 *  Thread Starter [rickfitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickfitz/)
 * (@rickfitz)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php7-2-error-with-show_excerpt-option/#post-10728978)
 * UPDATE:
    Reverting to older PHP removed the error message, but the excerpt still
   didn’t work when not specifically defined for post – i.e. failed to create excerpt
   from post content.
 * FIX:
    Inserting ‘setup_postdata($post);’ just before the call to ‘get_the_excerpt(
   $post);’ seems to fix the problem, with any PHP version. (This sets up the necessary
   data as if the call was from within the loop, and is recommended in the WP Codex.)
 * Note: the excerpt problem didn’t always occur – seemed ok on a test site, but
   not the real one – presumably depends on the state of the global vars when the
   ticker is rendered.
 * HTH, Rick.

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