{"id":18999769,"date":"2026-08-21T18:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/shortcodes-ultimate-causing-critical-error-on-this-website\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:22:12","slug":"shortcodes-ultimate-causing-critical-error-on-this-website","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/shortcodes-ultimate-causing-critical-error-on-this-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortcodes Ultimate causing critical error on this website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I received this email. This plugin has crashed and won&#8217;t let me login to the site or enter recovery mode.<br \/><br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Your\u00a02025\u00a0Democratic\u00a0Candidates]\u00a0Your\u00a0Site is Experiencing a Technical Issue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berne Democratic\/BerneDemocrats.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail?hl=en&amp;p=email_auth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><strong>WordPress<\/strong>&nbsp;&lt;wordpress@bernedemocrats.com&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fri, Aug 14, 4:39\u202fPM (7 days ago)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to&nbsp;jeff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Howdy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress has a built-in feature that detects when a plugin or theme causes a fatal error on&nbsp;your&nbsp;site, and notifies you with this automated email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this case, WordPress caught an error with one of&nbsp;your&nbsp;plugins, Shortcodes Ultimate &#8211; Content Elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, visit&nbsp;your&nbsp;website (<a href=\"https:\/\/bernedemocrats.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bernedemocrats.com\/<\/a>) and check for any visible issues. Next, visit the page where the error was caught (<a href=\"https:\/\/bernedemocrats.com\/wp-login.php\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bernedemocrats.com\/wp-login.php<\/a>) and check for any visible issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please contact&nbsp;your&nbsp;host for assistance with investigating this issue further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If&nbsp;your&nbsp;site appears broken and you can&#8217;t access&nbsp;your&nbsp;dashboard normally, WordPress now has a special &#8220;recovery mode&#8221;. This lets you safely login to&nbsp;your&nbsp;dashboard and investigate further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18999769","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18999769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18999769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18999769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}