Critical Error when migrating

@dreamyambitions Could you please try deactivating Atomic Blocks and activating Genesis Blocks. Do you get a critical error when you do this?

If so, could you please ensure that you’ve got the very latest version of Genesis Blocks from www.ads-software.com? You could try deleting it and reinstalling it. Failing all that, please try again with all other plugin deactivated –?perhaps there’s a conflict?

@lukecarbis
Same error occurred to me when I deploy change to my live site from staging site. It’s crushing my whole WordPress and live site. However, I can successfully install and activate it. After crush I had to go to recovery mode from WordPress e-mail link. Then, when I check my installed plugin; I can see Genesis Blocks paused with a message in the description:

“This plugin failed to load properly and is paused during recovery mode.

An error of type E_COMPILE_ERROR was caused in line 26 of the file /home3/slippysl/public_html/wp-contnet/plugins/genesis-block/lib/BlockLoader/Module/php. Error message: Declaration of Genesis\Block\BlockLoader\Module::activate(array $context):Genesis\Blocks\BlockLoader\void must be compatible with genesis\Blocks\Interfaces\ModuleInterface::activate(array $context):Genesis\Blocks\Interfaces\void ”

My domain/WordPress PHP version 7.4, but my server PHP version shows 7.0 from cPanel. I can’t change my server PHP version. Is it causing the problem or something else? Please help.

@tussharctg Where did you get your copy of Genesis Blocks? From www.ads-software.com? Could you try uninstalling it and reinstalling the latest version, as it looks like it’s installed in the wrong directory.

@lukecarbis I’ve got the plugin from WordPress plugins (dashboard). I’ve already tried installing it 3-4 times. I even tried installing Atomic Blocks first and then migrating to Genesis Blocks from it. That way also doesn’t work. Could you please specify latest version of Genesis Block? (example: Version: 1.2.1). How can I install it in right directory?
Could you please elaborate?

@tussharctg I wrote that it’s in the wrong directory because the error you pasted specified:
home3/slippysl/public_html/wp-contnet/plugins/genesis-block

When it should be:
home3/slippysl/public_html/<strong>wp-content</strong>/plugins/genesis-block<strong>s</strong>.

Version 1.2.1 is the latest and either PHP 7 or 7.4 should work fine.

It’s a very strange error that you’re receiving as it indicates a code problem that I haven’t seen elsewhere, and should be effecting everyone.

Could you please try the following?

Open the following file:
/home3/slippysl/public_html/wp-content/plugins/genesis-blocks/lib/BlockLoader/Module.php

In that file at the top (line 14) is a line that reads:
declare(strict_types=1);

Could you try deleting that?

Additionally, could you please paste your Site Info from Tools > Site Health in your WP Admin?

My problem was a PHP issue. I upgraded to PHP 7.3.27 and migrated properly

@lukecarbis I apologize for my mistake. It was actually ‘genesis-blocks’, not only ‘block’. I had to type the whole error message from screenshot because I forgot to copy it directly when the error appeared.

I’ve tried deleting the line [declare(strict_types=1);]. It also doesn’t work.

I would like to remind you that the error happens when I go for deployment of my changes/customization from staging site to live site.

My site info (copied):

### wp-core ###

version: 5.6.2
site_language: en_US
user_language: en_US
permalink: /%postname%/
https_status: true
user_registration: 0
default_comment_status: open
multisite: false
user_count: 1
dotorg_communication: true

### wp-paths-sizes ###

wordpress_path: /home3/slippysl/public_html
wordpress_size: 86.74 MB (90953358 bytes)
uploads_path: /home3/slippysl/public_html/wp-content/uploads
uploads_size: 146.98 KB (150512 bytes)
themes_path: /home3/slippysl/public_html/wp-content/themes
themes_size: 12.79 MB (13412736 bytes)
plugins_path: /home3/slippysl/public_html/wp-content/plugins
plugins_size: 115.09 MB (120682257 bytes)
database_size: 5.78 MB (6062080 bytes)
total_size: 220.55 MB (231260943 bytes)

### wp-dropins (2) ###

db-error.php: true
maintenance.php: true

### wp-active-theme ###

name: Genesis Sample (genesis-sample)
version: 3.4.0
author: StudioPress
author_website: https://www.studiopress.com/
parent_theme: Genesis (genesis)
theme_features: core-block-patterns, menus, post-thumbnails, title-tag, automatic-feed-links, body-open, genesis-inpost-layouts, genesis-archive-layouts, genesis-admin-menu, genesis-seo-settings-menu, genesis-import-export-menu, genesis-readme-menu, genesis-customizer-theme-settings, genesis-customizer-seo-settings, genesis-auto-updates, genesis-breadcrumbs, genesis-menus, genesis-structural-wraps, widgets, genesis-custom-logo, html5, genesis-accessibility, genesis-after-entry-widget-area, genesis-footer-widgets, custom-logo, editor-styles, editor-style, align-wide, responsive-embeds, custom-line-height, custom-units, editor-font-sizes, editor-color-palette
theme_path: /home3/slippysl/public_html/wp-content/themes/genesis-sample

### wp-parent-theme ###

name: Genesis (genesis)
version: 3.3.3
author: StudioPress
author_website: https://www.studiopress.com/
theme_path: /home3/slippysl/public_html/wp-content/themes/genesis

### wp-themes-inactive (4) ###

Sinatra: version: 1.2.0, author: Sinatra Team
Twenty Nineteen: version: 1.9, author: the WordPress team
Twenty Twenty: version: 1.6, author: the WordPress team
Twenty Twenty-One: version: 1.1, author: the WordPress team

### wp-mu-plugins (1) ###

Endurance Page Cache: version: 2.0.6, author: Mike Hansen

### wp-plugins-active (19) ###

Akismet Anti-Spam: version: 4.1.9, author: Automattic
Bluehost: version: 2.5.4, author: Bluehost
Creative Mail by Constant Contact: version: 1.3.3, author: Constant Contact
Genesis Blocks: version: 1.2.1, author: StudioPress
Genesis Custom Blocks: version: 1.1.0, author: Genesis Custom Blocks
Genesis eNews Extended: version: 2.2.0, author: Brandon Kraft
Genesis Simple Edits: version: 2.3.1, author: StudioPress
Genesis Simple Hooks: version: 2.3.0, author: StudioPress
Genesis Simple Share: version: 1.1.5, author: StudioPress
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights: version: 7.16.2, author: MonsterInsights
Health Check & Troubleshooting: version: 1.4.5, author: The www.ads-software.com community
Jetpack by WordPress.com: version: 9.5, author: Automattic
OptinMonster: version: 2.2.0, author: OptinMonster Team
PHP Compatibility Checker: version: 1.5.0, author: WP Engine
Pretty Links: version: 3.2.1, author: Pretty Links
Really Simple SSL: version: 4.0.9, author: Really Simple Plugins
Simple Social Icons: version: 3.0.2, author: StudioPress
UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore: version: 1.16.47, author: UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson
WPForms Lite: version: 1.6.5, author: WPForms

### wp-plugins-inactive (1) ###

Hello Dolly: version: 1.7.2, author: Matt Mullenweg

### wp-media ###

image_editor: WP_Image_Editor_Imagick
imagick_module_version: 1650
imagemagick_version: ImageMagick 6.7.2-7 2017-03-22 Q16 https://www.imagemagick.org
imagick_limits: 
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_AREA: 14 GB
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_DISK: -1
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_FILE: 12288
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_MAP: 48 MB
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_MEMORY: 48 MB
	imagick::RESOURCETYPE_THREAD: not available
gd_version: bundled (2.1.0 compatible)
ghostscript_version: 8.71

### wp-server ###

server_architecture: Linux 4.14.146-225.ELK.el6.x86_64 x86_64
httpd_software: Apache
php_version: 7.4.15 64bit
php_sapi: cgi-fcgi
max_input_variables: 1000
time_limit: 30
memory_limit: 256M
max_input_time: 60
upload_max_size: 512M
php_post_max_size: 516M
curl_version: 7.75.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1j
suhosin: false
imagick_availability: true
server-headers: 
	date: Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:08:28 GMT
	content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
	expires: Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT
	cache-control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0
	link: <https://slippysloppy.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://slippysloppy.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/24>; rel="alternate"; type="application/json", <https://slippysloppy.com/>; rel=shortlink
	vary: Accept-Encoding
	host-header: c2hhcmVkLmJsdWVob3N0LmNvbQ==
	x-endurance-cache-level: 2
	cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
	cf-request-id: 089b16e64300002f49a40dc000000001
	expect-ct: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
	server: cloudflare
	cf-ray: 62a527506ea62f49-DFW
	content-encoding: gzip
htaccess_extra_rules: true

### wp-database ###

extension: mysqli
server_version: 5.6.41-84.1
client_version: mysqlnd 7.4.15

### wp-constants ###

WP_HOME: undefined
WP_SITEURL: undefined
WP_CONTENT_DIR: /home3/slippysl/public_html/wp-content
WP_PLUGIN_DIR: /home3/slippysl/public_html/wp-content/plugins
WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT: 256M
WP_DEBUG: false
WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY: true
WP_DEBUG_LOG: false
SCRIPT_DEBUG: false
WP_CACHE: false
CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_SCRIPTS: undefined
COMPRESS_CSS: undefined
WP_LOCAL_DEV: undefined

### wp-filesystem ###

wordpress: writable
wp-content: writable
uploads: writable
plugins: writable
themes: writable
mu-plugins: writable

### jetpack ###

site_id: 189431844
ssl_cert: No
time_diff: undefined
version_option: 9.5:1614730106
old_version: 9.4:1612348704
public: Public
master_user: #1 tussharctg
current_user: #1 tussharctg
tokens_set: Blog User
blog_token: miXAx4kBmj0DrzXJdswU06SeI@7A*!ca
user_token: ^sRaXi9fVUQ7qF1UDIzcPBRJah@uROVi
version: 9.5
jp_plugin_dir: /home3/slippysl/public_html/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/
plan: free
protect_header: {"trusted_header":"REMOTE_ADDR","segments":1,"reverse":false}
full_sync: {"started":"Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:50:57 +0000","finished":"Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:51:13 +0000","progress":{"options":{"finished":true},"functions":{"finished":true},"constants":{"finished":true},"users":{"total":"1","sent":1,"finished":true,"last_sent":"1"},"network_options":{"finished":true}},"config":{"options":true,"functions":true,"constants":true,"users":[1],"network_options":true}}
sync_size: undefined
sync_lag: 0 seconds
full_sync_size: undefined
full_sync_lag: 0 seconds
idc_urls: {"home":"https:\/\/slippysloppy.com\/","siteurl":"https:\/\/slippysloppy.com\/","WP_HOME":"","WP_SITEURL":""}
idc_error_option: false
idc_optin: true
cxn_tests: All Pass.

### wpforms ###

version: 1.6.5
lite: Feb 3, 2021 @ 2:31am
upload_dir: Writable
db_tables: PH1_wpforms_tasks_meta
total_forms: undefined
total_submissions: undefined

### genesis ###

update: 1
blog_title: text
site_layout: content-sidebar
comments_posts: 1
comments_pages: 1
entry_meta_before_content: [post_date] by [post_author_posts_link] [post_comments] [post_edit]
entry_meta_after_content: [post_categories] [post_tags]
content_archive: full
image_size: genesis-singular-images
image_alignment: aligncenter
posts_nav: numeric
footer_text: Copyright ?2021 — silppysloppy.com | All rights reserved.
theme_version: 3.3.3
db_version: 3301
upgrade: 1
blog_cat_num: 6

@tussharctg Could you expand on how you trigger the error, please? Does it happen during regular use? During migration? During deployment?

If you could provide steps to reproduce the problem that would better help me understand what’s happening.

@lukecarbis The error happens during DEPLOYMENT of changes or edits I make to live WordPress using STAGING WordPress.

Step 1: First I install the plugin in my live/main WordPress.

Step 2: Then I update my staging WordPress from live WordPress through my hosting plugin. That way I get the Genesis Blocks plugin in my STAGING WordPress.

Step 3: Then I edit or make change to my site in STAGING WordPress.

Step 4: When I go for deployment of those editing or changes to my live WordPress through (again) my hosting plugin in my STAGING WordPress, that time the error happens to my both WordPress site before finishing the whole deployment process (it can’t finish).

I hope you understand.

Hi @tussharctg – I’ve tried deploying from Staging to Prod in my WP Engine environment, and it worked perfectly. This seems like a problem very specific to your setup. Could you maybe try using a different deployment method and see if that changes anything? Additionally, could you try without any additional plugins enabled?

• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by Luke Carbis.

Hi @lukecarbis Primarily, I’ve discovered that this issue was insisting for other plugins. There might be confliction of Genesis Blocks with other plugins. After deactivating 12 plugins, I was able to successfully deploy my changes to production site. I don’t know which plugin is causing the problem. Hopefully I’ll be able to narrow it down.
I’ll try to update you about it soon.

List of deactivated plugins:
?	Creative Mail by Constant Contact
?	Genesis Custom Blocks
?	Genesis Simple Edits
?	Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights
?	Health Check & Troubleshooting
?	Hello Dolly
?	Jetpack by WordPress.com
?	OptinMonster
?	Pretty Links
?	Simple Social Icons
?	UpdraftPlus - Backup/Restore
?	WPForms Lite

Hi @lukecarbis Something is going on with this plugin. Now again I’ve discovered that; Genesis Blocks is running smoothly with all of these plugin activated also. Which is a good news. Although I can see Genesis Blocks has gotten an update 5 days ago. I don’t know if the error will appear in future or not. I hope for not. If appears again, I’ll seek help through this thread, if the thread remains open.

Thanks for your patient support.