Causing Fatal Error with WP CLI

Hi Justin-bigscoots,

I need to discuss this with my development team. Hopefully, I will get back to you with the solution.

Regards,
Sumit

Hi justin-bigscoots,

This is a known issue and we will be extremely grateful if you can help us by providing the steps to replicate this issue with WP CLI.

Regards,
Sumit

Its really easy to reproduce, just run any WP CLI command.

Example:

[13:37][[email protected] public]# wp plugin install responsive-menu --activate
Installing Responsive Menu – Create Mobile-Friendly Menu (4.1.10)
Downloading installation package from https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/responsive-menu.4.1.10.zip...
Unpacking the package...
Installing the plugin...
Clearing PHP OPcache opcode cache failed.
Plugin installed successfully.
Activating 'responsive-menu'...
Plugin 'responsive-menu' activated.
Success: Installed 1 of 1 plugins.

[13:37][[email protected] public]# wp user list
PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function wp_generate_password() in /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-admin/includes/file.php:677
Stack trace:
#0 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php(138): wp_tempnam()
#1 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-content/plugins/responsive-menu/v4.0.0/inc/classes/class-theme-manager.php(436): WP_Filesystem_FTPext->get_contents()
#2 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-content/plugins/responsive-menu/v4.0.0/inc/classes/class-theme-manager.php(850): RMP\Features\Inc\Theme_Manager->get_themes_from_uploads()
#3 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-content/plugins/responsive-menu/responsive-menu.php(170): RMP\Features\Inc\Theme_Manager->get_menu_active_themes()
#4 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-content/plugins/responsive-menu/responsive-menu.php(185): rm_includes_menu_theme_template()
#5 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-settings.php(418): include_once('/home/nginx/dom...')
#6 ph in /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 677
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function wp_generate_password() in /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-admin/includes/file.php:677
Stack trace:
#0 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php(138): wp_tempnam()
#1 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-content/plugins/responsive-menu/v4.0.0/inc/classes/class-theme-manager.php(436): WP_Filesystem_FTPext->get_contents()
#2 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-content/plugins/responsive-menu/v4.0.0/inc/classes/class-theme-manager.php(850): RMP\Features\Inc\Theme_Manager->get_themes_from_uploads()
#3 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-content/plugins/responsive-menu/responsive-menu.php(170): RMP\Features\Inc\Theme_Manager->get_menu_active_themes()
#4 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-content/plugins/responsive-menu/responsive-menu.php(185): rm_includes_menu_theme_template()
#5 /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-settings.php(418): include_once('/home/nginx/dom...')
#6 ph in /home/nginx/domains/learn-wpo.com/public/wp-admin/includes/file.php on line 677
Error: There has been a critical error on this website.Learn more about troubleshooting WordPress. There has been a critical error on this website.
[13:37][[email protected] public]#

Hi Justin-bigscoots,

We tried to replicate the issue as per the steps provided by you. But as you can see in the screenshot given below.

https://nimb.ws/7WSIa2

We are not getting any errors. I request you to please check the below-given link and apply the workarounds mentioned in the document. Hope your issue will get resolved. Let me know if you need more help.

https://responsive.menu/knowledgebase/rm-fatal-error-fs-method-of-ftpext/

Regards,
Sumit

You didn’t run any commands after the installing your plugin though.

It shows the plugin installed successfully which is correct, it won’t start throwing errors until after its installed and activated.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by justin-bigscoots.

Hi @justin-bigscoots

We tried the same command but in our case still, there is no error. Please check the below-given screenshot link.

https://t1868024.p.clickup-attachments.com/t1868024/6bbcf20d-cd65-41c7-8f27-ab443f1082b3/image.png

However, when we change FS_METHOD settings in the wp-config file, then we can regenerate this error. Please check the screenshot.

https://t1868024.p.clickup-attachments.com/t1868024/f3363967-41fc-45b2-99db-aee35d81e2d3/image.png

Are you using define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’); in your wp-config.php file please confirm.

Regards,
Sumit`

• This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by sumitsanadhya.

No, I have even tested this on a fresh install with your plugin being the only plugin. No modification to wp-config.php outside of updating database details

Hi @justin-bigscoots ,

Can you please add the below-given code in the wp-config.php file and then check. Let me know if you still face the same issue.

define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’);

Regards,
Sumit

bump into the same issue after update to 4.1.10, rolling back to 4.1.6 have it resolved.

@sumitsanadhya, yes, if I add the extra define, then it removes the error for us. This is not default with the version of WordPress (latest). Is there any further update on how to resolve this? It sounds like 4.1.6 worked, so will you revert the code to the old behavior or are we forced to add this new define to our config file?

Hi @efisher_osiris @hovamanta

Sorry for any inconvenience you had. There is no alternative available for it. You need to add define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’); in your wp-config.php file.

Let me know if you need more help.

Regards,
sumit