3.0.6 breaks Related Posts block

I haven’t touched the block. What is the error that you get when you insert the block? I don’t see issues with my test install

And, what are the settings of your block?

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by Ajay.

Thanks for your fast reply.

I don’t get any error. Instead, it shows “This block will be shown empty” (roughly translated from German). The “related-posts” renderer returns HTTP 200 ‘rendered: “”‘.

These are my settings: https://ibb.co/mRZMQXt

P. S. I found the problem. It’s in main-query.php:

	if ( crp_exclude_on( $post ) ) {
		return ''; // Exit without adding related posts.
	}

…because…

// If the DO NOT DISPLAY meta field is set.
	$crp_post_meta = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'crp_post_meta', true );

	if ( isset( $crp_post_meta['crp_disable_here'] ) ) {
		$crp_disable_here = $crp_post_meta['crp_disable_here'];
	} else {
		$crp_disable_here = 0;
	}

	if ( $crp_disable_here ) {
		return true;
	}

I disabled showing CRP automatically at the end of this specific page because otherwise the block makes no sense – I would get two blocks instead (the one I included manually and the other that would be added at the end of the page). Up to 3.0.5, this worked.

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by fwmone.
• This reply was modified 4 years ago by fwmone.

Hey,

I have the same problem.

Best
Cls

As a temporary solution, I commented out

	// Check exclusions.
	if ( crp_exclude_on( $post ) ) {
		return ''; // Exit without adding related posts.
	}

in main-query.php. This seems to bring back how it worked before 3.0.6.

Instead of the above, will you be able to make this change to the exclusions.php file to add these checks

// If the DO NOT DISPLAY meta field is set.
if ( ! $args['is_shortcode'] && ! $args['is_manual'] && ! $args['is_block'] ) {
	$crp_post_meta = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'crp_post_meta', true );

	if ( isset( $crp_post_meta['crp_disable_here'] ) ) {
		$crp_disable_here = $crp_post_meta['crp_disable_here'];
	} else {
		$crp_disable_here = 0;
	}

	if ( $crp_disable_here ) {
		return true;
	}
}

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by Ajay.

Thanks for your reply. For this to work, you also have to make this change in main-query.php…

	// Check exclusions.
	if ( crp_exclude_on( $post, $args) ) {
		return ''; // Exit without adding related posts.
	}

(add args argument to function call)

Thank you @fwmone

I’ll get that fixed as well and push an update shortly. Sorry for the confusion.

I’m working on fixing that asap

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by Ajay.

Yes, I tested it in my environment thoroughly and it worked well.

@fwmone

I’ve been able to replicate this – also added the checks for another use of the crp_exclude_on function. Will push an update shortly.

@fwmone @clsklvr

v3.0.7 has been released which fixes this. Once again, apologies for breaking this feature.

Great, thank you!

Best
Cls

Thanks a lot, tested it and it works well!

Thanks both for confirming!