[Plugin: Simply Exclude] Simply exclude kills the shortcode function

I’m the author of the Simply Exclude plugin. What version of WP are you running? Also what version of this plugin? Will be glad to investigate but need more information.

That’s WP 2.9.2 and plugin version 1.7.6

Thanks for the info. I’ve setup my development environment using the same WP version and plugin version. I’ve created a new Post titled ‘Gallery’. Inserted some random pictures. Assigned the Post to the category ‘General’. Inserted the images as a WP gallery using the shortcode ‘[gallery]‘. Saved the Post. I can view the post on the site front view, archive and feed.

Now into Simply Exclude category section. In the top section select the ‘exclude’ radio for ‘Front’, ‘Archive’ and ‘Feed’. In the lower section on the row for the ‘General’ category I have set the checkboxes for ‘Front’, ‘Archive’ and ‘Feed’.

When I view the site I cannot see the new Post in the Front listing, the archive of the feed. But it I select the posts specific URL I can view the page as well as see the gallery.

So at this point I’m not sure I’m able to reproduce your issue. I’m not saying there is not an issues. there are always chances of issue given the differences in system setup.

Perhaps it’s interacting with some other plugin. Which one that might be I haven’t found out yet.

Funny thing with this gallery issue: the gallery shortcode on pages is affected as well.

But since I know now where it comes from, it’s not that dramatic. I simply leave the default category untouched and everything is fine.

Thanks for looking into it!

Ok. Here are some thoughts. Maybe we can work together to nail this issue down. I’m still open to this being a Simply Exclude issue. But Simply Exclude doesn’t directly effect the contents of a post/page. Only if and where it displays.

Activate all your normal plugins including Simply Exclude. Under the Simply Exclude admin area make sure nothing is checked in the lower section for categories, tags, authors and pages. In other words it is active but nothing is setup. The upper section where you define include or exclude does nothing if there aren’t any of the lower parameters set. In this state does the gallery work?

I’m having the same problem.

Gallery stopped showing on posts.

It started when I upgraded WP from version 2.8.6 to 2.9.2.

I deactivated all plugins. The Gallery came back. I tested activating each plugin alone and found that the problem happens when I activate Simply Exclude.

I tried every other plugin and they didn’t mess with the gallery. But every combination of them with Simply Exclude stops the gallery.

I tried 3 versions of Simply Exclude: 1.7.5, 1.7.6 and 1.7.7.

Also, I realized that the post thumbnail doesn’t show on home template (index.php) when the plugin is activated. It only shows on category.php template.

Hmm. Ok. All I can do is investigate further. The bulk of the plugin code in size is to handle the admin panels. Excluding categories is done via a simple wp_query hook. Will investigate and replay back. thanks.

@ipsk

Can you provide some information about your WP install?

1. What version of WP?
2. What version of the Simply Exclude plugin?
3. What other plugins are installed and active?
4. Describe how you are using the Simply Exclude plugin. Are you excluding categories, tag, pages, etc.

Any chance you will allow access to your backend wp-admin so that I can investigate? This is always helpful since building a matching test environment is next to impossible.

@ipsk or sauerland

Any interest in doing some beta testing on the latest Simply Exclude code. I think I’ve patched the code to correct the issue. But would like to get a double check since you helped identify the issue.

Just updated the Simply Exclude plugin. Version 2.2.9 should solve your issue. But it not please let me know.

And thanks for using the Simply Exclude plugin. Coming up in the next release will be management of any custom Taxonomy. Not just the current Categories and Tags.

Where can I get version 2.2.9 of this plug-in?

I have wordpress 2.9.2 and plugin version 1.7.8 doesn’t seem to be working.