[BUG REPORT] Internal 500 Error on loading Visual Editor on Linux Prod Server

Hi all,

When moving this plugin from a windows wamp development setup to a full production linux server there was an issue with the visual editor not loading.

FIX: I resolved this issue by replacing the wp-load.php loading code at the top of these 2 files.

• \plugins\smpl-shortcodes\includes\admin\generator\editor_plugin_mce_v3.php
• \plugins\smpl-shortcodes\includes\admin\generator\editor_plugin_mce_v4.php

REPLACE

// Setup path to WordPres
$absolute_path = __FILE__;
$path_to_wp = explode( 'wp-content', $absolute_path );
$wp_url = $path_to_wp[0];
// Access WordPress
require_once( $wp_url.'wp-load.php' );

WITH THIS CODE

// Setup path to WordPress and Access WordPress
$parse_uri = explode( 'wp-content', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] );
require_once( $parse_uri[0] . 'wp-load.php' );

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