“Contextual Help Depreciated” error message

  • At the top of my dashboard I am getting the following error message

    Deprecated: contextual_help_list is deprecated since version 3.3.0! Use get_current_screen()->add_help_tab(), get_current_screen()->remove_help_tab() instead. in /var/www/vhosts/mysite/public_html/myinstall/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5088

    Mysite and Myinstall are, of course replacements for the actual url locations

    I went to functions.php and replaced what was there

    E_USER_DEPRECATED

    with the code from “get_” to “tab()” and it just gave me a fatal error. So I put the old functions.php back and it’s working again, but the error remains.

    What should I do? TIA

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  • Those deprecations are now “hard” deprecations – which means that those functions were “outdated” since WordPress version 3.3.0, but previously it just gave a warning (which may have been supressed).

    You need to find the plugin that is calling that outdated function.
    Which means, disable all of them and switch to a default (Twenty*) theme and re-enable them one by one to find out which one is using an old function.

    Once you found it, let the developer know ??

    Additionally, a note of hope: it’s something I’ve noticed a lot this past year. Plugins that become obsolete and cease working with, and or either, wordpress 5, or php7, even though, before that, they were steadfastly working for an entire decade without receiving a single update.
    You see the idea, they were obsolete, abandoned, but not junk yet, they would still work… until the era of php7 and wordpress 5.

    And the great thing is that the support forums for the plugins frequently contain “the” fix to make the obsolete plugin work again with wordpress 5 or php7, provided by kind souls with more skill than us common folks. You’ll have to apply it by hand, though.

    So, don’t give up if the developer has disappeared, make sure to thoroughly check the wordpress support forum for the plugin ??

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by Sabinooo.
    • This reply was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by Sabinooo.

    We are using the “Litespeed Cache” pluging; after resetting it the problem disappeared.

    Steps:
    – BackUp your website!
    – Open “Litespeed Cache” plugin in Backend
    – At the bottom (Right) click “Reset All Settings””
    – Under “Reset All Settings” Click “Reset”

    In our case this solved the issue.

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