Front page – Fatal Error message

I had the same error. It was a problem with WP Opulus and the plugin NextGen Gallery. When I deactivated the plugin all works fine. But deactivating the plugin can’t be the solution.

After a few tests I figured out that the problem are this lines in the featured.php:

$original_query = $wp_query;
$wp_query = null;
$wp_query = new WP_Query(array('page_id' => $left_featured, 'posts_per_page' => 1));

This codeblock is 3 times in the file for left, center and right post.

I found 2 solutions but I don’t know why it works (I’m new in WP), I only know “It works for me for the moment”.

Solution 1: Comment out $wp_query = null;
Solution 2: Change $wp_query = new WP_Query(arr... ' => 1)); to $wp_query = new WP_Query() and after this line add $wp_query->query('page_id='.$left_featured.'&posts_per_page=1');. Don’t forget to change the variable (left, center, right).

I hope it will help.

Thank you so much!

Oddly, I thought to try your solution 2 before solution 1; solution 1 just seemed too easy. Solution 2 didn’t work for me so then I tried solution 1 and presto! I’m up and running. Thank you so much for the help. I am new to WP and to editing code. This successful little experience gave me a boost ??

Cheers to you NighthawkCH!

-Becky