Not Working in WP 4.5

Any resolution to the mrcandyman83 post? Same thing happened to my site—my eModals are not working after the WordPRess update to version 4.5 on April 13th. I have the following error messages in the Dashboard within the Easy Modal folder after clicking on Load Method:

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string(): No such file or directory in /home/xxxxxxx/xxxxxx.com/wp-content/plugins/easy-modal/classes/view/admin/modal/index.php on line 93

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string(): A link to the server could not be established in /home/xxxxxxx/xxxxxx.com/wp-content/plugins/easy-modal/classes/view/admin/modal/index.php on line 93

I have the latest Easy Modal version of 2.0.17. Only thing not updated is my theme: Divi theme by Elegant Themes. Is it as simple as updating the theme or do I need to reinstall the eModal plugin with the old FTP files? Please provide some guidance. Thank you.

@mrcandyman83 – Based on the jQuery error in the console and that you said it broke on update to WP 4.5 you are looking at a broken theme, not easy modal. You can read more here and here.

@johnnie5 – Without seeing the site I would say check your browser console if you see something like Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: a.poplight[href^=#] then you will know what the problem is. Whatever file triggers that error will be the problem.

Hope that helps.

@danieliser I have that exact error and none of my enrol or register interest buttons are working on our site. How do I work out what is triggering that error? Nothing happens at all when the button is clicked.

@pyneman – Your browser console will tell you exactly where the JS occurred if you use the black arrow below each error it shows a line by line of where the error originated.

Hope that helps.