PHP error

@mtibesar
I suspect you are now running PHP 8.0+ and that is causing the error.
Mine works on PHP 7.4.8, but it throws out the same error message on PHP 8.0.9, all else being equal.
If you have recently moved to PHP 8.0, looks like you’ll need to move back to PHP 7.4 to get this plugin to stop showing that error message.
Thanks my experience.
Regards!

@hiskingdomprophecy. Thank you very much! Yes, I was running PHP 8.

@mtibesar

You can always turn WP-DEBUG off, and then the messages will stop.

On my test site, I use PHP 8 and Debug is off, and WPBrusier works fine, and the site works fine and I have no issues.

Then you can get the advantages of PHP 8.

From what I have been taught, “WP-DEBUG off” is the recommended normal operating condition for all sites, unless an error is suspected or odd behaviour is manifesting. Then it is turned ON for testing purposes only.

Now you know you have an issue with WPBrusier and PHP 8, and if it is not impacting admin or the site users… then perhaps it is best to just ignore it for the time being.

Regards!

You can solve the problem as follows:

Goto ../wp-content/plugins/goodbye-captcha/includes/plugin and modify the file MchGdbcBasePublicPlugin.php in line 44 by changing private function __wakeup() into public function __wakeup(). That’s it!

However, since the developer has not updated the plugin for more than 2 years, I assume that he has retired.