[Plugin: All-in-One Calendar] Automatically updating to 1.6 broke the calendar

Hi Dan,

First I used the automatic update in the WordPress Dashboard to upgrade from 1.5 to 1.6.3.

Once it was installed (which took about 30 seconds), I went into the AI1EC settings in the WordPress Dashboard, and in the top-right area of the screen was an advertisement for 1.6.3 Premium.

I clicked the ad. Unfortunately at this moment I can’t remember exactly how I installed it (I know, poor memory!). Either it auto-installed after I followed instructions, once I’d clicked the ad; or maybe I had to download the 1.6.3 Premium zip file, then manually install it.

(The zip file can be downloaded from https://www.thenl.ly).

To manually install a plugin, in your Dashboard to go Plugins > Add New > Upload. Choose the 1.6.3 Premium zip file, and click Install.

After it installs, you may need to click Activate.

Sorry I can’t be more specific – good luck, and please let me know if I can be of any more (vague) assistance!

Thanks, cossd!

I had read a couple of different posts about installing automatically or manually and I wasn’t sure the best way to go.

Very helpful! Thank you.

Dan

1.6.3 fixed it for me too – I’ve now updated my live site. ??

Hi cossd!
Please don’t forget to mark this thread as resolved whenever you can (if indeed it is).
Thanks!

Hi Marventus,

Sorry I thought I already had – have done now – my bad!

Cheers!

Don’t worry about it! Thanks for taking care of it.
Cheers!

I had a big problem today when I used One Click Updater and it updated the All In One Event Calendar to 1.6.3. It completely broke my WP site (no errors, just a white screen). By renaming Plugins to plugins-bu, I got my site and dashboard back, then renamed the folder back to plugins, and one by one activated the plugins until it was clear that 1.6.3 caused the problem. Then I found this thread and installed 1.5. That put the calendar back but all my monthly recurring events are gone and I must restore them.

I’m surprised to read on this thread that 1.6.3 is working for others, for it broke my site and I will advise other people using it to not do the upgrade until it’s clear it can be used. Hope to hear back from people who know more. The site I had the problem with is
https://bartonspringspublicprocess.com

Hi ingenuity – I’m sorry to hear that the update broke your wp site.

We have 1.7 coming out soon, which should hopefully solve some of your problems. The database is not changed on update, so your recurring events should still be there somewhere.

Thanks.I’ll look for 1.7. Is there a mailing list I can get on so I’ll know it’s time to upgrade?

@sauril I just had the plugin break in another site. There was a problem with both 1.6.6.3 and 1.7. I could only recover by renaming plugins to deactivate all and then reactivating all but the all-in-one calendar by bit.ly.

I was only able to work with 1.5. Must be an incompatibility with one of my other plugins. If you care to know what they are, please let me know how to inform you (preferably of this forum). The site is https://donnalancaster.net.

@ingenuity
You will receive a notification when logging in to wp-admin, when there is an update available. For premium version there is a button shown in that notification that when clicked will auto update the plugin.

For your other website, try the following approach:
1. Delete all-in-one-event-calendar folder from wp-content/plugins
2. Login to wp-admin.
3. Download the latest version available from then.ly (currently it is 1.7)
4. Extract the downloaded archive and upload it via ftp to your wp-content/plugins/ folder
5. Login to wp-admin and activate the plugin

Let me know of any troubles. If it breaks your website and you need assistance with it you can reach me at yani at then.ly and I will be more than happy to help you.

@yani.iliev thank you for the quick response.

It was the version 1.7 that today broke the site donnalancaster.net. I had a copy of 1.5, and when I installed that there was no problem. Since you were kind enough to offer further assistance, a little later tonight I will delete the all-in-one-event-calendar folder from wp-content/plugins and try again to do a clean install of 1.7. I’ll let you know how it goes.

@yani.iliev The experiment was successful. After deleting the older versions, I installed v 1.7 and it seems to work fine without crashing the site. The only s.n.a.f.u. was that I foolishly deleted all the data and had to rebuild it manually. Thankfully, there wasn’t much.

I may try upgrading on the first site–but without deleting the data first–so it will, I hope, transfer from v1.5 to v1.7.

@ ingenuity
The only when that you can delete the data is by uninstalling the plugin via wordpress wp-admin interface. When you delete the all-in-one-event-calendar folder from wp-content/plugins data is NOT deleted.
WordPress auto-update functions almost the same way except that it puts the website into maintenance mode and thus preventing errors to happen while update is running.
So yes, proceed upgrading from v1.5 -> v1.7 using the method described above and it should work fine on all websites. For any troubles feel free to contact me or to post your questions to your helpdesk -> help.then.ly

@yani.iliev

I’m sorry, but I’m confused after reading your reply.

What is the difference between

uninstalling the plugin via wordpress wp-admin interface.

and

When you delete the all-in-one-event-calendar folder from wp-content/plugins data is NOT deleted

?

On https://donnalancaster.net, I had gone into wp-admin/plugins/installed plugins. Found the all-in-one-event-calendar plugin (it was v 1.5). I deactivated it and then deleted it (stupidly clicking okay when it showed a warning that the data would be lost).

On another site with more data, that I would hate to lose, https://citizensdistricting10-1.org, how can I upgrade from 1.5 to 1.7 without losing any data? Will the automatic upgrade do that?