[Plugin: Microkid's Related Posts] New Version causing problems

Hi hauruapai,

Can you check if you have selected any post types on the plugins settings page?

And can you explain a little more about how your layout got messed up?

Oh my God, I thought I was the only one having this trouble. How the layout got messed up? Well, for starters, some of the parts at the end of the post (e.g. ‘Tagged with: blah blah’, ‘File under: blah blah’) which used to be enclosed within the same div box as the post are now outside the enclosing bordered box. And because of this, I have to scroll down to the bottom to see my right sidebar.

As to the plugin’s interface in the dashboard, it’s unresponsive.

Right now, I have disabled the plugin. Please help

(Hey hauruapai, where can I download an older version?)

Hi noelmoralde,

It’s really hard for me to tell what’s going on from the information you give me. Is there somewhere I can see the problem?

@ noelmoralde
I always keep backups of old plugins which is why I could upload an older working one. And yes, what you described as a layout mess is exactly what I got to – except you explained it better than me!

@ microkid
I went to upgrade the plugin again so I could get screenshots of what is happening for you and seems that the gremlin has moved out of the admin- it now displays properly. I also did a new post and added a related article and it was all good but when I did a new post with no related posts it messed up the layout again

https://inthetravelworld.com/ is where you can see the post without a related one and messed up layout as well as a post with a related post and no messed up layout

Now that I see what the new layout in the admin for related posts is I will try and describe what it was like. (It is ok there now)

There were no tabs for Posts and Pages – instead they were just listed under each other – hyperlinked

It then said related without the box
Under that Search Items – A little box and Title Content Both with the buttons

Then that again. Here is an idea of what it was like:

—————————————-
Posts (0)
Pages (0)
related
Search BOX HERE Title Content Both
related
Search BOX HERE Title Content Both
——————————————

The only place where there were boxes was where I put BOX HERE above

For posts that already had related posts it was as follows:

—————————————-
Posts (2)
PostTitle x PostTitle x
Pages (0)
related
Search BOX HERE Title Content Both
related
Search BOX HERE Title Content Both
——————————————

Hope this helps ??

Ah! Now I understand.

The plugin loads its own CSS file in the admin. This file has been altered in the new version, but your browser was still displaying the old cached version of the file.

So if you run into this problem, hit shift + refresh or empty your browser cache.

@noelmoralde does this solve your issue?

Nope – that has not fixed my sample of the no related posts plugin:

I hit refresh a few times
F5 a few times
Cleared the browser cache

and still got the messed up layout ??

Any other ideas? ??

Ah, I’ve solved the issue. There was an HTML bug that occurred when a post had no related posts and the “Display this text” option was turned on.

Please install the new version (3.0.1) and let me know if it works now.

Perfect – I installed the new one on the site, hit refreshed and all of the messed up payout is fixed ??

Thank you so much for your time and effort – it is truly appreciated ??

Excellent! Maybe you could take the time to hit the “Works” button in the Compatibility box on the plugins page:

https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/microkids-related-posts/

Wow! It’s back to its glory now. Thanks microkid. I just clicked ‘Works’ back there.

@hauruapai, thanks for the tip. From now on, I’m saving a copy of all plugins I use.

@microkid – already did the works when it worked ??

@noelmoralde – glad the tip helped ??