[Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] 1.2.8.1 breaks admin

I documented the error yesterday here
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-1284-mapped-site-admin-broken

Issue seems to be with the get_option( ‘wpseo’ ) at the start of maybe_upgrade() function in class-admin.php. It should be returning a nice array like this (as per parent site) : Array ( [disableadvanced_meta] => on [version] => 1.2.8.4 [tracking_popup] => done [yoast_tracking] => off [ignore_tour] => ignore ). Instead, for child mapped site, we get only : 1pseo_social. Development version has the same issue.

I also offered a temp code fix to get you back going with 1.2.8.4 or the dev version.

I updated my wordpress SEO plugin today to 1.2.8.4 and have been experiencing issues in wordpress admin. The dropdowns are not working, plugin’s “Titles and Meta” options are not loading etc.

The frontend seems to be working Ok.. The titles and descriptions in my post pages are displaying as they were before updating. Only admin panel is messed up.

IS there a way to roll back to previous version 1.2.7.x

I have database back up file. How can I go back to previous version of this plugin?

WordPress Version: 3.2.1
Yoast Plugin: 1.2.8.4
website: https://www.environmentabout.com

All these fixes seem to make sense but I can not even get to my admin dashboard to apply them – when I attempt to go to any link once i log in as admin it gives me Fatal error: Call to undefined function update_options() in /home/*****/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/admin/class-admin.php on line 441
Error and does not let me advance – anyone have a suggestion for someone who is not that savy on programming.

My version works – apart from the fact that it doesn’t show up in the post editor (just the title of the widget, nothing else).

Any suggestions?

Has Yoast replied to anyone about these issues in the last few months? You cant contact him directly and he doesn’t respond to the forums.

I detailed my problem here and I am clearly not the only one experiencing this.

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-tinymce-missing-white-content-in-editor?replies=1#post-3161587

Its very frustrating as its a great tool but my clients are getting p*ssed off with me so i may have to uninstall it and find a replacement (although transferring over the seo bits we have already inputted will be a nightmare).

It always used to work so well ??

See this thread for a proper fix to this. Hopefully the author includes this in an update.

Thanks but that only applies to WPMU

Hopefully he will address all the issues soon!

@james Olney: I think your issue is different. Mine is the Fatal error in class-admin.php on line 440 which some people have been getting.

@idope: yep mine is about screwing up the admin area and tinymce buttons disappearing etc (seems to be the topic this thread started on so lots of people are still stuck – amongst other problems ?? )

To update my previous:

On a brand new MS install yesterday, I installed the very latest WP SEO plugin specifically to look for the challenge of not being able to get to new subdomain installs. Seems to be working as expected. I’ll be adding a few more sites to that network today and will report back here if anything changes with the expected operations of Yoast’s plugin.

Is there ANY update about this error that people are still getting i.e. drop down boxes not working, tinymce buttons not working etc etc. It seems as if people are still getting problems with this, but no response from the developers (Yoast, you there!)

Although this is a free plugin I do feel somewhat miffed having spent ￡600 on one of Yoast’s website reviews!

I’m running WP 3.4.2, with WooThemes Gazette 2.9.14 and WooFramework 5.4.2, and using Jetpack 1.9.2 and Yoast WordPress SEO 1.2.8.7, on six different sites. One, the busiest, is at HostGator. The other five are all at WebHero.

I have had no problems at any time with the blank pages appearance at HostGator. Until Jetpack upgraded from 1.9.0, I had no problems at WebHero either. Blank pages as described in other posts here began occurring at our WebHero hosted sites after JetPack upgraded beyond 1.9.0.

WebHero’s support solution was to deactivate JetPack. I no longer have the blank pages problems on any of the five, but I also have lost all JetPack functionality, including WP Stats.

I have no idea why the entire package runs well on one web host and not another, but it’s worth investigating. For those who need an immediate fix, JetPack deactivation seemed to be the answer.

Version 1.2.8.7 is turning some admin screens into a white screen of death on a 3.4.2 multisite install. The issue is being caused by lines 440, 449, and 453 of class-admin.php. Seems to be choking on the “unset( $options[‘presstrends’] );” and “unset( $options[‘presstrends_popup’] );”.

How the fuck can it choke on a simple unset? ??

hmmm months of no response and no apparent support for the plugin and then we get a sarcastic and unhelpful response.

This kind of thing just encourages me to look for other solutions. Not cool dude.