Sudden fatal error on website after activating the plugin

I can confirm, also seeing here. WordPress 5.4.2, PHP 7.4.8.

[31-Jul-2020 13:35:28 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to private BBCode::__construct() from invalid context in /home/example/www/wp-content/plugins/bbcode-deluxe/bbcode-deluxe.php:118
Stack trace:
#0 /home/example/www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(287): {closure}()
#1 /home/example/www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(311): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#2 /home/example/www/wp-includes/plugin.php(478): WP_Hook->do_action()
#3 /home/example/www/wp-settings.php(403): do_action()
#4 /home/example/www/wp-config.php(102): require_once('/home/example...')
#5 /home/example/www/wp-load.php(37): require_once('/home/example...')
#6 /home/example/www/wp-blog-header.php(13): require_once('/home/example...')
#7 /home/example/www/index.php(17): require('/home/example...')
#8 {main}
  thrown in /home/example/www/wp-content/plugins/bbcode-deluxe/bbcode-deluxe.php on line 118

Can we do anything from our end to fix this?

My site completely broke after updating BBCode Deluxe. Not accessible in any way. I am currently running complete restore of files and db.

Automatic email verified BBCode was causing the breakdown.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by sweden1.

After the update the site was not accessible in safe mode or any other way. I restored all files and database so it works now.

Maybe that was overkill. If this happens again it might be good to know how people solved it. If you rename this plugin directory, will the site work? How do you then get BB-function back? If you have an old backup of the plugin directory, can you just use that one?

I will not update again until we hear from the developer. Will it cause me problems staying with the old BB-version if WP updates? My site is full of BB code. Which is the best way to deal with this?

Thanks. The plugin is very useful, but this was unexpected.

I released the fix. Thankfully, a fellow user of this plugin emailed me concerning the issue. It is now fixed. For some reason, I did not experience this issue on my website, but at least a fellow user that experienced the issue emailed me about it. I cannot fix an issue if I do not know there is an issue.

Also, the review page is not for reporting issues. The review page makes me seriously wonder why I share this plugin.

Also, soon, I will be adding more shortcodes and features to this plugin. I also intend to add an options page where admins can enable/disable certain shortcodes and apply other settings. Feel free to send me an email with your ideas and wish-list. I would like to get this plugin up to 1000+ users and hopefully get some positive reviews before I lose interest.

Originally, I made this plugin for my own use after alternatives were no longer supported. After having had some people that viewed my site ask me what I am using for shortcodes, I soon had some people ask that I publish my plugin. I published it because people wanted and liked it. Besides donations (which I never received), knowing that people like and enjoy the plugin is a big motivator to me in taking the time to provide this plugin.