Version 2.1 Bug

  • Resolved tpuerzer

    (@tpuerzer)


    11 years, 6 months ago

    I just upgraded to Ver 2.1 and managed to brick my WordPress site.

    Deleted the metaslider plugin directory (via FTP) and the site came back.

    Using wp-bootstrap template from 320press.com

    Tried installing a fresh copy of the plugin on another (different) test site (not an upgrade this time). Install went ok, but when I tried to activate the plugin I got the following error:

    Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /home7/tonypuer/public_html/brightideaconsulting/wp-content/plugins/ml-slider/inc/metaslider.widget.class.php on line 112

    Tried again using the Twenty Eleven theme and same result.

    The only other plugin on that site is Contact Form 7

    Looks like V2.1 needs some work!

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/ml-slider/

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  • Hi tpuerzer,

    Thanks for letting me know. The widget code is pretty much a straight copy and paste job from the official WordPress docs! The line with the error is unmodified from the sample code:

    add_action(‘widgets_init’, function(){
    register_widget(‘MetaSlider_Widget’);
    });

    I suspect there’s a version of PHP that doesn’t like that way of calling a function (I test Meta Slider on 3 servers before releasing, but I’ll have to get a server set up with an older version of PHP). Tagging a new release with a fix in it now (2.1.1)

    Regards,
    Tom

    That has been tagged, apologies for the hassle, and thanks for the super quick report. I hope too many people weren’t affected.

    Regards,
    Tom.

    Thread Starter tpuerzer

    (@tpuerzer)

    Tom

    OK. You guys ROCK!

    That was amazing turn-around on that problem.

    Many thanks,

    Tony

    No problem. It’s quite stressful releasing an update knowing that maybe 1000 people are going to be installing it on their own servers in the next 24 hours – no amount of testing I can do on my own can compare to that really, so I like to hang around for a few hours just in case something like this happens.

    Enough excuses anyway, I’m just glad you reported it so quick, you’ve probably saved quite a few people from going through the same thing ??

    Thread Starter tpuerzer

    (@tpuerzer)

    Just ordered the 5-site Pro version (from my company account) as my way of saying thank you for the quick response! ??

    That’s absolutely amazing – thanks!

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