Views Inaccurate After Site Migration

Just noticed that on same pages the setting are not being implemented and it’s just using the default widget settings.
e.g. one page has this code to display as I want:

/* <![CDATA[ */
                    jQuery(document).ready(function(){
                        jQuery.get('https://space-facts.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', {action: 'wpp_ajax_get_popular', id: '4'}, function(data){
							jQuery('#wpp-4').append(data);
						});
                    });
                    /* ]]> */

and the other uses this, the default settings:

/* <![CDATA[ */
                    jQuery(document).ready(function(){
                        jQuery.get('https://space-facts.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', {action: 'wpp_ajax_get_popular', id: '2'}, function(data){
							jQuery('#wpp-2').append(data);
						});
                    });
                    /* ]]> */

I imagine the two are connected

Hi there,

By looking at your code it seems there are two different widgets in place (see the id parameter?). Not really sure if the cloud hosting would make a difference or not since I haven’t tested the plugin on such enviroment but I doubt it. The only difference I see from your comments is the WordPress update (I assume you were using 2.3.7 before moving to your new hosting?).

Hi, yes using the 2.3.7 before and the only site change since then was the WordPress update. Changed database passwords & user as well as having to set a specific IP for the database in WP config rather than localhost.

Removing the widget also gets rid of the one I want but keeps the other so there is definitely 2 versions of the site. Going to check this with the hosting company see if it’s a thing with WordPress.

Do you think the incorrect view number will be coming from this?

Thanks,

Can’t tell for sure without inspecting your site closely. I’ll try to stop by your website later today if time allows it.

Hi Hector,

Many thanks, I’ve now noticed another plugin is not picking up changes made to it as is the body on some pages.

Interestingly the pages that get the top traffic (in GA) are those that show the default plugin settings and picking up views in the plugin while the pages now being reported as the top all show the plugin correctly.

Seems certain this is not anything to do with the plugin and there is something going on with the hosting, the plugin just picked up on it because it’s tracking views differently.

I see. Could it be that your WordPress setup got somehow corrupted during migration / upgrade process?

It was the caching plugin all along, despite it being deactivated. Had to strip everything WP Supercache had added to .htaccess and it is now all working fine, very weird how some pages were being affected and others not.

Really appreciate the help.

That’s good news! Thanks for letting me know.