Warning: array_slice() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given…

To those who may be experiencing this error, it seems it is caused by the news feed returned by google being empty.
This could be due to a query returning no results, or perhaps the connection to google news failing…

The thing is, this case should be protected in the plugin to return a nice message instead of a PHP error !
Having the same issue in some cases, I simply put an if ($feed) condition on line 140 where the error appears :

if ($feed) $items = array_slice($feed->items, 0, $atts['limit']);

This prevents the plugin from returning the PHP error message, but that’s all. If you want a message to appear, like “Sorry, no news to display” or something of the sort, you’ll need to further customize.
I you’re not comfortable with PHP or can’t figure out what do to here, I can provide some help if you’re interested.

I expect the plugin author to provide an update fixing this issue sooner or later ??

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/simple-google-news/