Why Prismatic Shows no Line Numbers and Shows Wrong Theme.

Glad to help.

I just re-tested the Prism.js themes and line numbers, both working normally on default WordPress. If not working for you, there must be something interfering, like another plugin or maybe the theme. The best way to determine the source of the issue is to do some basic troubleshooting. I would be glad to provide a free guide if it will be useful.

For code escaping, it is used to convert a small number of characters to their encoded equivalents. You can find a list of such characters (and more) in the plugin documentation (under the section, “Usage: Code escaping”).

“Is it for escaping the code I am pasting to my blog that it would not execute in an admin area accidentally? Like for example some SQL code, like creating a table for example. When it is escaped it will not create a table but when it is not escaped it will?”

No. Code displayed via the text editor in the Admin Area already is escaped by WordPress. This is to prevent display issues with the special characters (for example, those listed in the plugin documentation). So there is no need to escape the code again by enabling the “Code Escaping” setting. Just use the default options for code escaping is recommended.

I hope this helps. Let me know if I can provide any further infos.

Hello @specialk,

Thank you for your answer.

I have a problem on my website with Prismatic plugin.

1. I select Okaidia theme and I see Twiling Theme in myu blog post.
2. I don’t see line numbers.
3. When I update my blog post I got in WP Activity Log plugin this log:

“An unknown component created these tables in the database.
Tables: products”

The post I am writing about is under this url:

1. https://mstem.net/python-and-sqlite3-database/

You offered some help in troubleshooting. Thank you for that :-).

Could you please help me in solving that problems?

Btw. This is my first blog post with this plugin. On other posts I used Syntax Highlighter Evolved but I want to switch to Prismatic.

Have a great day :-).

Glad to help:

1) As explained, the issue is due to some other plugin or theme that is interfering. You can verify this by trying Prismatic on default WordPress install, where only Prismatic and the default theme is active. In that case, you will find the themes and everything else works perfectly. So that means, to solve the issue on your site, you will need to do some basic troubleshooting. This is a common task for WP users, as plugins and themes may conflict from time to time.

2) Same answer as #1.

3) That error is not from Prismatic. It must be from some other plugin or maybe the theme. Perhaps it is the same plugin or theme that is interfering with normal functionality in the Prismatic plugin.

Also, here is a troubleshooting guide that walks thru the process of testing your site and diagnosing errors, etc. Basically there are two ways to troubleshoot, either way should lead to the same results.

Hello @specialk,

Thank you for your help.

I will try to troubleshoot this problem in Saturday when I will have time for this.

I will write later what are my outcomes.

Have a great day and thank you again for your help :-).

You got it, @allcodeunknown. Glad to help anytime. Let me know what you find, and/or if I can provide any further infos.

Any news here, @allcodeunknown?

Hello @specialk,

I was trying to debug that by switching off and on plugins, I have on the website but without any positive result.

At weekend I will read your troubleshooting article and try to fix that by that.

Stay tuned :-).

Hi @allcodeunknown, just wanted to follow up with this. It’s been awhile with no reply, so I hope the issue is resolved? Or if there is anything I can do to help, please let me know. Thank you.

Hello @specialk,

I still didn’t find time to do your troubleshooting. I think I will do that this weekend. Sorry for the delays.

Have a great day.

Alright will give it another few days, let me know how it goes.

Hello @specialk,

I have read your troubleshooting article and I agree with you on this topic.
I already tried to switch off/on my plugins and check if the theme on Prismatic Plugin will appear correctly and it didn’t. So probably there is a problem with the theme.

I decided I will outsource this problem to some professionals. I would like to ask you to not close this topic because I will have an explanation what is the cause of the problem soon.

Thank you again for your patience and help.

Have a great day :-).

So the issue is with the theme and not Prismatic, correct? I don’t mind leaving the topic open in any case, just want to make it clear for any others reading that the issue is not with Prismatic.

Hello @specialk,

I suppose the problem might be with the theme but I am not 100% sure.

I hope I will start solving this problem next month when I will gather resources.

I hope you could leave that topic open until the problem will not be fixed if this is not a problem for you @specialk.

I am very grateful for your help and have a great day :-).

Another month is fine. Let me know if I can provide any infos about the plugin.

Hey @allcodeunknown, I hope you got this sorted. It’s been a few months with no reply so gonna go ahead and mark this thread as resolved to help keep the forum organized. Feel free to post again with any further questions or feedback, Thank you.