DaveE

Still, this is just poor form. Especially on a point release with no prior warning. This will definitely take most users *far* longer than five minutes to fix. Or even to figure out why it’s broken in the first place.

The best worst case scenario would have been for you to think about the effect of such a breaking change and write a little updater script that people could use without having to install another plugin or figure out regex/search & replace tools.

Kudos for ripping the bandaid and making the shortcode unique. But, you have to remember that most plugin users are not web devs or even understand how WordPress updates work. It is this kind of breaking change that average users about ever performing updates in the first place.

Either way, thanks for being present and at least providing solid support after the fact. And thanks for your work on the plugin! It’s a hard road to build & support free plugins.

Hi Morgan,

You can use the dpe_fpw_args hook to add your language parameter to the query the same way you would use WordPress’s built-in pre_query_posts hook.

Cheers!

Hi Kattey,

Sorry for the trouble. FPW uses WordPress’s built-in permalink tags, so there must be another plugin or code that is causing the conflict with FPW. Can you try disabling plugins one-by-one and/or switching to another theme to see if that resolves the issue? There’s nothing in the FPW codebase that manipulates those permalinks, so I can’t really se how it would cause the issue.

Thanks for using the plugin!

Hi Diego,

That’s really interesting to hear. What version of WordPress are you running?

I’ll have to take a look and see if I can replicate the issue. As far as I know, I’m using the correct WordPress language code to handle translations.

Thanks for the bug report!

Hi jauburn12,

I’d suggest reading up a bit on how you can create custom templates for FPW and WordPress’s core template tags. This can easily be accomplished with a bit of PHP.

Thanks for using the plugin!

Hi tazo,

Thanks for the suggestion. FPW is intentionally basic when it comes to layout options. Instead, you are welcome to customize the widget’s templates and display the output anyway you’d like.

Thanks for using the plugin!

Hi Darkmaso,

it’s been previously documented in the forums that FPW isn’t currently compatible with page-builder tools. However, I had not seen this link before. I’m sure I can work those hooks into the plugin in an upcoming release. Thanks for the heads up!

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Hi Stephanie,

Thank you for stating that you passed my ticket along. Unfortunately, as has happened many times in the past, that just means that support asks me to try some things (which I usually already have tried) and then to use a worst-case solution of “just turn off that feature” or “we don’t provide plugin support”.

Please don’t post on my thread here to make it look like WP Engine is actually interested in helping to resolve the issue unless they are. Instead, please let the plugin authors and greater community provide actual help.

Hi Diego,

I’ve evaluated that option in the past and found that it would make the widget interface far too complex. That being said, the plugin has several filters you can use to hook into and modify the output. You’d want to use the dpe_fpw_args filter and modify the query from an OR to and AND.

Cheers!

Hi Jeff,

You would need to add the CSS line above to your child theme’s styles.

Hi Jeff,

the correct CSS to remove the background color would be:
.dpe-flexible-posts .hentry {background: transparent}

Cheers!

Hi dorothe,

FPW is a widget that exists within a sidebar (or widget area). It doesn’t create them. You’d want to look at a plugin that generates dynamic sidebars.

Cheers!

Hi loulakis,

You’r correct. FPW isn’t compatible with most page builder tools. This has been documented previously in the support forums.

Sorry!

Hi madocar,

Yes, those would be possible to accomplish via customization. You’d have to integrate some JavaScript and CSS for for the sticky option and some custom PHP work for the campaign tracking.

If you’d like to pay someone for the work, I’d be happy to discuss costs and timeline for custom work. Just drop me an email at: help [at] flexiblepostswidget [dot] com.

Thanks for using the plugin!