driver49

If I post a reply, will that drive this old thread to someplace where a higher authority will see it? I guess we’ll find out.

I am in the middle of a crash course on the inner workings of WordPress, SEO, Analytics etc etc. I’ve been a WP ‘end abuser’ ?? for years but this is the first time I’ve looked past the dashboard.

I was looking at the Source Code for one of my pages to see where the gtag.is snippet appears. Before I found that snipped – on line 2337!), I found this snippet near the top:

<!-- Google Analytics opt-out snippet added by Site Kit -->
    <script>
    window["ga-disable-UA-249098151-1"] = true;
    </script>
    <script>
    window["ga-disable-G-00JP2ZQGR5"] = true;
    </script>
    <!-- End Google Analytics opt-out snippet added by Site Kit -->

Now, I THOUGHT I had configured something in Site Kit to tell Google to ignore when I visit my own site: I found my specific IP address and entered that into an “exclusion” panel somewhere in SiteKit (I think).

I thought that ‘ga-disable’ snippet was ONLY for my IP, but I Googled:

“Google Analytics opt-out snippet added by Site Kit”

…and the answer that came up is:

“The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (gtag. js, analytics. js) that is running on websites from sharing information with Google Analytics about visit activity.”

Which SEEMS to infer that this ‘opt-out’ snippet is superseding the gtag snippet 2300 lines down for ALL visits, NOT just MY own visits.

Further down that SERP, I found this thread, so rather than start a new one…

Assuming this reply makes it to somebody’s browser, can you tell me if the ‘opt-out’ snippet is doing JUST what I want it to (hiding my own visits) or did I just inadvertently tell Google not to index my site?

If the former, great. If the latter, then I still need help with the former.

Make sense?

Thanks,

–PS

• This reply was modified 2 years ago by driver49. Reason: left out one line

“check to ensure that define(‘AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED’, true); is not set in wp-config.php”

OK, progress! Did find that line in the wp-config.php file for one of the sites, deleted it, and voila, there’s the column for automatic updates.

I also have a bigger, older website (incorrigiblearts.com), also running WP v6.1 but with a ‘custom’ (purchased) theme, that is not showing the “automatic updates” in Screen Options, but that one does NOT have that line in the wp-config.php file.

Is there another place or command I can look for?

Thanks for hanging in there with me.

–PS

I wish this forum permitted attachments so I could drop in a screenshot of my problem.

“Do you have issues with free plugins or only the paid ones?”

The question misses the point: I am not given the option for ANY plugins. The “enable/disable” column in the Plugins panel does not appear. Which I could show you with a screenshot… ?????♂?

“Are Automatic Updates selected in the Screen Options section?”

That might be the right question… I suspect an option somewhere that is not selected. I see ‘Screen Options’ in the Plugins panel, but I do’t see “Automatic Updates” option. The ONLY option I see is “Description” and that is checked. So my Installed Plugins page has only two columns, “Plugin” and “Description”

I’d love to show you a screenshot… I just looked at the one barnez attached via snipboard. I can report I do NOT have the “Automatic Updates” option he shows. I supposed I could load a screenshot to snipboard but I’m burned out on new accounts and passwords right now.

The site I’m working with is waterstarproject.com WordPress is v6.1. I was running a Twenty Sixteen theme… tried updating to Twenty TwentyThree, but the result in the Plugin panels was the same, no ‘Automatic Updates’ option. So I switched it back.

So best I can guess is there is some universal setting I’m missing somewhere that came with the newer versions of WordPress??

Addendum:

I just looked at one of the NEW sites and see that it suffers from the same deficiency – no Auto Updates column in the Installed Plugins panel.

Rhyme or Reason?

–PS

>>>You unzip the folder and you upload the content of the folder over the existing files in the wordbooker folder on your server – just like you did when you installed it in the first place.<<<

I installed your Wordbook plugin directly from the WP dashboard – I didn’t do the download / unpack / install it yourself routine.

Does this mean I might have an earlier version of the plugin that is causing the duplicate entries?

Maybe there’s another toggle I’ve got checked somewhere (else?) that is causing the posts to my “Page” to replicate on my “Profile,” and once it shows up on the Profile,, it winds up back in the Page… I dunno. Facebook can be pretty darn confounding at times. Like…. most of the time.

>>>Wordbooker is a free product and is something I do in my spare time. I have a full time job and provide support when I can.<<<

I appreciate that and apologize if I’ve been snarky. I’m just thinking this could be as simple as a setting I can check or uncheck and then the issue will go away.

Happy New Year, don’t worry about this til Monday if you want the weekend off from the Snarky People, I won’t be posting to my WP before then anyway.

Thanks,

–PS

Boy, this is turning into a real scavenger hunt. Am I out of line thinking somebody might actually be able to offer a solution to this issue? Or do I have to just keep following clues and guessing?

I downloaded the .zip file in the previous post. There are numerous folders and files in the .zip file. What file am I looking for? And in that file, what would I look for?

What do I have to do, buy a vowel?

–PS

OK, thanks, I know you mean well, Steve, but… that tells me nothing.

Here is what appears in my settings:

Update Facebook Status :[ ] (no check) [: New blog post : %title% – %link%]

If there is no check in that box, who is this having any influence on my actions.

A few minutes ago I created a new blog post in WordPress. It appeared in both my profile and the intended fan page… TWICE. Once would have been fine. What is causing that?

FYI, I earlier edited a post from several weeks ago, and that also posted to both profile and my page – but only ONCE.

I have

Republish Post if edited more than [10] days ago [checked] – so I assume THAT is why posts are not re-posting to FB when I make a minor change. That’s a good thing. But why are they appearing TWICE when new?

Thanks,

–PS

OK, I’ve been through the entire user guide, and i don’t find the phrase “status update” anywhere, so I don’t know what setting I’m looking for, nor whether it should be ENabled or DISabled.

I have the user guide now and I’m working my way through it. In the meantime…

At the blog level, the field labeled “Update Facebook Status” is NOT checked, but there is this entry: “: New blog post : %title% – %link% ” in the field that follows.

At the user level, “Update Facebook Status,” = “same as blog” is selected, nothing in the field that follows.

Do I need to change one of those settings? None is actually labeled “Status update” so I can’t tell if it is or is not enabled (or if it should or should not be).

Guess I’ll delve into the user guide now. 19 pages? Yikes.

Thanks,

–PS

There’s a user manual? What a concept! Where do I find it? Can you pls provide a link? Thanks!

And while I’m at it, it looks like everytime I publish something to the blogsite, it shows up TWICE on BOTH of my Facebook pages. What do you suppose causes that?

I installed Wordbook and after some futzing got it to crosslink my blog posts to both my Facebook Profile and my Fan page. So good so far.

Now I see that every time I update an existing post or page, that update gets posted to my Facebook pages too, and I don’t want that. I only want new, original posts to show up in Facebook.

The settings for Wordbook are not very intuitive for a newbie… can I get some help re: how to prevent updates from posting to FB, and maybe a primer on what all the other settings mean?

Thanks,

–PS

.Yeah, I’m seeing “https://&#8221; in my post, but I didn’t put it there.

Thanks henkholland… actually, that’s what I’ve been trying…

My ISP is sitemason.com (been with them 15 yrs, no, I won’t…). They said something about “turning of” sitemason.com in the MySQL configuration. Here’s what they said:

“We had forgot to turn sitemason off for the two new domains. Sorry about that! This would give you trouble as sitemason and wordpress both use some .htaccess functions and they don’t share nicely.”

But I still can’t get in, whether I use https://ftp.sitemason.com or https://ftp.mydomain.com where I’ve got WP setup in /wp

I suspect my post was automatically converted… <sigh> so I still haven’t got a clue and I’ve got an APB out on a solution.

Thanks,

–PS

I’m having this problem now. I just installed a plugin on a WP install on one site, and then went to install the SAME plugin on another site on the SAME SERVER (but different MySQL db), and got the “Connection Information” required page on the second attempt.

I entered

https://ftp.domain.com
username (for that ftp)
password (ditto)

and it seemed to connect… and then… just… sat there.

Pretty frustrating.

Any ideas?

–PS