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I suspect that it is in conflict with another Plugin called Woocommerce Show Attributes (WSA). After activating your code, the following code appears on the product page. The purpose of WSA is to display product attributes but now also displays your code. I deactivated WSA and the following code vanished. I’m somewhat lost on all of this so I will abandon this effort until I have a better understanding of php. Thanks for all of your effort and assistance.

Array ( [pa_thread] => Array ( [name] => pa_thread [value] => [position] => 0 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_fastener-type] => Array ( [name] => pa_fastener-type [value] => [position] => 3 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_fastener-standard] => Array ( [name] => pa_fastener-standard [value] => [position] => 4 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_thread-class] => Array ( [name] => pa_thread-class [value] => [position] => 6 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_length] => Array ( [name] => pa_length [value] => [position] => 7 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_thread-standard] => Array ( [name] => pa_thread-standard [value] => [position] => 8 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_vent-hole-diameter-nominal] => Array ( [name] => pa_vent-hole-diameter-nominal [value] => [position] => 9 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_hole-tolerance-in] => Array ( [name] => pa_hole-tolerance-in [value] => [position] => 10 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_note] => Array ( [name] => pa_note [value] => [position] => 11 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_finish] => Array ( [name] => pa_finish [value] => [position] => 13 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_drive-type] => Array ( [name] => pa_drive-type [value] => [position] => 14 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_head-height-overall] => Array ( [name] => pa_head-height-overall [value] => [position] => 15 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_head-diameter] => Array ( [name] => pa_head-diameter [value] => [position] => 16 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) [pa_point] => Array ( [name] => pa_point [value] => [position] => 17 [is_visible] => 1 [is_variation] => 0 [is_taxonomy] => 1 ) )

I added your code to the child theme functions.php and got:

Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /home/******/public_html/wp-content/themes/customizr-child/functions.php on line 180

Line 180 is: print_r($attributes);

The list of taxonomies that I presented are merely “a drop in the bucket.” There are many more needed for other products.

Thanks for your effort!

Yes, that is exactly what is needed: to be able to re-order the taxonomies. But in addition to that, the side panel display of the taxonomy terms is very long; it exceeds the length of the page (from top to bottom) when hovering over Term Order. It would be nice to have them nestled under the heading “Order Taxonomies”. You seemed to have already implemented that layout with Categories and Sub-Categories.

Do you have intentions of making those changes anytime in the future?

Did have have to chance to review what I posted. Do you have any questions?

It was never my intention to attack you or make you feel that way. Sometimes written communications don’t properly convey intent between strangers, especially those that may have cultural differences.

As noted earlier, I did not see a support-redirect to this forum. Since I sent support 2 requests through your site’s Contact form; I have no way to prove it. I felt that I had been very patient in waiting for your reply. Around the same time, I had contacted another developer (regarding a theme issue) who directed me to use his forum. Since then, I have found answers or only communicated through forums.

Whether it is fortunate or unfortunate is a matter of opinion that ratings cannot be changed. Even if I had initially replied through your forum, I would have still given it only 3-stars (possibly 4-stars) due to the problems that I have experienced with the fatal error. It would be unfair to other users to rate it 5-star. I realize that you were running a perfect score until my rating but your plug-in wasn’t working perfectly on my (standard WP) installation and communication through the forum requires a rating.

Since yesterday, I also checked on my report of the attribute values being bold (Item #2 in my original post) and is viewed when using the Primary Sidebar (left panel) Woocommerce Cart widget however it views normally in the cart so It requires further investigation.

I misread your request to view my website. It never occurred to me that you only wanted to view my public WP website. My WP domain is under development and has a 302 redirect to my non-WP site. I have established relationships with developers (contractors and former employees) and usually don’t think twice about providing them admin access. So my first thought (from what I misread) was that you wanted admin access and I don’t know you.

Your update did remove the fatal error but it also doesn’t show the product attributes in Recent Order>View Details. Your update accomplished the same task as simply deselecting the “Show Attributes on Customer Order Emails” option.

As I noted earlier, I’m relatively new to navigating WP and didn’t realize that I had access to modify your code through the Plug-in Editor. Let’s put this to rest. Your code is well documented and under GPL. I’ll make the necessary corrections for it to function properly with my installation.

Have a glass of wine and relax. Life is very short.
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I installed WP myself; there were no plugins installed with the virgin installation. All plugins were downloaded through WP. Plugins not compliant to WP 4.1 are generally avoided since it’s impractical for an active developer to keep up with every WP release. If not compliant, there must be a demonstrated history of successful usage before I will install it.

Unfortunately I cannot give you access to my site due to security concerns. If you already have an inventory of plugins that remain in place which could potentially cause a conflict with your woocommerce-show-attributes.php, I would be happy to compare them to what has been loaded.

I’m not sure why a developer would want to suppress error messages. Since your code could potentially impact other plugins, I feel that would be a disservice to both users and developers in the WP community. That noted, it is certainly your choice and I also understand that using your plugin is mine.

I am only re-addressing the fatal error and have not yet reviewed the issue of bold values.

Currently, only “canned” software (plugins) are being used and there is no custom CSS.

Per your direction:

1) Tried it on WP theme 2014 and received the same fatal error. Fatal error: Call to a member function get_attributes() on a non-object in /home/industr2/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-show-attributes/woocommerce-show-attributes.php on line 93

2) Disabled all plugins except Woocommerce 2.2.11 and WooCommerce Show Attributes 1.4.0 and still got the fatal error.

3) Kept all plugins deactivated (except as noted) and successfully reinstalled WordPress 4.1 using re-autoinstall and WP theme 2014 and still got the fatal error.

4) Disabled Show Attributes on Customer Order Emails and the WP theme 2014 functioned properly.

5) One last time, I re-activated Disabled Show Attributes on Customer Order Emails (Show attributes on customer order, invoice, and receipt emails, and on the customer’s View Order page.) and I got the fatal error.

In summary, all plugins except Woocommerce and WooCommerce Show Attributes were disabled on a fresh WP 4.1 install and I still get the fatal error when selecting Recent Order>View Details. Since the fatal error is repeatable by selection or deselection of that option, it is most likely a coding issue.

The issues were reported to: https://isabelcastillo.com/email-isabel/

As a recent newcomer to WordPress, I am learning the protocols as I go along. That noted, I didn’t take notice of any statement regarding support so if you chose to ignore them and not redirect me to this forum, that’s doesn’t make them unreported.

In my last remark, I was trying to demonstrate that my sidebar currently looks like this:

Term Order
Order Categories
Order Tags
Order Format
Order Knowledgebase Category
Order Knowledgebase Tags
Order MDTF Categories
Order Brands
Order Product Categories
Order Product Tags
Order Shipping Classes
Order Thread
Order Diameter
Order Material
Order Finish
Order Thread Standard
Order Head Style
Order Thread Class
Order Length
Order Grade
Order Fastener Standard
Order Vent Hole Diameter (Nominal)
Order Hole Tolerance (in.)
Order Note
Order Drive Type
Order Head Height (Overall)
Order Head Diameter
Order Point
Order Fastener Type

and I would like it to look like this:

Term Order
Order Categories
Order Tags
Order Format
Order Knowledgebase Category
Order Knowledgebase Tags
Order MDTF Categories
Order Brands
Order Product Categories
Order Product Tags
Order Shipping Classes
Order Attributes

To view attributes: Woocommerce must be installed. Then go to Products>Attributes. Each attribute (parent) has values (children). For example, the attribute Size and the values might be: Extra Large, Large, Medium, etc. Another attribute might be Color might have values: Red, Orange, Yellow, etc. I’m sure you get the point.

Your plugin permits resorting the attribute values but not the resorting (resequencing) of the attributes. I cannot reorder the sequence in which the attributes where created. Since I have many attributes , it is very difficult to plan or predict what new attribute may be need to be added. Because there are so many, it is very important to able to organize them either by quality or product group.

If I had created the attribute Size before creating the attribute Color and decided I wanted to resort them (i.e. alphabetically), there is no feature to accomplish this. So I must delete Size and re-enter the attribute and it’s values. As attributes get added, it becomes more difficult to change.

Your category order management is a perfect model for attribute order management. Attributes would be treated as the parent which can be reordered and the values would be the child and can also be reordered.

The approach that I am suggesting would also cleanup our side panel which is very long and cluttered with attributes.

These are our current taxonomies: (The attributes are inset. There will be many more)

Categories
Tags
Format
Knowledgebase Category
Knowledgebase Tags
MDTF Categories
Brands
Product Categories
Product Tags
Shipping Classes

Thread
Diameter
Material
Finish
Thread Standard
Head Style
Thread Class
Length
Grade
Fastener Standard
Vent Hole Diameter (Nominal)
Hole Tolerance (in.)
Note
Drive Type
Head Height (Overall)
Head Diameter
Point
Fastener Type

My recommended structure would look as follows:

Attributes: (this would appear on sidebar as Order Attributes)
-Attribute name 1 (there are no sub-attributes, only values)
–Attribute values (there are unlimited values)
-Attribute name 2
–Attribute values
-Attribute name nth
–Attribute values
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I don’t know how it happened and it was probably a coincidence. It’s fixed now and time to move forward.

Thanks for the recommendation for Simple Post Order. It does exactly what I needed.

Did you understand my explanation about grouping attributes? Is this something that may be available in a future release?

My hosting company just came back with more info:

To be clear the link I showed was erroring because of the incorrect access code because you were attempting to load it. It could have been any website access attempt. It may or may have not been the plugin, but something appears to have messed up the proper formatting in .htaccess. If the plugin was recently added and it adds code to .htaccess, then it may be the same plugin.

After I responded to you from home, I went to work and couldn’t access my site. I just spent the last hour with my host due to a 500 Page Error. Oddly enough, it looks like it may have come from your plugin. Does any of the following pertain to your plugin? My hosting company replied:

A plugin has apparently entered invalid/incorrect code into your .htaccess, causing the error:

[Mon Jan 12 19:49:13 2015] [alert] [client 174.44.230.240] /home/industr2/public_html/.htaccess: Invalid command ‘tenvif.c’, perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration, referer: https://www.industrial-hardware.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=customtaxorder

tenvif.c>
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.html_gzip$ no-gzip
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.xml_gzip$ no-gzip
</IfModule>

Typically this should be an <IfModule mod_something> at the top, but it’s been replaced by “tenvif.c” and this is “tenvif” word is not a familiar term. I’ve removed these lines now and the site appears to load, please check this.

The attribute_data:pa_attribute-value a is now sortable thanks to your program. I was referring to woocommerce product attributes headers, attribute:pa_attribute-name. I would like to keep attributes common to one product group in physical proximity to each other on the admin. I am working with fasteners which have many attributes and if I jump to another product and then go back to working with fasteners, the contiguous administrative listing of the fastener attributes is fragmented.

I installed the WP Knowledgebase Version 1.0.1 By Enigma Plugins. CTONE sorts its categories and tags although not the articles which sort by posting date. I would like to be able to sort the articles either alphabetically or manual (standard-fare for CTONE). I could modify the posting date but I envisage that it would be tedious to maintain. I’ll look at Simple Post Order.

Thanks for your prompt and completely unexpected reply.