Michael Kastler

Yeah, we’ve turned off auto-updates, but for some reason your plugin still updates on it’s own intermittently … we’re on Flywheel, so I may have to take it up with them that they’re updating for a security reason?

You say “We’ve already resolved some issues, which is why we’ve updated our plugin” but I haven’t seen your new update come across yet. It looks like 2.3 is still the most recent. if you have a newer version can you send me a link, or show me where to get it?

I will set up a dev site. Send me a DM or email if you would like admin access to it for testing and I will send you details. Thanks!

Hi, any progress on this? Because it automatically updates this is becoming a real hassle for us – I have to go in every day or so and downgrade it, and if I don’t catch it before the client does they complain about the lack of functionality. Any ETA on when you will be looking at the issue?

I’m more than happy to set up a dev environment with this site so you can review and troubleshoot more deeply – just let me know! Thank you.

In case it helps, here’s all the settings I have enabled for the Adobe extension.
https://app.screencast.com/y7x8PiQ3xSx2N
https://app.screencast.com/FCkb4XE2ykWEK
https://app.screencast.com/EGYHhE9H5x0Qt

Yep, that was it! Unfortunately, the extension that breaks it is the official Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension. I’ve got v24.5.1.0 which I believe is the most current. I don’t know if it matters, but I have a paid Adobe account that includes Acrobat in it.

If that extension is enabled, I see the instant open behavior. With it disabled, things work as expected. Let me know if I can give you more info!

Aha, yeah great question … let me test disabling my extensions and I’ll get back to you with the results.

And forgot to mention, this is in Chrome 64, v126.0.6452.3?(most recent official build)

Yes, that does exactly the same! So it seems to have something to do with _blank or noopener maybe?

OK that makes sense that you wouldn’t be preloading external links at all – if I had given it 30s of thought i wouldn’t have had to ask lol

And yes, that’s exactly what i meant about the PDF’s loading – when hovering over the link, it would open the PDF file in the same browser window, without a mouse click. I did not test this on mobile, only desktop. Sorry if I wasn’t clear about that!

Awesome, thanks @westonruter !

Quick follow-up question: do the rules only exclude files from /wp-content/uploads, or will that be expanded to include any file download link? Many clients have external links as well, so it would be helpful if no documents were pre-loaded.

Just my .02. I’ll download and play with the new version of the plugin when I get a chance, and look for the fix to be included in a coming release. Thanks!

Thanks @sauceyman – recreating the shortcode did it for me too!

This should not be marked resolved – still an issue. This is forcing us to look for a different tool.

Same – I tried dev version with no luck, then went back to 1.8.5 and it’s working fine. PHP 5.6.4

Thanks @iamadi – happy I could help ?? Love the plugin, hope you can keep up the good work!

Ah, this was causing me too much grief – so I just jumped into the code. Turns out it’s a fatfinger issue on their dev side, so an EXTREMELY easy fix! ??

Here’s how to correct the issue: Go into /widgets-for-siteorigin/widgets/ink-blgs-widget/tpl directory. There you’ll see a PHP file for each type of blog layout; no image, image left, above, etc.

Do a search for btn-text and you’ll be shuttled down to around line 160 to 170 or thereabouts. Now, just a line or so above that, you’ll see this:
<a class="<?php echo esc_attr( implode( ' ', $btn_class) ); ?>" href="<?php esc_url( get_permalink() ); ?>">

This is the line of code that puts the classes and permalink to the post into the a tag. But you notice that code after href=? It’s broken … they somehow deleted or forgot to put in the echo that would actually spit it out. So just update that line to look like this and you’re good:

<a class="<?php echo esc_attr( implode( ' ', $btn_class) ); ?>" href="<?php echo esc_url( get_permalink() ); ?>">

So glad it was such an easy fix, and hope this answer helps someone else!

Yes! Thank you I am having same problem … this is not a minor concern but have several clients complaining.

Inked dev please respond? Is this something that can be easily fixed?