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This plugin is just dreadful. Like you, Mike, I had problems several months back and it appeared to get solved, but now, nothing, even 2 hours after pressing “publish.” What aggravates me is how un-intuitive any directions are. All of the following are just noise to me.

1. We created two lists – Main List and Test List. Also added yourself to the Test List. That way you can test campaigns on the Test List before sending them to the Main List ??
2. We also created a lead collection / subscription form and added it the default widget area on your site. Review and rearrange the form from Widgets. You can also learn about adding a form to another place from this help article.
3. BTW, we also sent a few test emails to the Test List. We sent both those campaigns (newsletter and new post notification). So check your email “xxx.com” and confirm you got those test emails.

Have never received a test email after the 4.? update. Everything this developer “updates” is less and less intuitive and easy to use.

Can anyone suggest a replacement for this ghastly, problem-ridden plugin?

There was an update for my WP theme the very next day (or maybe even one waiting to be updated) that solved the problem. I wish all the issues could be so easily resolved!

Thanks, I will try that and let you know how it goes.

Thanks for the email, Alin – I will respond to you there!

Were you able to learn anything by looking at the code above, or should I have selected it and clicked the “code” button I now see, to make it easier to read? Let me know if there’s anything further I can do. Might another plugin be supressing GADWP?

Yes, I still have what the other developer created, via plugin, with custom code. It doesn’t look like there’s a perfect match between that code and what is now actually on my functions php page, but I’m pretty code-illiterate. Here’s an excerpt from what’s there now, that references js:

/**
* Enqueue scripts and styles for front end.
*
* @since Twenty Twelve 1.0
*/
function twentytwelve_scripts_styles() {
global $wp_styles;

/*
* Adds JavaScript to pages with the comment form to support
* sites with threaded comments (when in use).
*/
if ( is_singular() && comments_open() && get_option( ‘thread_comments’ ) )
wp_enqueue_script( ‘comment-reply’ );

// Adds JavaScript for handling the navigation menu hide-and-show behavior.
wp_enqueue_script( ‘twentytwelve-navigation’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/js/navigation.js’, array( ‘jquery’ ), ‘20140711’, true );

$font_url = twentytwelve_get_font_url();
if ( ! empty( $font_url ) )
wp_enqueue_style( ‘twentytwelve-fonts’, esc_url_raw( $font_url ), array(), null );

// Loads our main stylesheet.
wp_enqueue_style( ‘twentytwelve-style’, get_stylesheet_uri() );

// Loads the Internet Explorer specific stylesheet.
wp_enqueue_style( ‘twentytwelve-ie’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/css/ie.css’, array( ‘twentytwelve-style’ ), ‘20121010’ );
$wp_styles->add_data( ‘twentytwelve-ie’, ‘conditional’, ‘lt IE 9’ );
}
add_action( ‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘twentytwelve_scripts_styles’ );

Below is an excerpt from the developer’s plugin code. Like I said, it’s not a perfect match, but maybe you can spot something that’s causing your plugin to not work.

I have no idea if this is proprietary information that I shouldn’t go posting here. Please let me know once you’ve seen this, and I will delete the bulk of it.

function remove_class_filter( $tag, $class_name = ”, $method_name = ”, $priority = 10 ) {
global $wp_filter;
// Check that filter actually exists first
if ( ! isset( $wp_filter[ $tag ] ) ) return FALSE;
/**
* If filter config is an object, means we’re using WordPress 4.7+ and the config is no longer
* a simple array, rather it is an object that implements the ArrayAccess interface.
*
* To be backwards compatible, we set $callbacks equal to the correct array as a reference (so $wp_filter is updated)
*
* @see https://make.www.ads-software.com/core/2016/09/08/wp_hook-next-generation-actions-and-filters/
*/
if ( is_object( $wp_filter[ $tag ] ) && isset( $wp_filter[ $tag ]->callbacks ) ) {
$callbacks = &$wp_filter[ $tag ]->callbacks;
} else {
$callbacks = &$wp_filter[ $tag ];
}
// Exit if there aren’t any callbacks for specified priority
if ( ! isset( $callbacks[ $priority ] ) || empty( $callbacks[ $priority ] ) ) return FALSE;
// Loop through each filter for the specified priority, looking for our class & method
foreach( (array) $callbacks[ $priority ] as $filter_id => $filter ) {
// Filter should always be an array – array( $this, ‘method’ ), if not goto next
if ( ! isset( $filter[ ‘function’ ] ) || ! is_array( $filter[ ‘function’ ] ) ) continue;
// If first value in array is not an object, it can’t be a class
if ( ! is_object( $filter[ ‘function’ ][ 0 ] ) ) continue;
// Method doesn’t match the one we’re looking for, goto next
if ( $filter[ ‘function’ ][ 1 ] !== $method_name ) continue;
// Method matched, now let’s check the Class
if ( get_class( $filter[ ‘function’ ][ 0 ] ) === $class_name ) {
// Now let’s remove it from the array
unset( $callbacks[ $priority ][ $filter_id ] );
// and if it was the only filter in that priority, unset that priority
if ( empty( $callbacks[ $priority ] ) ) unset( $callbacks[ $priority ] );
// and if the only filter for that tag, set the tag to an empty array
if ( empty( $callbacks ) ) $callbacks = array();
// If using WordPress older than 4.7
if ( ! is_object( $wp_filter[ $tag ] ) ) {
// Remove this filter from merged_filters, which specifies if filters have been sorted
unset( $GLOBALS[ ‘merged_filters’ ][ $tag ] );
}
return TRUE;
}

Thanks so much for your help and support here!

Okay, I’ve taken care of the things you recommended, and went ahead and cleared, re-authorized, added the code, and cleared the cache (I hadn’t thought of doing this last thing before). Yes, tracking type was set to Analytics. I’ll give it a day and let you know if that had any effect on the sluggish numbers from GA. Thanks for your help!

Thanks, and I’ll try this tonight, or at my next free opportunity, and let you know how it goes!

Thank you, this is a great help! Not happy to hear I duped myself into believing the high page views meant 2x the readers, but the truth (while painful) is always best to know. Thanks, Alin – and I like the GADW plugin!

I am also having this problem – my sessions appear to be running at the same rate, but page views has dropped [somewhat gradually] by nearly 50% since around Feb 27th. It’s alarming to see, and something very obviously more than the average dip and peak traffic one sees on their site. I have contacted you via the avenue you recommended above. (My site: https://www.theclassicalgirl.com)

Wow, was soooooo happy to read this thread and realize my problem might be related to this. I was getting a “How embarrassing… we don’t know how to find what you’re looking for..!” message when I clicked on today’s stats. A horrible message for any blogger to get, particularly as I’d just posted new material. It wasn’t a 404 error page, and I didn’t know where to trouble-shoot, whether it was www.ads-software.com or Jetpack Lite or something I’d just published.

It feels like a small miracle, reading this thread, going to my own site and voila, seeing that it’s back! Boy oh boy. I don’t usually frequent these forums or post comments, but tonight’s success has made me a believer. Thank you so much, cbridges, for bringing this issue up. I’ve been sweating for the six hours since I first noticed it. (I’d literally just posted the new blog, with embedded links, minutes before, and was sure that was the problem.)

Yes – it was a highly successful day at the WP.org forum. Thanks for your help/comments, here!

… and now I shall happily click the “resolved” button. : )

Oh, my. Oh, my. ((If you lean in close, you will hear the sound of several choruses of angels breaking into song…))

Stacy, it worked!!!

Boy. Can’t thank you enough. WHAT a relief to have my site looking exactly like I wanted it to. And what a relief to have the three of you here help me out and teach me how to do it myself. What a thrill. It’s not the monster I was fearing. Stacy, excellent suggestion that I hunt down an online tutorial for CSS and HTML. Now that I’ve mastered this tiny bit, I feel so much more confident.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

OMIGOD I’M SO HAPPY!!!

Er, sorry about the caps, there. Stacy, thank you!!! It worked and now my sidebar looks like it did pre-upgrade! Exactly what I wanted to see. Thank you sooo much.

All right. Still need to figure out how to add the same color to the hyperlinks within the posts. If anyone has ideas, I’d love to hear them.

And now I have this question. When you want to further customize something via CSS, do you just write the message below the stuff I’ve created today? Does there need to be a break between subjects? Does one customization ever override another?

Apologizes for the stupid questions; I am such a beginner at this!

Thank you so much for the help!