Tony New / TxCowboyDancer

I found out what the problem was: It wasn’t a WordPress Problem. It was a Zazzle Problem. In the storebuilder set of files, I needed to change the following:

in file: zstore.php

there’s a section for building the feed URL. In mine it’s line 198, but I’ve customized it a bit so the default might be different. Just search for “$dataURLBase” and change the “http” to “https” (“https://feed.”). At least it worked for me
There are three https:// addresses at the same spot. Change all of them to https://

P.S. I’ve tried half a dozen different plugins that allow you to create PHP scripts as shortcodes. All of them that I’ve tried all say that they are compatible with 4.7.2 but all all generate the same error which leads me to believe that there is a single underlying broader issue rather than an problem with a specific shortcode plugin.

Thank you CrouchingBruin for the link to the correct forum and for the link to the thread.

I think you are correct. It appears to be a system wide issue. I’m sure with so many people clammoring about it the problem will be fixed quickly. I’m relieved to find that it is not just my site.

Thank you very much for your help. ??

Cheers

Thanks Jammy for the fix.

I just modified the file. Worked like a charm. Woot!

TxCowboyDancer Designs

Nope. downloading it didn’t work either.

However….

SOLVED… Don’t know if I did it or one of you guys did it.

I re-installed WP 3.9.

Then tried activating the Pods Plugin.

Tah-DAH! Who da man? WHO dah dude? Woot!

P.P.S. I did the obvious stuff too, like clear out my cache, trying it in a different browser, rebooting my computer: same result.

Additional Info: I am running WordPress 3.9 running Tempera theme and my hosting company is Bluehost. I don’t know if it is relevant info or not but it may help you troubleshoot.

I also tried downloading the zip file from the Plugin website to my desktop and used the Upload option and tried to install it that way.

Same result: it produced the error message: “The plugin does not have a valid header.”

P.S. I looked at your profile. We are neighbors. I live right on the Katy Trail between Uptown and Oaklawn. ??

HOWDY!

I don’t *think* I have Multisite active. I do have two different websites, both with WordPress installed. I vaguely remember being asked if I wanted separate installations for each site, but I’m not 100% sure what I answered. Is there a way I can tell? I have to log into each separately and each as it’s own Admin/Control panel for WP.

Here are the steps that produced the error:

On the WP Admin page:

1. Click on Plugins from the side bar
2. Click on “Add New”
3. Type “pods” in the search box and click search
4. Click “install Now
5. Click Ok

Here is the info on the next screen:

Installing Plugin: Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 2.4

Downloading install package from https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/pods.2.4.zip…

Unpacking the package…

Installing the plugin…

Successfully installed the plugin Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 2.4.

6. Click on “Activate Plugin”

When I do that the screen jumps to a new page and this is the message:

“The plugin does not have a valid header.”