• Resolved luapampten

    (@luapampten)


    Hi folks,

    I’m encountering this error at checkout for a client’s site: “There was an error processing your order. Please check for any charges in your payment method and review your order history before placing the order again.”

    This problem started occurring after migrating this client’s site to a new web hosting provider last week. I’ve read many forum posts regarding this error, and have tried most of the suggested solutions. 

    I get this error for all orders, regardless of payment gateway. PayPal and Stripe are currently installed as payment gateways. I’ve tried deactivating both, one at a time, and using Woo instead, which caused a fatal error.

    I have tried switching to the Storefront theme. I have deactivated plugins. 

    I will post below the System Status Report and the Fatal Error Logs. 

    Thanks very much in advance to anyone who can provide some assistance.

    SYSTEM STATUS REPORT:

    ### WordPress Environment ###
    
    WordPress address (URL): [Redacted]
    Site address (URL): [Redacted]
    WC Version: 10.3.3
    Legacy REST API Package Version: ✔ 1.0.5
    Action Scheduler Version: ✔ 3.9.3
    Log Directory Writable: ✔
    WP Version: 6.8.3
    WP Multisite: –
    WP Memory Limit: 512 MB
    WP Debug Mode: –
    WP Cron: –
    Language: en_US
    External object cache: ✔
    
    ### Server Environment ###
    
    Server Info: LiteSpeed
    Server Architecture: Linux 4.18.0-553.58.1.lve.el8.x86_64 x86_64
    PHP Version: 8.2.29
    PHP Post Max Size: 256 MB
    PHP Time Limit: 300
    PHP Max Input Vars: 5000
    cURL Version: 8.14.1
    OpenSSL/1.1.1w
    
    SUHOSIN Installed: –
    MySQL Version: 11.8.3-MariaDB-log
    Max Upload Size: 256 MB
    Default Timezone is UTC: ✔
    fsockopen/cURL: ✔
    SoapClient: ✔
    DOMDocument: ✔
    GZip: ✔
    Multibyte String: ✔
    Remote Post: ✔
    Remote Get: ✔
    
    ### Database ###
    
    [REDACTED]
    
    ### Post Type Counts ###
    
    acf-field: 8
    acf-field-group: 1
    amn_wpforms-lite: 3
    attachment: 370
    custom_css: 2
    customize_changeset: 28
    dlm_download: 2
    dlm_download_version: 2
    elementor_library: 13
    jetpack_migration: 2
    jp_img_sitemap: 1
    jp_sitemap: 1
    jp_sitemap_master: 1
    jp_vid_sitemap: 1
    nav_menu_item: 36
    oembed_cache: 55
    page: 156
    post: 2
    product: 137
    product_variation: 67
    revision: 1747
    shop_coupon: 7
    shop_order: 647
    shop_order_refund: 5
    tribe_events: 1
    tribe_venue: 1
    tt_font_control: 1
    wp_global_styles: 1
    
    ### Security ###
    
    Secure connection (HTTPS): ✔
    Hide errors from visitors: ✔
    
    ### Active Plugins (27) ###
    
    Advanced Custom Fields: by WP Engine – 6.6.1
    Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection: by Automattic - Anti-spam Team – 5.5
    Bandsintown Events: by Bandsintown.com – 1.3.4
    Create And Assign Categories For Pages: by Sandeep Singh – 1.2.1
    Custom Post Type UI: by WebDevStudios – 1.18.0
    Dashicons + Custom Post Types: by Hal Gatewood – 1.0.2
    Yoast Duplicate Post: by Enrico Battocchi & Team Yoast – 4.5
    Easy Google Fonts: by Titanium Themes – 2.0.4
    Elementor Pro: by Elementor.com – 3.32.3
    Elementor: by Elementor.com – 3.32.5
    Essential Addons for Elementor: by WPDeveloper – 6.3.3
    Site Kit by Google: by Google – 1.163.0
    Jetpack: by Automattic – 15.1
    Redirection: by John Godley – 5.5.2
    SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle: by SiteOrigin – 1.69.3
    Unlimited Elements for Elementor: by Unlimited Elements – 1.5.151
    Variation Swatches for WooCommerce: by Emran Ahmed – 2.2.1
    WooCommerce Stripe Gateway: by Stripe – 10.0.1
    WooCommerce Legacy REST API: by WooCommerce – 1.0.5
    WooCommerce PayPal Payments: by PayPal – 3.2.1
    WooCommerce Tax: by WooCommerce – 3.2.0
    WooCommerce Shortcodes: by WooThemes
    Claudio Sanches – 1.0.0
    
    WooCommerce: by Automattic – 10.3.3
    Wordfence Security: by Wordfence – 8.1.0
    Yoast SEO: by Team Yoast – 26.2
    WP Add Custom CSS: by Daniele De Santis – 1.2.1
    WPForms Lite: by WPForms – 1.9.8.2
    
    ### Inactive Plugins (16) ###
    
    Booster for WooCommerce: by Pluggabl LLC – 7.3.1
    Download Monitor: by WPChill – 5.1.4
    Facebook for WooCommerce: by Facebook – 3.5.12
    Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights: by MonsterInsights – 6.2.0
    HubSpot All-In-One Marketing - Forms, Popups, Live Chat: by HubSpot – 11.3.21
    Maintenance: by WebFactory Ltd – 4.18
    MaxButtons: by Max Foundry – 9.8.5
    Meta pixel for WordPress: by Facebook – 4.1.0
    OptinMonster: by OptinMonster Popup Builder Team – 2.16.21
    Orbit Fox Companion: by Themeisle – 3.0.2
    Product Slider for WooCommerce by PickPlugins: by PickPlugins – 1.13.56
    Smart Slider 3: by Nextend – 3.5.1.29
    Smush: by WPMU DEV – 3.22.1
    The MOJO Plugin: by Bluehost – 3.3.0
    WooPayments: by WooCommerce – 10.1.0 (update to version 10.1.1 is available)
    Woo Store Vacation: by MyPreview – 1.9.6
    
    ### Dropin Plugins () ###
    
    object-cache.php: APCu Object Cache Drop-in
    
    ### Must Use Plugins (3) ###
    
    Elementor Safe Mode: by Elementor.com – 1.0.0
    Hostinger Preview Domain: by Hostinger – 1.3.4
    SSO: by Garth Mortensen
    Mike Hansen – 0.5
    
    
    ### Settings ###
    
    Legacy API Enabled: ✔
    Force SSL: –
    Currency: CAD ($)
    Currency Position: left
    Thousand Separator: ,
    Decimal Separator: .
    Number of Decimals: 2
    Taxonomies: Product Types: external (external)
    grouped (grouped)
    simple (simple)
    variable (variable)
    
    Taxonomies: Product Visibility: exclude-from-catalog (exclude-from-catalog)
    exclude-from-search (exclude-from-search)
    featured (featured)
    outofstock (outofstock)
    rated-1 (rated-1)
    rated-2 (rated-2)
    rated-3 (rated-3)
    rated-4 (rated-4)
    rated-5 (rated-5)
    
    Connected to WooCommerce.com: –
    Enforce Approved Product Download Directories: –
    HPOS feature enabled: –
    Order datastore: WC_Order_Data_Store_CPT
    HPOS data sync enabled: –
    Enabled Features: analytics
    marketplace
    order_attribution
    site_visibility_badge
    remote_logging
    email_improvements
    blueprint
    point_of_sale
    
    
    ### Logging ###
    
    Enabled: ✔
    Handler: Automattic\WooCommerce\Internal\Admin\Logging\LogHandlerFileV2
    Retention period: 30 days
    Level threshold: –
    Log directory size: 425 KB
    
    ### WC Pages ###
    
    Shop base: #587 - /shop/
    Cart: #576 - /cart/ -  Contains the [woocommerce_cart] shortcode
    Checkout: #580 - /checkout/ -  Contains the [woocommerce_checkout] shortcode
    My account: ❌ Page not set
    Terms and conditions: ❌ Page not set
    
    ### Theme ###
    
    Name: Astra
    Version: 4.11.13
    Author URL: https://wpastra.com/about/?utm_source=theme_preview&utm_medium=author_link&utm_campaign=astra_theme
    Child Theme: ❌ – If you are modifying WooCommerce on a parent theme that you did not build personally we recommend using a child theme. See: How to create a child theme
    Theme type: Classic theme
    WooCommerce Support: ✔
    
    ### Templates ###
    
    Overrides: –
    
    ### WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway ###
    
    Version: 10.0.1
    Account ID: XXXX
    Account Email: XXXX
    Test Mode Enabled: ✔
                        No
    OAuth Connected: No
    Sync Enabled: ✔
                        Yes
    Legacy Checkout Experience: ✔
                        No
    Optimized Checkout Enabled: No
    Enabled Payment Methods: card
    Express Checkout: Disabled
    Auth and Capture: ✔
                        Yes
    Logging: No

    FATAL ERROR LOGS:

    2025-10-27T10:50:33+00:00 Critical Uncaught TypeError: Automattic\WooCommerce\Internal\Admin\Logging\FileV2\FileController::invalidate_cache(): Return value must be of type bool, string returned in /home/u188502597/domains/lhmrec.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/Admin/Logging/FileV2/FileController.php:678  

    2025-10-27T15:18:10+00:00 Critical Uncaught TypeError: Automattic\WooCommerce\Internal\Admin\Logging\FileV2\FileController::invalidate_cache(): Return value must be of type bool, string returned in /home/u188502597/domains/lhmrec.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/Admin/Logging/FileV2/FileController.php:678  

    2025-10-27T15:19:05+00:00 Critical Uncaught TypeError: Automattic\WooCommerce\Internal\Admin\Logging\FileV2\FileController::invalidate_cache(): Return value must be of type bool, string returned in /home/u188502597/domains/lhmrec.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Internal/Admin/Logging/FileV2/FileController.php:678  

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  • Plugin Support shahzeen(woo-hc)

    (@shahzeenfarooq)

    Hi there,

    Thank you for sharing the details. Since this issue started after migrating the site and it’s happening across all payment gateways, it’s likely related to the server environment — particularly caching, session handling, or REST API configuration on the new host.

    Since your site is running on a LiteSpeed server, please try clearing the server-level cache and test again.

    Also, Could you please confirm if you’re experiencing the same issue even when using a default payment method like Cash on Delivery? This will help us determine if the problem is related to the payment gateways or something else during checkout.

    Once we have that information, we’ll be able to look into this further for you.

    Thread Starter luapampten

    (@luapampten)

    I have cleared the server-level cache and retested, and the problem persists.

    I can confirm that the issue remains even when using Cash on Delivery as the only payment option.

    Thank you for your help.

    Hi @luapampten,

    Thank you for your response and for providing clarification. To help narrow down the issue, please create a staging copy of your live site. On the staging site, deactivate all plugins except WooCommerce, then switch your theme to Storefront. Make sure that only Cash on Delivery and BACS payment methods are enabled. Once that’s done, please share the URL of the staging site so we can run tests on our end, and also include the System Status Report from the staging environment.

    Thread Starter luapampten

    (@luapampten)

    Thank you, Moses.

    Here’s the link to the staging site with all plugins except WooCommerce disabled, COD and BACS only enabled, and Storefront as the theme: https://lhmrec.com/lhm-records-stag/

    Here’s the System Status Report from the staging site:

    ### WordPress Environment ###
    
    WordPress address (URL): [Redacted]
    Site address (URL): [Redacted]
    WC Version: 10.3.3
    Legacy REST API Package Version: The Legacy REST API plugin is not installed on this site.
    Action Scheduler Version: ✔ 3.9.3
    Log Directory Writable: ✔
    WP Version: 6.8.3
    WP Multisite: –
    WP Memory Limit: 512 MB
    WP Debug Mode: –
    WP Cron: ✔
    Language: en_US
    External object cache: –
    
    ### Server Environment ###
    
    Server Info: LiteSpeed
    Server Architecture: Linux 4.18.0-553.58.1.lve.el8.x86_64 x86_64
    PHP Version: 8.2.29
    PHP Post Max Size: 256 MB
    PHP Time Limit: 300
    PHP Max Input Vars: 5000
    cURL Version: 8.14.1
    OpenSSL/1.1.1w
    
    SUHOSIN Installed: –
    MySQL Version: 11.8.3-MariaDB-log
    Max Upload Size: 256 MB
    Default Timezone is UTC: ✔
    fsockopen/cURL: ✔
    SoapClient: ✔
    DOMDocument: ✔
    GZip: ✔
    Multibyte String: ✔
    Remote Post: ✔
    Remote Get: ✔
    
    ### Database ###
    
    [REDACTED]
    
    ### Post Type Counts ###
    
    acf-field: 8
    acf-field-group: 1
    amn_wpforms-lite: 3
    attachment: 370
    custom_css: 2
    customize_changeset: 28
    dlm_download: 2
    dlm_download_version: 2
    elementor_library: 13
    jetpack_migration: 2
    jp_img_sitemap: 1
    jp_sitemap: 1
    jp_sitemap_master: 1
    jp_vid_sitemap: 1
    nav_menu_item: 36
    oembed_cache: 55
    page: 156
    post: 1
    product: 137
    product_variation: 67
    revision: 1747
    shop_coupon: 7
    shop_order: 647
    shop_order_refund: 5
    tribe_events: 1
    tribe_venue: 1
    tt_font_control: 1
    wp_global_styles: 1
    
    ### Security ###
    
    Secure connection (HTTPS): ✔
    Hide errors from visitors: ✔
    
    ### Active Plugins (1) ###
    
    WooCommerce: by Automattic – 10.3.3
    
    ### Inactive Plugins (43) ###
    
    Advanced Custom Fields: by WP Engine – 6.6.1
    Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection: by Automattic - Anti-spam Team – 5.5
    Bandsintown Events: by Bandsintown.com – 1.3.4
    Booster for WooCommerce: by Pluggabl LLC – 7.3.2
    Create And Assign Categories For Pages: by Sandeep Singh – 1.2.1
    Custom Post Type UI: by WebDevStudios – 1.18.0
    Dashicons + Custom Post Types: by Hal Gatewood – 1.0.2
    Download Monitor: by WPChill – 5.1.5
    Easy Google Fonts: by Titanium Themes – 2.0.4
    Elementor: by Elementor.com – 3.32.5
    Elementor Pro: by Elementor.com – 3.32.3
    Essential Addons for Elementor: by WPDeveloper – 6.3.3
    Facebook for WooCommerce: by Facebook – 3.5.12
    Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights: by MonsterInsights – 6.2.0
    HubSpot All-In-One Marketing - Forms, Popups, Live Chat: by HubSpot – 11.3.21
    Jetpack: by Automattic – 15.1.1
    Maintenance: by WebFactory Ltd – 4.18
    MaxButtons: by Max Foundry – 9.8.5
    Meta pixel for WordPress: by Facebook – 4.1.0
    OptinMonster: by OptinMonster Popup Builder Team – 2.16.21
    Orbit Fox Companion: by Themeisle – 3.0.2
    Product Slider for WooCommerce by PickPlugins: by PickPlugins – 1.13.56
    Redirection: by John Godley – 5.5.2
    Site Kit by Google: by Google – 1.164.0
    SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle: by SiteOrigin – 1.69.3
    Smart Slider 3: by Nextend – 3.5.1.29
    Smush: by WPMU DEV – 3.22.1
    The MOJO Plugin: by Bluehost – 3.3.0
    Unlimited Elements for Elementor: by Unlimited Elements – 1.5.151
    Variation Swatches for WooCommerce: by Emran Ahmed – 2.2.1
    WooCommerce Legacy REST API: by WooCommerce – 1.0.5
    WooCommerce PayPal Payments: by PayPal – 3.2.1
    WooCommerce Shortcodes: by WooThemes
    Claudio Sanches – 1.0.0
    
    WooCommerce Stripe Gateway: by Stripe – 10.0.1
    WooCommerce Tax: by WooCommerce – 3.2.0
    WooPayments: by WooCommerce – 10.1.1
    Woo Store Vacation: by MyPreview – 1.9.6
    Wordfence Security: by Wordfence – 8.1.0
    WP Add Custom CSS: by Daniele De Santis – 1.2.1
    WPForms Lite: by WPForms – 1.9.8.2
    WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin - Backup Duplicator & Migration: by WP-STAGING
    WPStagingBackup – 4.3.2
    
    Yoast Duplicate Post: by Enrico Battocchi & Team Yoast – 4.5
    Yoast SEO: by Team Yoast – 26.2
    
    ### Must Use Plugins (2) ###
    
    Hostinger Preview Domain: by Hostinger – 1.3.4
    SSO: by Garth Mortensen
    Mike Hansen – 0.5
    
    
    ### Settings ###
    
    Legacy API Enabled: –
    Force SSL: –
    Currency: CAD ($)
    Currency Position: left
    Thousand Separator: ,
    Decimal Separator: .
    Number of Decimals: 2
    Taxonomies: Product Types: external (external)
    grouped (grouped)
    simple (simple)
    variable (variable)
    
    Taxonomies: Product Visibility: exclude-from-catalog (exclude-from-catalog)
    exclude-from-search (exclude-from-search)
    featured (featured)
    outofstock (outofstock)
    rated-1 (rated-1)
    rated-2 (rated-2)
    rated-3 (rated-3)
    rated-4 (rated-4)
    rated-5 (rated-5)
    
    Connected to WooCommerce.com: –
    Enforce Approved Product Download Directories: –
    HPOS feature enabled: –
    Order datastore: WC_Order_Data_Store_CPT
    HPOS data sync enabled: –
    Enabled Features: analytics
    marketplace
    order_attribution
    site_visibility_badge
    remote_logging
    email_improvements
    blueprint
    point_of_sale
    
    
    ### Logging ###
    
    Enabled: ✔
    Handler: Automattic\WooCommerce\Internal\Admin\Logging\LogHandlerFileV2
    Retention period: 30 days
    Level threshold: –
    Log directory size: 28 KB
    
    ### WC Pages ###
    
    Shop base: #587 - /?page_id=587
    Cart: #576 - /?page_id=576 -  Contains the [woocommerce_cart] shortcode
    Checkout: #580 - /?page_id=580 -  Contains the [woocommerce_checkout] shortcode
    My account: ❌ Page not set
    Terms and conditions: ❌ Page not set
    
    ### Theme ###
    
    Name: Storefront
    Version: 4.6.1
    Author URL: https://woocommerce.com/
    Child Theme: ❌ – If you are modifying WooCommerce on a parent theme that you did not build personally we recommend using a child theme. See: How to create a child theme
    Theme type: Classic theme
    WooCommerce Support: ✔
    
    ### Templates ###
    
    Overrides: –
    
    ### Admin ###
    
    Enabled Features: activity-panels
    analytics
    product-block-editor
    coupons
    core-profiler
    customize-store
    customer-effort-score-tracks
    import-products-task
    experimental-fashion-sample-products
    shipping-smart-defaults
    shipping-setting-tour
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    onboarding
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    product-custom-fields
    remote-inbox-notifications
    remote-free-extensions
    payment-gateway-suggestions
    printful
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    subscriptions
    store-alerts
    transient-notices
    woo-mobile-welcome
    wc-pay-promotion
    wc-pay-welcome-page
    launch-your-store
    
    Disabled Features: product-data-views
    experimental-blocks
    experimental-iapi-mini-cart
    experimental-iapi-runtime
    coming-soon-newsletter-template
    minified-js
    product-pre-publish-modal
    settings
    async-product-editor-category-field
    product-editor-template-system
    use-wp-horizon
    rest-api-v4
    
    Daily Cron: ✔ Next scheduled: 2025-10-29 10:57:20 +00:00
    Options: ✔
    Notes: 262
    Onboarding: completed
    
    ### Action Scheduler ###
    
    Complete: 3,337
    Oldest: 2025-09-25 20:46:29 +0000
    Newest: 2025-10-28 14:53:35 +0000
    
    Failed: 121
    Oldest: 2023-02-14 20:10:19 +0000
    Newest: 2025-10-27 15:17:08 +0000
    
    Pending: 13
    Oldest: 2025-10-28 15:17:04 +0000
    Newest: 2025-11-05 13:29:53 +0000
    
    
    ### Status report information ###
    
    Generated at: 2025-10-28 15:03:39 +00:00

    Thanks again for any guidance you can provide.

    Hi @luapampten,

    Thank you for getting back to us and for sharing the requested details. I went ahead and placed a test order on the staging site but did not encounter any of the errors you mentioned earlier.

    I can confirm that the issue remains even when using Cash on Delivery as the only payment option.

    Could you please try completing a checkout using Cash on Delivery (COD) on the staging site and let me know if the error still occurs on your end?

    Thread Starter luapampten

    (@luapampten)

    Hello. Yes, I was also able to successfully place a COD order on the testing site.

    Plugin Support shahzeen(woo-hc)

    (@shahzeenfarooq)

    Hi there!

    Thanks for the update!

    Since you were able to successfully place a COD order on the staging site after deactivating all plugins, this indicates that one of the plugins on your site is causing the issue.

    In this case, I’d suggest reactivating the plugins one by one, and after each activation, try placing a test order. This will help you identify which specific plugin is triggering the problem. Once you find the culprit, you can decide whether to reach out to that plugin’s developer or look for an alternative solution.

    Please let us know what you find.

    Thread Starter luapampten

    (@luapampten)

    Thank you. I have done as you suggested, and went through and reactivated each of the plugins one by one on the staging site. I did not get any errors. I was able to successfully place a COD order after each reactivation. I’m not sure what this means, as it seems to indicate the problem is not related to any of the other plugins.

    I also switched away from Storefront and back to my original theme (Astra), and was able to successfully process a COD order.

    Hi @luapampten,

    It’s great to hear that everything is now working properly on your end. It may have been a cache-related issue after the migration or plugin reactivation, which has since cleared itself. Please feel free to get back to us anytime if you notice any other issues or need further support with your store setup.

    We’d really appreciate it if you could take a moment to leave a 5-star review for WooCommerce at https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/plugin/woocommerce/reviews/#new-post. Your feedback helps us continue improving the experience for all users.

    Thank you once again for your time and effort in troubleshooting this with us.

    Thread Starter luapampten

    (@luapampten)

    Sorry, it’s only working on the staging site. The problem persists on the live site, despite the same plugins and theme being active there. The problem has not been resolved.

    • This reply was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by luapampten.

    Hi @luapampten,

    Sorry for the mixup, I understand that you are still experiencing the “error processing your order” message on your live site even though everything works on your staging site with the same plugins and theme. This sounds frustrating, and I’m here to help you troubleshoot further.

    Since you have ruled out plugin and theme conflicts on staging, there may be environmental differences on the live site such as caching, payment gateway configuration or server settings. To isolate the problem without disrupting your live site, you can use the Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin to temporarily disable plugins and switch to a default theme only for your session. This tool lets you test the checkout process safely and see if the issue occurs with only WooCommerce active.

    It’s also a good idea to clear any server or browser caches and exclude your cart and checkout pages from caching. Additionally, check your WooCommerce error logs by navigating to WooCommerce → Status → Logs and selecting the latest log for failed orders. These logs often reveal payment or system-level errors that can point to the root cause. If the error relates to a specific payment gateway, review that gateway’s settings or contact the gateway’s support team.

    For a comprehensive troubleshooting guide, please see WooCommerce’s documentation on payment errors: https://woocommerce.com/document/troubleshooting-payment-errors/ and https://woocommerce.com/posts/troubleshooting-failed-orders/ . These guides walk through common causes and solutions for errors during checkout.

    Let me know what you find or if you need more guidance, I’m here to help.

    Thread Starter luapampten

    (@luapampten)

    Thank you. I have removed all related plugins from the live site, and got the same error just trying to use COD with only WooCommerce installed. So, I uninstalled WooCommerce, and now, when trying to reinstall WooCommerce, WordPress is saying: Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

    Hi @luapampten,

    I understand that you’re still encountering the “There was an error processing your order” message on your live site, even after confirming that everything works fine on your staging setup. Since the staging environment functions correctly with the same configuration, this indicates that something specific to the live server environment is interfering with WooCommerce’s order processing.

    To start, please check if your live site still contains any old cached files or residual data from the previous hosting environment. You can do this by purging the LiteSpeed cache both from the plugin (if active) and directly via your hosting control panel. It’s also worth checking if your live site has any remaining .htaccess or object caching configuration that differs from staging, as these can cause checkout interruptions.

    Next, since WooCommerce now triggers a fatal error when reinstalling, please enable WordPress debugging by adding the following lines to your wp-config.php file before the line that says /* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */:

    define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
    define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
    define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
    

    Then attempt to activate WooCommerce again and share the resulting log file (/wp-content/debug.log) via https://pastebin.com so we can review what’s preventing the activation.

    You can also refer to this guide on debugging WordPress plugin errors for additional steps: https://woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-self-service-guide/#debugging

    Once you share the log, we’ll help you pinpoint what’s breaking the activation on the live site so we can restore WooCommerce smoothly.

    Thread Starter luapampten

    (@luapampten)

    Thanks. I spent a couple hours on with tech support at my hosting provider, and they said everything on the server side appears to be configured correctly. They say it’s a problem with the WooCommerce plugin itself.

    I’ve cleared the caches.

    Here’s the Pastebin report:

    https://pastebin.com/MAY6nQiR

    Thanks again for your continued help. I really appreciate it.

    Plugin Support shahzeen(woo-hc)

    (@shahzeenfarooq)

    Hi there!

    Thank you for the update.

    I’ve checked the error log you shared, and I can see that:

    • Some errors are related to the Bandsintown plugin.
    • One error appears to come from a custom plugin trying to use WooCommerce’s custom post type shop_order.
    • Another error seems related to WooCommerce itself, which may be causing the fatal error.

    Since you mentioned that you’re unable to install the WooCommerce plugin on your site at the moment, could you please make sure you’re trying to install the latest version of the plugin?
    You can download it directly from here:
    👉 https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/woocommerce/

    Once downloaded, please deactivate all other plugins on your site and then try installing WooCommerce again to see if that works for you.
    Since you mentioned earlier that you only deactivated related plugins — and the error log shows some plugins are still active — we recommend temporarily deactivating all plugins to rule out any conflicts.

    We’re suggesting this because we weren’t able to replicate any issue on multiple test sites, which indicates there might be a setting or another plugin on your site causing this error.

    After you’ve successfully installed WooCommerce, please go to:
    WooCommerce → Status → Tools, and perform the following actions:

    • WooCommerce transients – Clear
    • Expired transients – Clear
    • Clear template cache – Clear
    • Capabilities – Reset Capabilities
    • Clear customer sessions – Clear

    Once done, please try placing an order using Cash on Delivery (COD) and check if it works properly.

    Let us know how that goes!

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