Title: Feature request / issue fix
Last modified: August 5, 2023

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# Feature request / issue fix

 *  Resolved [JapeNZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/)
 * (@japenz)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-issue-fix/)
 * Hi there,
 * I’m just trying out your plugin and it’s awesome!
 * The only sort of issue I’m having is that I have lots of product categories, 
   and trying to use the ALL PRODUCTS CATEGORIES row is a nightmare because (I’m
   assuming) all the categories are loading below it.
 * Woud it be possible to have the ALL PRODUCTS CATEGORIES row as a seperate option
   perhaps in the alphabet selection bar, so that only that row loads / is displayed?
 * I tried it by selecting ‘A’ from the alphbet bar, but the changes I made there
   in the All Product categories Archive weren’t being applied.
 * Eventually after selecting ‘wait’ from the WordPress page load prompt a few times,
   I was able to make a few selections and save, then repeat.
 * So I guess not really an issue, more a functional request perhaps.
 * Thanks for your help!
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by [JapeNZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-issue-fix/#post-16949295)
 * Hi [@japenz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/)
 * good idea. Please, if you have a staging environment try v. 2.0.0.beta-2 which
   you can find here: [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.2.0.0.beta-2.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.2.0.0.beta-2.zip)
 * You will find something that looks like “Any Product Categories (Products)” directly
   in the FDP main navigation under the menu item Archives.
 * Update the plugin from the page of plugins by clicking on Add New => Upload Plugins
   => Choose File, and confirm you want the new version.
 * If you don’t see the new FDP menu items, click on the triangle on the top right
   to expand the top admin bar, and then click on “Refresh FDP navigation”.
 * Please, let me know if it works, or if you have any suggestions to make it clearer.
 * Have a great day!
 * Jose
 *  Thread Starter [JapeNZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/)
 * (@japenz)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-issue-fix/#post-16950046)
 * Hi [@giuse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/),
 * Thank you for getting back to me 🙂
 * So I tested the beta version, and ‘Any Product Categories’ is exactly what I 
   was talking about, great job!
 * Having an ‘Any *’ for the archives, attributes etc will make things far more 
   managable.
 * I did however receive a ‘Your Site is Experiencing a Technical Issue’ email from
   WordPress once the beta was active, here are the error details:
 * > WordPress version 6.2.2
   > Active theme: Comic Book Shop Child (version 1.9.22)
   > Current plugin: Freesoul Deactivate Plugins (version 2.0.0.beta-2)PHP version
   > 8.2.7
 * > Error Details
   > =============An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 20 of
   > the file /nas/content/live/comicbookshop/wp-content/plugins/freesoul-deactivate-
   > plugins/admin/fdp-admin.php.
   > Error message: Uncaught Error: Failed opening required ‘/nas/content/live/comicbookshop/
   > wp-content/plugins/freesoul-deactivate-plugins/admin/classes/abstracts/abstract-
   > fdp-superclass.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/share/pear/php:/usr/share/php’) in/
   > nas/content/live/comicbookshop/wp-content/plugins/freesoul-deactivate-plugins/
   > admin/fdp-admin.php:20
   > Stack trace:
   > #0 /nas/content/live/comicbookshop/wp-content/plugins/freesoul-
   > deactivate-plugins/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.php(171): require()#1 /nas/content/
   > live/comicbookshop/wp-settings.php(406): include_once(‘/nas/content/li…’)#2/
   > nas/content/live/comicbookshop/wp-config.php(125): require_once(‘/nas/content/
   > li…’)#3 /nas/content/live/comicbookshop/wp-load.php(50): require_once(‘/nas/
   > content/li…’)#4 /nas/content/live/comicbookshop/wp-admin/admin.php(34): require_once(‘/
   > nas/content/li…’)#5 {main}  thrown
 * I didn’t actually notice my site go down as a result of this error, but obviously
   receiving the warning made me revert back to the current stable version of your
   plugin.
 * Thanks again for your help 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-issue-fix/#post-16950307)
 * Hi [@japenz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/)
 * you are welcome!
 * If we consider version 2.0.0.beta-2, at line 20 of the file fdp-admin.php there
   is no call to the file abstract-fdp-superclass.php. Actually, the file abstract-
   fdp-superclass.php doesn’t exist in the FDP 2.0.0.beta-2 folder, and it’s never
   required by any file.
   You can see [here](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/freesoul-deactivate-plugins/tags/2.0.0.beta-2/admin/fdp-admin.php#L20)
   line 20 of fdp-admin.php of the beta version 2.0.0.beta-2.
 * Instead, the actual stable version requires that file at line 20 of the file 
   fdp-admin.php. You can see [here](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/freesoul-deactivate-plugins/tags/1.9.5.8/admin/fdp-admin.php).
 * So, the error was surely caused by fdp-admin.php of the stable version 1.9.5.8,
   not by the beta version.
   I don’t know how you updated the plugin, but I suspect
   the error was caused while the files of the plugin were transferring, and you
   still had fdp-admin.php of the stable version, but the file abstract-fdp-superclass.
   php didn’t exist anymore. That file exists only in version 1.9.5.8.
 * If you have all the files of the beta version, or all the files of the stable
   version, you should not have any problem. But if you have a mix of them, even
   if it’s only temporary, you have issues.
 * I hope it helps.
 * Have a great day!
 * Jose
 *  Thread Starter [JapeNZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/)
 * (@japenz)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-issue-fix/#post-16950317)
 * Hi [@giuse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/),
 * Right okay, yeah that would make sense.
 * I updated the plugin to the beta by manual upload replacing the existing stable
   plugin, which would explain why they were both briefly there and caused the error.
 * Thanks again for your help!
 *  Thread Starter [JapeNZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/)
 * (@japenz)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-issue-fix/#post-16957717)
 * Hi [@giuse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/),
 * I’m trying to do some unrelated testing that requires me to deactivate and reactive
   the plugin.
 * Seems there might be a caching issue, here’s the error I receive when using the
   beta:
 * > Freesoul Deactivate Plugins is not active, but its mu-plugin was not deleted.
   > Normally, when you deactivate FDP, it automatically deletes its mu-plugin file.
   > If you still have that file, it means you disabed FDP via FTP or something 
   > went wrong during the deactivation process.
   > Delete the file **wp-content/mu-plugins/eos-deactivate-plugins.php** if you
   > want to completely disable FDP.
 * Clearing the WP Engine server cache fixed the issue, just figured I should let
   you know for beta testing purposes… perhaps including a suggestion to clear serverside
   caching in the error message might be useful.
 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-issue-fix/#post-16958630)
 * HI [@japenz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/)
 * thank you very much for your suggestion.
 * 
   Does WP Engine cache also the backend pages? This would be strange for me.
 * The code to show that message is written in a mu-plugin located in wp-content/
   mu-plugins, and it is triggered only if the standard plugin of FDP is deactivated.
   
   If you saw that message, there are only two possibilities:
    - The FDP backend page where you saw the message, was cached when the standard
      plugin was disabled
    - You really still had the FDP mu-plugin located in wp-content/mu-plugins, but
      the standard plugin was disabled
 * I think the second possibility is more probable. Maybe it was something only 
   temporary, and when you cleared the server cache it wasn’t so anymore, but not
   because of the cache.
   You also had an issue with a missing file. Both issues 
   are probably caused by the way the plugin was updated.If during the update the
   mu-plugin file is still present, but the standard plugin is temporarily disabled,
   during that time you have the conditions to trigger that message.Usually, when
   you update a plugin from the page of plugins by clicking n Upload Plugin, this
   should not happen, because first, the files of the new plugins are transferred,
   and only when you confirm the old files are deleted. I suspect the update wasn’t
   done in a standard way. Maybe WP Engine manipulates that process.In any case,
   it seems an issue that was only temporary, and I’m almost sure the message disappeared
   also if you didn’t clear the server cache.
 * If on the contrary, it was really a problem related to the cache, you should 
   ensure the backend pages are not cached. This is not only for the FDP backend
   pages but for all the backend pages. In another case, you would have a lot of
   issues, especially with security.
 * Have a great day!
 * Jose

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