Title: Freemius errors
Last modified: December 19, 2017

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# Freemius errors

 *  Resolved [Henk Verlinde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ve6304/)
 * (@ve6304)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/freemius-errors/)
 * Joachim, I really love your plugin. But, Freemius is blowing up my server. Everytime.
   Also after applying your [fix](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-messages-88/#post-9660769).
 * Please replace Freemius w/ something else. For now, I am dropping your plugin.
   I don’t want to. But, I have to.

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 *  Plugin Author [Joachim Jensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intoxstudio/)
 * (@intoxstudio)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/freemius-errors/#post-9797662)
 * Thank you for your feedback, and I am sorry to hear about the inconvenience the
   plugin has caused.
 * When you say that Freemius blows up your server, do you then refer to the problem
   reported in the link, or do you mean that it takes up memory or hurts performance?
 * I know that the developers have been working hard on fixing the mentioned problem
   with the paths, and I hope to release an updated version soon that includes those
   fixes.
 * Currently Freemius is integrated in a way so it can’t be easily removed (ie. 
   by commenting out a line of code, or using a filter), but I will look into if
   that can be done.
 * While I understand your frustration, Freemius has helped me a lot with taking
   the plugin to where it is today, so I do not have any plans to replace it. That
   being said, I do want to make sure that the library does not negatively affect
   the functionality or usability of Content Aware Sidebars, so I really appreciate
   your comments.
 *  Thread Starter [Henk Verlinde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ve6304/)
 * (@ve6304)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/freemius-errors/#post-9798991)
 * After every deployment I have to apply [your fix](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-messages-88/#post-9660769)
   to get rid of the error messages.
 * Next to that, it looks like Freemius is taking up substantial memory – increasingly.
   With no further action, my server comes to a grinding halt.
 * I’m still testing w/ your plugin uninstalled /installed. Today I increased PHP-
   FPM memory, reprovisioned, redeployed and applied your fix again. I’ll keep you
   in the know on the outcomes.
 * A Freemius remove_filter would be nice.
 *  Plugin Author [Joachim Jensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intoxstudio/)
 * (@intoxstudio)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/freemius-errors/#post-9801661)
 * Thank you for the details.
 * As I am currently not ready to push the next release for Content Aware Sidebars,
   here are 2 things you can try now:
 * 1.
 * Download the latest version of freemius: [https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk/archive/1.2.3.zip](https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk/archive/1.2.3.zip)
   
   And paste the contents of the folder **wordpress-sdk-1.2.3** into **/wp-content/
   plugins/content-aware-sidebars/lib/freemius** That should fix the problems you
   get when deploying/cloning, and it will also improve memory usage.
 * 2.
 * Go to the Plugins screen in the admin dashboard and scroll down to Content Aware
   Sidebars.
    You should see an “Opt out” link below it. Clicking on that should
   effectively disable the functionality of freemius.
 * Please let me know if this helps!
 *  [Vova Feldman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svovaf/)
 * (@svovaf)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/freemius-errors/#post-9802170)
 * Hi [@ve6304](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ve6304/), I stumbled upon this
   thread after receiving a Google Alert notice and wanted to step in. My name is
   Vova Feldman and I’m the CEO at [Freemius](https://freemius.com). I wanted to
   personally let you know that we are taking your feedback very seriously. Our 
   [latest SDK release](https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk/) resolves multiple
   _file-disk changes_ and _cloning_ edge cases. Most likely, it will fix the problem
   you’re facing with the deployments as well. Also, we made a revamp in our localization
   logic which reduces the memory consumption significantly.
 * If I understand correctly, you have a local/staging -> production set up? If 
   that’s the case, you can either wait until [@intoxstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intoxstudio/)
   release a new version with the updated SDK. Or follow his suggestion and temporarily
   replace the SDK with our latest version. If you go with the replacement, make
   sure you do it in your local/staging environment, otherwise, the next deployment
   will override the SDK in production.
 * After moving to the new SDK, it would be great to get an update in this thread
   regarding the issue and memory usage. And if something is still not working as
   expected, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly via [support AT freemius
   DOT com] and we will work with you to fix all the issues.
 * Thanks for your patience!
 *  Thread Starter [Henk Verlinde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ve6304/)
 * (@ve6304)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/freemius-errors/#post-9803011)
 * [@intoxstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intoxstudio/) thanks for your
   help and [@svovaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svovaf/) thanks for stepping
   in.
 * I replaced `Content Aware Sidebars 3.7.1` with my (temp) clone `Content Aware
   Sidebars 3.7.2-alpha.1` (Content Aware Sidebars 3.7.1 w/ Freemius 1.2.3) and 
   pushed it to production (no other changes).
 * **First results**
    – No Freemius related error messages – First 30 minutes: memory
   consumption is stable and dropped w/ 10% (as opposed to the normal memory consumption)–
   Next 30 minutes: memory consumption increased w/ 20% but is stable (so is now
   10% above normal)
 * I’m curious for the next 24 hours. I’ll monitor closely and keep you in the know.
 * P.S. It looks like a DotBot (visited after the first 30 minutes) is responsible
   for the memory increase – I/m investigating
 *  Thread Starter [Henk Verlinde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ve6304/)
 * (@ve6304)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/freemius-errors/#post-9805861)
 * My final conclusion. The temporary memory consumption jumps are most likely not
   related to Freemius /CAS. The memory consumption remains stable.
 * [@intoxstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/intoxstudio/) & [@svovaf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svovaf/)
   thanks again and good luck!
 *  [Vova Feldman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svovaf/)
 * (@svovaf)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/freemius-errors/#post-9805877)
 * [@ve6304](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ve6304/) thanks for the update –
   and happy we managed to resolve those issues for you 🙂

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