Title: Latest Posts block error with “Post Content”: enabled
Last modified: November 8, 2023

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# Latest Posts block error with “Post Content”: enabled

 *  [nesdon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nesdon/)
 * (@nesdon)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-posts-block-error-with-post-content-enabled/)
 * This page has nothing but a single “Latest posts” block. It fails to update when
   I enable the “Post content” and set it to “excerpt”. It shows a red bar with 
   this message: “Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response.”
   It
   seems to work fine when “Post content” is set off, and when on with the “Full
   post” option enabled. It was working, but I made a change to the widgets shown
   on the page and it began shopwing only the full content.
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by [nesdon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nesdon/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Flatest-posts-block-error-with-post-content-enabled%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Cate DeRosia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mysweetcate/)
 * (@mysweetcate)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-posts-block-error-with-post-content-enabled/#post-17189479)
 * It looks like this may be a mixed content issue.
 * The site currently has both http and https types of content. This often happens
   in situations where content was added to a site before it had an SSL certificate
   and then an SSL certificate was added later.
 * Fortunately there are a number of plugin that will force SSL on the content, 
   like this one: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-force-ssl/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-force-ssl/)
 * However, there are many others and I recommend that you research to find the 
   one that’s right for you.
 *  Thread Starter [nesdon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nesdon/)
 * (@nesdon)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-posts-block-error-with-post-content-enabled/#post-17190069)
 * Thanks for the excellent reply. I managed a workaround by adding a block plugin
   which had its own post block, it looks different and has an “more” button whose
   graphics are unfortunately uneditable. But it mostly works. I’ll look into the
   mixed content issue. Thanks again.

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 * Last reply from: [nesdon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nesdon/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/latest-posts-block-error-with-post-content-enabled/#post-17190069)
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