Title: PHP incompatability? All buttons disapppeared
Last modified: June 24, 2022

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# PHP incompatability? All buttons disapppeared

 *  [CombineEssences](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imlosingthewill/)
 * (@imlosingthewill)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-incompatability-all-buttons-disapppeared/)
 * Hi, the URL I provided is just an example. I used MaxButtons on 350 pages so 
   pick any one…
 * The webhost for my site recently carried out a migration. The new platform uses
   HardenedPHP, by CloudLinux, PHP version 5.6.4.
 * After the migration all my MaxButtons disappeared and all you can see is the 
   code.
 * I updated the PHP version in Cpanel to 8.1 but this hasn’t fixed the issue.
 * Thank you for helping,
 * Henna
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fphp-incompatability-all-buttons-disapppeared%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Bas Schuiling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/basszje/)
 * (@basszje)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-incompatability-all-buttons-disapppeared/#post-15767516)
 * Hi,
 * PHP version should not be an issue here. In general I would not advice to already
   use PHP 8.1 ( but 8.0 ) since WordPress itself is not fully compatible with it.
 * Perhaps something changed to the theme? When you only see the shortcode that 
   means that WordPress somehow didn’t process it. This can happen when for instance
   it’s outside the loop, not within wp_content and such.
 * MaxButtons is triggered by WordPress when it detects the shortcode.
 *  Thread Starter [CombineEssences](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imlosingthewill/)
 * (@imlosingthewill)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-incompatability-all-buttons-disapppeared/#post-15767556)
 * Hi, Baz, thanks so much for a very fast response.
 * No the theme hasn’t changed. As I said, this arose after the web host migrated
   to a platform running a hardened version of PHP version 5.6.4. And despite my
   changing the PHP version, the version identified continues to be 5.6.4.
 * Is there some way I can roll back / use an earlier version of MaxButtons? Just
   at least for the time being.
 * Thank you, Henna
 *  Plugin Author [Bas Schuiling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/basszje/)
 * (@basszje)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-incompatability-all-buttons-disapppeared/#post-15791061)
 * I would recommend running a PHP 7 version. This will work the best ( and it’s
   much faster! ) in the current WP climate.
 * You can find older versions of the plugin on this page: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/maxbuttons/advanced/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/maxbuttons/advanced/)
 * You can check if this ‘hardening’ is causing any issues in the error logs, but
   this shouldn’t cause any problems. Again, seeing the shortcode is an indication
   that something doesn’t work in WordPress as it should and you should see issues
   with other shortcode-based plugins as well.

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 * [php compatability](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-compatability/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Bas Schuiling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/basszje/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-incompatability-all-buttons-disapppeared/#post-15791061)
 * Status: not resolved