Title: Plugin just don’t start the process
Last modified: October 29, 2016

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# Plugin just don’t start the process

 *  Resolved [Manuel5cc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuel5cc/)
 * (@manuel5cc)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-just-dont-start-the-process/)
 * I can install and activate the plugin just right, but when I hit the button to
   start the process, it stops very early and doesn’t even give any logs.

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 *  [Scott at Code of Conduct](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeofconduct/)
 * (@codeofconduct)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-just-dont-start-the-process/#post-8374392)
 * Hi Manuel5cc,
 * That’s pretty strange behavior. What version of PHP and WordPress are you using?
   Does the Diagnostic page list everything as being green? When you hit the button,
   does anything happen at all?
 * Best,
    Scott
 *  Thread Starter [Manuel5cc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuel5cc/)
 * (@manuel5cc)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-just-dont-start-the-process/#post-8375566)
 * Hi Scott:
    PHP version is 7.0.12 and WordPress 4.6.1
 * The diagnostic page shows everything in green.
 * At one time it randomly worked and the activity log showed this:
 *     ```
       [2016-10-31 09:06:36] Manuel5cc has started generating static files
       [2016-10-31 09:06:37] Setting up
       [2016-10-31 09:06:51] Fetched 0 of 0 pages/files
       [2016-10-31 09:06:57] ZIP archive created: Click here to download
       [2016-10-31 09:07:03] Wrapping up
       [2016-10-31 09:07:13] Done! Finished in 00:00:37
       ```
   
 *  [Scott at Code of Conduct](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeofconduct/)
 * (@codeofconduct)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-just-dont-start-the-process/#post-8384824)
 * Hi Manuel,
 * That helps a lot, thanks. A couple more questions that might help me narrow this
   down a bit:
 * – Are there any rows in your wp_simply_static_pages (or similarly named) MySQL
   table?
    – Is there anything in your Apache/PHP/MySQL logs that would indicate
   an issue? (I know you mentioned there were no logs, I wasn’t sure if you were
   referring to what Simply Static provides or otherwise)
 * Best,
    Scott
 *  Thread Starter [Manuel5cc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuel5cc/)
 * (@manuel5cc)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-just-dont-start-the-process/#post-8386533)
 * Hello Scott:
    There is no “simply_static_pages” (or similar) row or table or 
   data in my SQL.
 * I can’t see any other error logs related to this issue.
 *  [Scott at Code of Conduct](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeofconduct/)
 * (@codeofconduct)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-just-dont-start-the-process/#post-8408517)
 * Hi Manuel,
 * I hate to ask this, but could you try uninstalling and reinstalling Simply Static?
   The plugin should’ve created a wp_simply_static_pages table. If that didn’t happen
   then something went terribly wrong when it was installed the first time.
 * Best,
    Scott
 *  Thread Starter [Manuel5cc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuel5cc/)
 * (@manuel5cc)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-just-dont-start-the-process/#post-8415653)
 * I reinstalled it and now the table is present and the generation seems to work
   properly. I have to test it more but as I said it seems to be all fine.
 *  [Scott at Code of Conduct](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeofconduct/)
 * (@codeofconduct)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-just-dont-start-the-process/#post-8421464)
 * Good to hear. Thanks for the update, Manuel!
 *  Thread Starter [Manuel5cc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuel5cc/)
 * (@manuel5cc)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-just-dont-start-the-process/#post-8421471)
 * PS: Is there any way to make it run periodically, for example, using WP-cron (
   or server’s one)?
 *  [Scott at Code of Conduct](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codeofconduct/)
 * (@codeofconduct)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-just-dont-start-the-process/#post-8421474)
 * Not presently since it relies on a series of ajax request from the browser in
   order to function. But I’m working on a replacement for that, so hopefully soon
   you’ll be able to.
 * Best,
    Scott
 *  Thread Starter [Manuel5cc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuel5cc/)
 * (@manuel5cc)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-just-dont-start-the-process/#post-8421480)
 * Good to hear that, I’ll keep an eye on the updates!

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