Title: [Plugin: Posts 2 Posts] Widget in admin not finding connection Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Posts 2 Posts] Widget in admin not finding connection * Resolved [salocined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salocined/) * (@salocined) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/) * I have 3 connections widget box for my post in admin. * First connection box works perfectly when typing first few letter (automatically finds related) or when using the View all link. * My other 2 widget box don’t work when starting typing, only the View all links will display the full list of connected post. * any idea? * thx s * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/posts-to-posts/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/posts-to-posts/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 30 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397324) * To avoid confusion, those are called metaboxes and they seem to work fine, even when there are multiple. * Please paste the calls to p2p_register_connection_type(). * Thread Starter [salocined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salocined/) * (@salocined) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397325) * Sorry for the confusion of metaboxes. * My register_connection is as follow * ``` function my_connection_types() { if ( !function_exists('p2p_register_connection_type') ) return; p2p_register_connection_type(array( 'id' => 'posts_to_offer', 'from' => 'post', 'to' => 'offer', 'reciprocal' => true )); p2p_register_connection_type(array( 'id' => 'company_to_offer', 'from' => 'company', 'to' => 'offer', 'reciprocal' => true )); p2p_register_connection_type(array( 'id' => 'company_to_post', 'from' => 'company', 'to' => 'post', 'reciprocal' => true )); p2p_register_connection_type(array( 'id' => 'company_to_destination', 'from' => 'company', 'to' => 'destination', 'reciprocal' => true )); p2p_register_connection_type(array( 'id' => 'destination_to_offer', 'from' => 'destination', 'to' => 'offer', 'reciprocal' => true )); } ``` * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397329) * So what exactly happens when you start typing in one of the other boxes? * Thread Starter [salocined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salocined/) * (@salocined) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397330) * The png circle turns but nothing appears like in the first box. When clicking View all, the right connected items appear. Same happen for box 2 and 3 weird. * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397333) * That means the AJAX request is throwing some PHP error. * You’ll need to use Firebug or Webkit console to see what it is. * Thread Starter [salocined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salocined/) * (@salocined) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397335) * Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘rows’ of null Box.js line 171 * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397349) * Ok, thanks, but what does the AJAX response look like? * Thread Starter [salocined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salocined/) * (@salocined) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397352) * Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘rows’ of null jQuery.each.prototype. update_rowsbox.js:171 (anonymous function)box.js:236 f.extend._Deferred.e.resolveWithload- scripts.php:16 wload-scripts.php:18 f.support.ajax.f.ajaxTransport.send.dload- scripts.php:18 * Better? * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397366) * Not really. * If you download the [development version](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/posts-to-posts.zip)( 1.0.1-alpha), you should see a ‘Malformed response’ error in the console. Please post it in it’s entirety. * Thread Starter [salocined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salocined/) * (@salocined) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397367) * Thanks Scribu, I am not getting anything else than the Uncaught as above. * Interesting development, when logged as an admin ALL 3 boxes are working perfectly. When logged in as a visitor or in my case, a client, only the first box works. * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397384) * I think I found the problem: those faulty boxes shouldn’t show up at all for clients, since they don’t seem to have the required capability. * Updated the [development version](http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/posts-to-posts.zip). * Thread Starter [salocined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salocined/) * (@salocined) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397386) * ok cool, they did disappear with the new dev version BUT how do I enable them for the client user type? I still have the 1st box appearing (post). * The 2 other boxes are using custom post types * sorry to be a pain * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397389) * It depends on how you defined the other post types. * For example, for the ‘posts_to_offer’ connection type, see what this line outputs: * `var_dump( get_post_type_object( 'offer' )->cap->edit_posts );` * Put it after the `p2p_register_connection_type()` calls. * That will be the capability that the client needs to have to see the box. * There are several plugins for managing capabilities via the wp admin. * Thread Starter [salocined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salocined/) * (@salocined) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397395) * I run Adminize on the site for controlling capabilities. THe var_dump returns a NULL for admin or client. Also I noticed with the latest dev version sent, that ADMINS cant see all 3 boxes now.. 🙁 * I might just revert to the original stable version for now… * Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/) * (@scribu) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/#post-2397401) * Strange. * Try adding the following code somewhere: * ``` function debug_post_type() { $post_type = 'offer'; echo '
' . var_export( get_post_type_object( $post_type ), true ) . '
'; } add_action( 'admin_notices', 'debug_post_type' ); ``` * Use [http://pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com) for pasting the result, since it will likely be large. * If you get null, it means you don’t actually have the ‘offer’ post type defined. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 30 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘[Plugin: Posts 2 Posts] Widget in admin not finding connection’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/posts-to-posts_7a8e9d.svg) * [Posts 2 Posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-to-posts/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-to-posts/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/posts-to-posts/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/posts-to-posts/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/posts-to-posts/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/posts-to-posts/reviews/) * 30 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [salocined](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salocined/) * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-posts-2-posts-widget-in-admin-not-finding-connection/page/2/#post-2397553) * Status: resolved