Title: Plugins Page Showing Code
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Plugins Page Showing Code

 *  [phoenixd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phoenixd/)
 * (@phoenixd)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-page-showing-code/)
 * So I edited a plugin and now on the Plugins page in the admin panel, where it
   should normally show the details about the plugin, it instead shows large pieces
   of the PHP code.
 * Help!?

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-page-showing-code/#post-635397)
 * How did you edited it?
    What machine, OS and editor?
 *  Thread Starter [phoenixd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phoenixd/)
 * (@phoenixd)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-page-showing-code/#post-635400)
 * Mac OS X / Smultron / MacBook Pro
 * And it shows code from the plugin like:
    `', $after = '', $show_pass_post = false,
   $comment_style = 0) { global $wpdb; $request = "SELECT ID, comment_ID, comment_content,
   comment_author, comment_author_url, comment_type, post_title FROM $wpdb->comments
   LEFT JOIN $wpdb->posts ON $wpdb->posts.ID=$wpdb->comments.comment_post_ID WHERE
   post_status IN ('publish','static') "; if(!$show_pass_post) $request .= "AND 
   post_password ='' "; $request .= "AND comment_approved = '1' AND comment_type
   = '' ORDER BY comment_ID DESC LIMIT $no_comments"; $comments = $wpdb->get_results(
   $request); $output = ''; if ($comments) { foreach ($comments as $comment) { $
   comment_author = stripslashes($comment->comment_author); if ($comment_author 
   == "") $comment_author = "anonymous"; $comment_content = strip_tags($comment-
   >comment_content); $comment_content = stripslashes($comment_content); $words=
   split(" ",$comment_content); $comment_excerpt = join(" ",array_slice($words,0,
   $comment_lenth)); $permalink = get_permalink($comment->ID)."#comment-".$comment-
   >comment_ID; if ($comment_style == 1) { $post_title = stripslashes($comment->
   post_title); $url = $comment->comment_author_url; if (empty($url)) $output .=
   $before . $comment_author . ' on ' . $post_title . '.' . $after; else $output.
   = $before . "$comment_author" . ' on ' . $post_title . '.' . $after; } else {
   $output .= $before . '' . $comment_author . ': ' . $comment_excerpt.'' . $after;}}
   $output = convert_smilies($output); } else { $output .= $before . "None found".
   $after; } echo $output; } ?>" title="Visit plugin homepage">Recent Comments Plugin
   URI: http://mtdewvirus.com/code/wordpress-plugins/ Description: Retrieves a list
   of the most recent comments. Version: 1.18 Author: Nick Momrik Author URI: http://
   mtdewvirus.com/ */ function mdv_recent_comments($no_comments = 10, $comment_lenth
   = 5, $before = '', $after = '', $show_pass_post = false, $comment_style = 0) {
   global $wpdb; $request = "SELECT ID, comment_ID, comment_content, comment_author,
   comment_author_url, comment_type, post_title FROM $wpdb->comments LEFT JOIN $
   wpdb->posts ON $wpdb->posts.ID=$wpdb->comments.comment_post_ID WHERE post_status
   IN ('publish','static') "; if(!$show_pass_post) $request .= "AND post_password
   ='' "; $request .= "AND comment_approved = '1' AND comment_type = '' ORDER BY
   comment_ID DESC LIMIT $no_comments"; $comments = $wpdb->get_results($request);
   $output = ''; if ($comments) { foreach ($comments as $comment) { $comment_author
   = stripslashes($comment->comment_author); if ($comment_author == "") $comment_author
   = "anonymous"; $comment_content = strip_tags($comment->comment_content); $comment_content
   = stripslashes($comment_content); $words=split(" ",$comment_content); $comment_excerpt
   = join(" ",array_slice($words,0,$comment_lenth)); $permalink = get_permalink(
   $comment->ID)."#comment-".$comment->comment_ID; if ($comment_style == 1) { $post_title
   = stripslashes($comment->post_title); $url = $comment->comment_author_url; if(
   empty($url)) $output .= $before . $comment_author . ' on ' . $post_title . '.'.
   $after; else $output .= $before . "$comment_author" . ' on ' . $post_title . '.'.
   $after; } else { $output .= $before . '' . $comment_author . ': ' . $comment_excerpt.''.
   $after; } } $output = convert_smilies($output); } else { $output .= $before ."
   None found" . $after; } echo $output; } ?>`
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-page-showing-code/#post-635401)
 * I know what it shows… no need to post a lot of code.
    It is because of your editor’s
   settings: it saves the file with wrong line breaks! Earlier there were a lof 
   of posts about happening the same with themes.
 *  Thread Starter [phoenixd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phoenixd/)
 * (@phoenixd)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-page-showing-code/#post-635406)
 * Sorry about that, just wanted to make sure we were on the same page… So the solution
   is just to use a more basic editor, making sure it doesn’t keep the line breaks,
   and voila fixed?
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-page-showing-code/#post-635408)
 * It should keep the linebreaks – but they need to be Unix, not Mac.
 * Check if your editor has such a setting to change from Mac breaks (CR) to Unix(
   LF).
 *  Thread Starter [phoenixd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phoenixd/)
 * (@phoenixd)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-page-showing-code/#post-635411)
 * Fixed it.. Just saved it using WP’s built in editor.. and voila. 🙂 Thanks

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-page-showing-code/#post-635411)
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