Title: printf() [function.printf] error Last modified: August 24, 2016 --- # printf() [function.printf] error * Resolved [succeedingsteps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/succeedingsteps/) * (@succeedingsteps) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/) * I am getting the following error on all my blog entries and not sure how to fix. * Warning: printf() [function.printf]: Too few arguments in ……../wp-content/themes/ sela/inc/template-tags.php on line 343 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/page/2/?output_format=md) * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046222) * Are you running the latest version of Sela – 1.0.3? * Could you try installing a fresh copy of the theme? * What version of WordPress are you running? * Thread Starter [succeedingsteps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/succeedingsteps/) * (@succeedingsteps) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046242) * I was running WordPress 4.1.3, just upgraded to 4.2 to see if it would help, but problem still exists. * Using Sela 1.0.3. Per your suggestion, deleted the theme and reinstalled. * Also tested deactivating all of my plugins just in case. * Error still showing up. * [alexuadrop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexuadrop/) * (@alexuadrop) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046251) * I have the same problem. Waiting for response. Thanks. * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046256) * succeedingsteps & alexuadrop – since I haven’t been able to replicate the issue on a test site, could you both please provide links to your sites so I can have a look and see if I can spot anything your two sites have in common? Thanks a lot! * Thread Starter [succeedingsteps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/succeedingsteps/) * (@succeedingsteps) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046258) * I was not able to replicate the problem either with another install on the same server. * Here is a link – all plugins turned off for now: [http://susanhalpern.com/1/hello-world/](http://susanhalpern.com/1/hello-world/) * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046259) * Thanks, succeedingsteps! * alexuadrop – I’d love a link to your site too if possible. * I’ll let you know what I find. * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046260) * succeedingsteps – could you please tell me: * Hello world! – what category is it in? What tags? Test Post – what category is it in? What tags? * Edit – I just noticed the category widget in the sidebar, so they must be in Uncategorized, but I’d still like to know if there are any tags. Thanks! * Thread Starter [succeedingsteps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/succeedingsteps/) * (@succeedingsteps) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046261) * Ah that must be it! When I add a category or a tag, the error goes away. It fixed it on my other test post too. * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046262) * Strange that I’m still not able to replicate with posts with no tags/default Uncategorized. * [sarahtodoroff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahtodoroff/) * (@sarahtodoroff) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046263) * I’m getting it too. here is my website. * [http://sandsconstruction.sarahtodoroff.com/sandsconstruction/blog-coming-soon/](http://sandsconstruction.sarahtodoroff.com/sandsconstruction/blog-coming-soon/) * [lehnhart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lehnhart/) * (@lehnhart) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046264) * Hi, With me is the same. Just as the succeedingsteps said. When add a category or a tag, the error goes away. * [sarahtodoroff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahtodoroff/) * (@sarahtodoroff) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046265) * i added a tag, and it didn’t….i will try again 🙂 * [sarahtodoroff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahtodoroff/) * (@sarahtodoroff) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046266) * All fixed! * [alexuadrop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexuadrop/) * (@alexuadrop) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046273) * Hi, I’ve done some fix. * ``` function sela_footer_entry_meta() { /* translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma */ $category_list = get_the_category_list( __( ', ', 'sela' ) ); /* translators: used between list items, there is a space after the comma */ $tag_list = get_the_tag_list( '', ', ' ); $enable_tags = true; if ( ! sela_categorized_blog() ) { // This blog only has 1 category so we just need to worry about tags in the meta text if ( '' != $tag_list ) { $meta_text = __( 'Tagged: %2$s', 'sela' ); } else { $meta_text = __( 'Permalink.', 'sela' ); $enable_tags = false; } } else { // But this blog has loads of categories so we should probably display them here if ( '' != $tag_list ) { $meta_text = __( 'Posted in: %1$s | Tagged: %2$s', 'sela' ); } else { $meta_text = __( 'Posted in: %1$s', 'sela' ); } } // end check for categories on this blog if($enable_tags) { printf( $meta_text, $category_list, $tag_list, the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); } } ``` * Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/) * (@zoonini) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/printf-functionprintf-error/#post-6046324) * Thanks, alexuadrop! I’ll pass this along to our developers. * I was finally able to replicate the issue on a different test with with only the default Uncategorized category present, and no tags created. I’ll keep you posted once this is fixed. 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