“Publishing failed”, “Updating failed” — “incorrect heading level” errors

  • Resolved jeffbloom1967718487

    (@jeffbloom1967718487)


    6 years, 7 months ago

    I am setting up a new subdomain site and have created a few pages. However, my latest page attempt will not be saved (published/updated). I keep getting “Publishing failed” and just recently “Updating failed” errors. When I click on the “information” icon, I get an “incorrect heading level” error message. The page starts with an introductory paragraph followed by 4 headings with lists under each one. It doesn’t matter what heading level I use, even though I’m hoping to use #5. The same error occurs. This page is pretty simple and very much like many other pages I’ve created, but I’ve never encountered this type of issue. I’ve deactivated a number of more recently installed plugins, but I keep getting the same errors. I have the latest version of WordPress installed and am using the Twenty Seventeen theme, which is the same theme I’ve used on several other sites.

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  • a2hostingrj

    (@a2hostingrj)

    6 years, 7 months ago

    You must change/remove the heading level and see if that works:

    https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/10581

    Thread Starter jeffbloom1967718487

    (@jeffbloom1967718487)

    6 years, 7 months ago

    I’ve tried several variations of eliminating the header, changing the header. When I removed that first header, it just changes the error to the next header.

    Thread Starter jeffbloom1967718487

    (@jeffbloom1967718487)

    6 years, 7 months ago

    If I change all of the headings to #2, I still get the “publishing failed” error, but the information icon shows no errors.

    In general, I don’t like the larger headings from my own design perspective. So far, in my 4 other WP sites, I have never run into a problems like this. And, it hasn’t occurred on the other pages on this new site. I just don’t understand why this is an issue. It’s making me want to go back to straight up html/css/java script. This is by far more time-consuming and aggravating than it should be.

    Thread Starter jeffbloom1967718487

    (@jeffbloom1967718487)

    6 years, 7 months ago

    Now, I am getting the same error on every page I try to update or publish on this site. But, on another one of my sites, I’m having no issues at all.

    Is there some global setting on this site that is problematic?

    a2hostingrj

    (@a2hostingrj)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    I’ve tried several variations of eliminating the header, changing the header. When I removed that first header, it just changes the error to the next header.

    Are you using Gutenberg? Are you using any third party plugin? or theme?

    Thread Starter jeffbloom1967718487

    (@jeffbloom1967718487)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    I’ve just trashed the subdomain and restarted. Fortunately, this problem started fairly early on, so I didn’t really lose much (I had copies of content) other than time. I am now using a different theme. So far, everything is working as it should. I have a feeling something may have gotten compromised early on and just cascaded into complete dysfunction.

    I wasn’t using Gutenberg and kept pretty much to my standard security and well-established plugins… however, the problem was still occurring when I deactivated the plugins.

    Thanks for taking the time to respond.

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