Version 2.1 Bug

  • Resolved tpuerzer

    (@tpuerzer)


    13 years ago

    I just upgraded to Ver 2.1 and managed to brick my WordPress site.

    Deleted the metaslider plugin directory (via FTP) and the site came back.

    Using wp-bootstrap template from 320press.com

    Tried installing a fresh copy of the plugin on another (different) test site (not an upgrade this time). Install went ok, but when I tried to activate the plugin I got the following error:

    Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /home7/tonypuer/public_html/brightideaconsulting/wp-content/plugins/ml-slider/inc/metaslider.widget.class.php on line 112

    Tried again using the Twenty Eleven theme and same result.

    The only other plugin on that site is Contact Form 7

    Looks like V2.1 needs some work!

    http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/ml-slider/

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  • matchalabs

    (@matchalabs)

    13 years ago

    Hi tpuerzer,

    Thanks for letting me know. The widget code is pretty much a straight copy and paste job from the official WordPress docs! The line with the error is unmodified from the sample code:

    add_action(‘widgets_init’, function(){
    register_widget(‘MetaSlider_Widget’);
    });

    I suspect there’s a version of PHP that doesn’t like that way of calling a function (I test Meta Slider on 3 servers before releasing, but I’ll have to get a server set up with an older version of PHP). Tagging a new release with a fix in it now (2.1.1)

    Regards,
    Tom

    matchalabs

    (@matchalabs)

    13 years ago

    That has been tagged, apologies for the hassle, and thanks for the super quick report. I hope too many people weren’t affected.

    Regards,
    Tom.

    Thread Starter tpuerzer

    (@tpuerzer)

    13 years ago

    Tom

    OK. You guys ROCK!

    That was amazing turn-around on that problem.

    Many thanks,

    Tony

    matchalabs

    (@matchalabs)

    13 years ago

    No problem. It’s quite stressful releasing an update knowing that maybe 1000 people are going to be installing it on their own servers in the next 24 hours – no amount of testing I can do on my own can compare to that really, so I like to hang around for a few hours just in case something like this happens.

    Enough excuses anyway, I’m just glad you reported it so quick, you’ve probably saved quite a few people from going through the same thing 🙂

    Thread Starter tpuerzer

    (@tpuerzer)

    13 years ago

    Just ordered the 5-site Pro version (from my company account) as my way of saying thank you for the quick response! 🙂

    matchalabs

    (@matchalabs)

    13 years ago

    That’s absolutely amazing – thanks!

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