Title: Warning: Illegal string offset ‘terms’ Last modified: January 12, 2021 --- # Warning: Illegal string offset ‘terms’ * [tictok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tictok/) * (@tictok) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string-offset-terms/) * Hi Aurorata * I’ve been using your excellent plugin for a while now and it’s been working great for us. * However today any category I visit displays a bunch of PHP warnings (below). * I’m trying to troubleshoot it. I updated a few plugins today, which included WooCommerce to 4.9.0. However just downgraded that back to 4.8.0 but the warnings still persists. * It’s obviously something to do with categories (terms)… any idea where I should look to troubleshoot? * Many thanks * ``` Warning: Illegal string offset 'terms' in /plugins/reorder-post-within-categories/public/class-reorder-post-within-categories-public.php on line 130 Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /plugins/reorder-post-within-categories/public/class-reorder-post-within-categories-public.php on line 130 Warning: Illegal string offset 'terms' in /plugins/reorder-post-within-categories/public/class-reorder-post-within-categories-public.php on line 130 Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /plugins/reorder-post-within-categories/public/class-reorder-post-within-categories-public.php on line 130 Warning: Illegal string offset 'terms' in /plugins/reorder-post-within-categories/public/class-reorder-post-within-categories-public.php on line 130 Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /plugins/reorder-post-within-categories/public/class-reorder-post-within-categories-public.php on line 130 ``` Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Thread Starter [tictok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tictok/) * (@tictok) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string-offset-terms/#post-13899380) * Just want to report that I decided to hide PHP warnings for now, but the re-ordering doesn’t actually work on the front end. * However downgrading your plugin back down to 2.9.0 (from the recent 2.9.1 update) fixed the issue for me. PHP warnings gone and re-ordering works again. * Plugin Author [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/) * (@aurovrata) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string-offset-terms/#post-13916073) * thank for reporting this. I notice a small bug which could be at the origin of these warnings. * I am releasing a fix shortly, v2.9.2. Let me know if it fixes it. * Thread Starter [tictok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tictok/) * (@tictok) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string-offset-terms/#post-13924713) * Hi there – thanks for the bug fix! Unfortunately there are still issues 🙁 * The `Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object` warnings are now all gone, so that’s good. * However the `Warning: Illegal string offset 'terms' in /plugins/reorder-post- within-categories/public/class-reorder-post-within-categories-public.php on line 130` warning remains and the sorting doesn’t work. (I can sort in the back end, but changes don’t display on the front end, and the PHP warnings are visible). * I’ve tried with nothing other than the default 2021 theme, WooCommerce and your plugin. Nothing else installed or active, just the two plugins. * Back to 2.9.0 for me. Just thought I’d let you know! Thanks * Screenshots: [https://snipboard.io/3HwFBN.jpg](https://snipboard.io/3HwFBN.jpg) [https://snipboard.io/sjTaQX.jpg](https://snipboard.io/sjTaQX.jpg) - This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by [tictok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tictok/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by [tictok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tictok/). * Plugin Author [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/) * (@aurovrata) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string-offset-terms/#post-13926134) * > Warning: Illegal string offset ‘terms’ * shouldn’t be triggered, unless you have a non-std way of building your queries. * Can you tell me how you are building your queries which are triggering this warning? * Thread Starter [tictok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tictok/) * (@tictok) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string-offset-terms/#post-13926489) * Hi there Aurovrata – * In the example yesterday there was nothing out of the ordinary. No special queries( un-modified/fresh templates), no plugins, default wordpress theme, empty functions. php. * I wonder if your plugin no longer works with WooCommerce product categories, but I believe they’re really just a standard custom taxonomy. * A couple of the product categories do have hierarchy… i.e a few categories are children of a parent category. * I’ll test again on a fresh install today. * Like I mentioned though, everything works perfectly in 2.9.0 (sorting works as expected, no php warning) – something changed in more recent versions. * Many thanks * Plugin Author [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/) * (@aurovrata) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string-offset-terms/#post-13927577) * > I wonder if your plugin no longer works with WooCommerce product categories * shouldn’t be the case, warning messages are not errors per say. Are you not able to see your products ranked properly? * I will try to run some test on a WooCommerce setup * Plugin Author [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/) * (@aurovrata) * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string-offset-terms/#post-14549216) * are you still facing this issue? Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Warning: Illegal string offset ‘terms’’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/reorder-post-within-categories_c18d38. svg) * [ReOrder Posts within Categories](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reorder-post-within-categories/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/reorder-post-within-categories/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reorder-post-within-categories/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reorder-post-within-categories/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reorder-post-within-categories/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/reorder-post-within-categories/reviews/) * 7 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Aurovrata Venet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aurovrata/) * Last activity: [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string-offset-terms/#post-14549216) * Status: not resolved