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Hello. Since I didn’t get any suggestions offered yet, I tried to do a little investigating on my own. Using FileZilla, I took the time go through the list and confirmed that all the files and directories that are listed in the debug log for the ZipArchive error DO EXIST. I even carefully checked the spelling of each one. So if none of them are missing, why is it reporting that one doesn’t?

The only thing I question in the file directorie addresses is ‘/home’ at the beginning. The word REMOVED is the name of the user name I use for the login and ‘public_html’ is the name of the main directory. So where is ‘/home’ comming from?

Further investigating… If I want to do any additional investigating, Do I have to open each of the files and check the line that is referenced to be sure that the directory address there matches?
Example, on the line below, I’m assuming the #16 at the end is referencing a line number in the php file. So must I open the php file and look at the code on line 16? Should that have the same file & directory address?

13 /home/REMOVED*/public_html/wp-blog-header.php(16): wp()
*I removed the actual name.

Theme changes – Maybe this information will be helpful…
I have not made any changes to my theme (such as updating or adding templates). However as I was checking the files with FileZilla, I noticed the dates on many of the theme files had a recent date (1/6/26). For example ALL the php files in the folder: <../wp-content/plugins/create-block-theme/includes/create-theme/> have the date of 1/6/26. Looking at the dates of some images I added recently, 1/6 was the first day in almost three months that I logged in to add new content. And on that day I had to update nearly all of plugins (I have 21), and CBT (Create Block Theme) was one of them. I remember because I held that one off until last to update because I was hesitent to update it.

Looking over the CBT changelog (v2.8.0) I noticed two items that might be related to directories:
a) Save All Patterns (#790)
b) Added filters for changing paths (assuming this is ‘file’ paths)

Folder plugin… I’m using two folder directory plugins, one for media called ‘Media Library Organizer’ (by themeisle) and one for pages called ‘Wicked Folders’ (by Wicked Plugins). I’ve used them from the beginning, but looking at the details page, those also show they’ve been updated in the past month. Because they are sorting my files, and I use a lot of images, I did not want to attempt to disable them.

I’m trying to investigate this on my own, so I’m looking everywhere that I can think of. But I don’t know where to go from here.

Thanks…JEB

Sorry, I copied over the same title from the other post I found, but then realized the Admin early message was with a different plugin. Can you change this title so it’s not confusing? Maybe list it as ‘Depreciated String”?

Thanks…JEB

Hello, I added the code to enable the debug log file. If I’m reading it correctly, the error for the Archive Zip says “No such file or directory”. See below:

[12-Jan-2026 22:00:25 UTC] PHP Warning: ZipArchive::addFile(): No such file or directory in /home/bradyje/public_html/wp-content/plugins/create-block-theme/includes/create-theme/cbt-zip-archive.php on line 24
[12-Jan-2026 22:00:26 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: parse_url(): Argument #1 ($url) must be of type string, array given in /home/REMOVED*/public_html/wp-admin/includes/file.php:1161
Stack trace:
Then it lists 16 different files and their directories. I assume these are the files it should be backing up.
*NOTE: I removed the actual directory name.

I have NOT made any changes to my directory. But I did update the plugin recently (v2.8.0). It never fails! I always try to make a copy of the plugin updates before I make them. But I hadn’t update the site for a while and almost all of them needed updated. So I didn’t make screenshots this time.

Normally my next step would be to contact the plugin’s author, but i’s a WP.org plugin, so this is the only place i can to to for assistance.

Here is a link to the plugin: https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/create-block-theme

Thanks…JEB

Thanks for the suggestion.

I contacted my host and they confirmed that I already had the zip archive extension I needed (that Google AI said I needed), so I didn’t need the additional archive extension I was tring to install. They also recommended increasing some php settings, but after I did so, they didn’t resolve it.

So next, I’m going to run the DEBUGGING you suggested to see it will pinpint the error. But I but wanted to run the steps by you that I did before I uploaded the new file. Here’s what I did:
1) I downloaded the wp-config.php file (using FileZilla);
2) Opened wp-config.php (with Sublime);
3) Copied over the four sets of debugging code into wp-config.php;
4) Saved the updated file with a new name (wp-config-updated.php).

I assume the next steps should be (PLEASE CONFIRM THESE):
5) Upload the new file (wp-config-updated.php);
6) Delete the original file (wp-config.php);
7) Rename the updated file with the original name (wp-config-updated.php to > wp-config.php);
8) Take a deep breath! Then open a webpage (and hope it loads).
9) Look for the debug.log file in wp-content directory/folder.

Question:
a) Do I have to do anything special to get the log to start running? Such as log out and back in?
b) I’m worred about breaking something. Since I can’t back everything up, I want to confirm that if the updated file causes a problem (breaks something that causes a page not to open), that I can fix it by coping the original file back over?

Thanks again for the help…JEB

Thanks for the suggestion.

Sorry I don’t understand what your suggestings with the code. The ‘xxxx’ IS the user name. As I noted, I just replaced the actual name with the x’s (I didn’t want it shown).

The only ‘includes’ folder I have is ‘wp-includes’ in the main (public_htlm) folder.

Hello. So BSR will do the same search I already did. An no one answered my original question–should I replace ALL the localhost instances in the database with my web address? Are any of those 6,000+ references still needed?

Thanks…John

Hello. Sorry for taking a while to get back to this.

First to update on having the issue on a single vs multiple pcs. As the issue was originally, now the pages freeze on BOTH of my pcs. When the issue first started the pages would freeze no matter which pc I used. Then a few weeks ago, for some reason I was able to edit them again on my laptop. But now they won’t open on either pc’s again. So this is telling me it’s not a chrome settings issue.

Plugins… As you last suggested I tried deactiving the plugins (just as I did when it was suggested the first time). I deactivated them one at a time and tried to edit a page. I also tried deactivating similar groups (those related to images). But as before, it didn’t make a difference. Then I deactivated all of them, as well as switching themes. Nothing fixed the issue.

I have a total of 16 active plugins, but most are for background stuff, (yoast SEO, folder & image sorting, caching, imagick engine, etc). The only plugins used in the webpages are Advanced Accordian block and three used for the lightbox sliders (Metaslider, Metaslider Lightbox, Easy FancyBox). That’s it. I used the least amount of plugins to avoid conflicts and I tested the site well locally before I uploaded it.

Chrome console…As I mentioned in the very first post the Advanced Accordian block plugin seems to be what is causing the issue. I had some trouble getting it to open (because of the freezing), but I was finally able to open the Chrome INSPECT panel. When I open the CONSOLE tab, it shows block validation errors for the accordian block (the ONLY errors shown for the page). And again, that’s when I try to EDIT the page. The accordians are working fine in the webpages themselves. It’s only when I try to edit the pages that they freeze.

Most of the accordians in are SYNCED PATTERNS. And now when I go to the Patterns through the Block Editor all the Patterns have reload errors. I had this once before when I first used the accordian (many months ago) and when I tried to reload it, it failed and I had to rebuld the accordian again. So since the webpages are working OK, I didn’t try to edit any of them this time.

I’m trying to figure it out on my own, but not having much luck. So I need someone to put more time into figuring this out. I’m not using many plugins.

Chrome settings… I tried resetting Chrome back to it’s default on my shop pc, but it didn’t help. I also added my website and the two wordpress sites to the safe list. Also didn’t help.

Sooo, I’m STUCK right now. I can’t update any of my pages, and I can’t find any solutions. I need better suggestions that simply disabling plugins. WordPress was suppose to be easy to use. After just two months in, it’s doesn’t seem to be panning out that way.

Thanks…John

Sorry, forgot to add and figured it might be helpful—> I tried CLEARING BROWSER CACHE. Didn’t help.

Thanks…JEB