michaelcaswell
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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth] Related Posts bugUpdate, I just stumbled onto a fix. In the settings for Secondary Title plugin, there’s an option for “Only show in main post” (with the description stating “only displays the secondary title if the post is a main post and not within a widget etc.”). Turning that setting ON eliminated the errant secondary title being appended to related posts with an identical title.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth] Related Posts bugThanks, I appreciate you looking into it! I think I’ll just try really hard to come up with small variations in title naming… including the couple’s names would be the simplest solution, but that defeats the purpose of using the secondary title for their names (I like the aesthetics of having their names smaller, above the main title).
Showit does offer an “advanced blog” package that is not a multisite installation, and I might someday upgrade to that. If I do, I will revisit this issue.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth] Related Posts bugHi Stef,
Thank you for the follow-up and for doing some testing on your end. I think I’ve hit the end of the line on this, at least for now. The only option Showit can give me is to upgrade to try to upgrade to their “advanced blog” (which is a regular hosted WordPress installation rather than Multisite), but with no guarantee that this would fix the problem.
Just out of curiosity, do you have the ability to repeat your test on a Multisite installation?
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth] Related Posts bugIt’s still not resolved, but I’ve hit a dead-end with the hosting company… they’re not willing/able to make any changes to the server to accommodate the troubleshooting of the issue, and suggested that upgrading a more expensive non-multisite plan might (but not guaranteed) help, but I’m not inclined to do that at this time.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth] Related Posts bugOk, they said that they have added all the IPs to their allow list, and asked you to give it another try!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth] Related Posts bugI heard back from Showit… they said “We block all xmlrpc across all of our servers. It is considered a significant security vulnerability, exposing your site to brute-force attacks and DDoS attempts due to its outdated design.”
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth] Related Posts bugYes, the AI generator could help, though it’s not totally necessary… I can (with some effort) come up with alternative titles. But there still leaves a chance that (particularly for locations where I have quite a few posts) I could miss some.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth] Related Posts bugThank you again for your attention to this.
Unfortunately, I have no ability to install any plugins beyond what Showit has preinstalled, and I cannot even switch themes. But I did try disabling all other plugins except Jetpack (and Secondary Title, of course), and the problem remained.
I passed along to their tech support your comment about the connection problem between their server and Jetpack, and they are looking into that.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth] Related Posts bugHi Stef,
Thank you for the prompt response! I should clarify though, what I’m seeing is not “wrong” posts being listed (like a post for Venue A showing related posts that have nothing to do with Venue A)… my posts are indeed tagged and categorized, and all of the posts shown under related posts are relevant.
The problem is that in this one particular circumstance (where multiple posts have identical titles), it’s appending a secondary title (it appears that jetpack related posts does not ordinarily show the secondary title), plus it’s the wrong secondary title (it shows the secondary title of the post that is currently being viewed, not the one being linked to). That link is to a different post (one that is correctly matched as being related), but that link text includes the secondary title of the current post. Sorry, it’s confusing to explain!
The pattern is very clear, and I can readily replicate the issue… all I need to do is give two posts the same title, and if related posts matches them up, the problem will be visible. Change the title on one of them, and the problem goes away. Here’s another example:
https://michaelcaswell.com/blog/deva-cody-wedding/
Under related posts, there’s a link to the wedding of a different couple (Marissa and Bradley) at this same venue, but the link text reads “Deva and CodySouthern Oaks Wedding” (again, Deva and Cody is not the secondary title of the post that this link goes to, that’s the secondary title of the currently viewed post). The other two links on that page read fine (because their titles are different). If I change Deva and Cody’s post title, or Marissa and Bradley’s post title, that incorrectly displayed secondary title will go away.
So, again, the workaround is to not have any identical post titles. But I’m having a very difficult time coming up with enough unique variations of some of these frequently-posted venues.
My blog is on a multisite server and is pretty tightly controlled (Showit), so I have limited ability to make changes for troubleshooting. But I’ll pass along what you said about the connection problem.
Thanks, and let me know if there’s anything else I can do to help you.