mwsat

Hi @wfpeter,

Ok, I consider the issue as resolved,
Michael

I clicked the Data, Frequency and Storage links with version 5.2.1: no action, no improvement.

As I use BackWPup on other sites and tested 5.2.1 there too and the links worked there.

Therefore I uninstalled and re-installed BackWPup on this site – now it works (almost, that’s another issue).

Hi,

I activated DEBUG and checked the debug.log – and found these lines:

[28-Apr-2025 14:41:23 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: BackWPup_Cron::parse_cron_expression(): Argument #1 ($cron_expression) must be of type string, null given, called in /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/parts/sidebar/frequency-files.php on line 16 and defined in /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/inc/class-cron.php:470
Stack trace: 0 /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/parts/sidebar/frequency-files.php(16): BackWPup_Cron::parse_cron_expression() 1 /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/components/containers/sidebar.php(29): include(‘/homepages/2/d1…’) 2 /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/inc/Utils/BackWPupHelpers.php(40): include(‘/homepages/2/d1…’) 3 /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/pages/backups.php(111): BackWPup\Utils\BackWPupHelpers::component() 4 /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/inc/class-page-backups.php(561): include(‘/homepages/2/d1…’) 5 /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): BackWPup_Page_Backups::page() 6 /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters() 7 /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action() 8 /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-admin/admin.php(259): do_action() 9 {main}
thrown in /homepages/2/d149839386/htdocs/_sites/pfgersthof/komm/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/inc/class-cron.php on line 470

Regarding clicking Data, Frequency and Storage: I activated the Chrome Inspector of my browser, clicked the links: nothing was shown in the Console of the Inspector.

And I have to add another issue: the full history of backsups has disappeared. Backup History has not a single entry – despite the last one was run last night.

And: I’ve set up this backup (of last night) of files only on Friday. At that time all the links worked well. Since then this backup last night was the only scheduled one.

I hope this helps, Michael

Hi,
first its not a nice option having to delete WordPress data by a SQL command I have to create on my own.

Further I’m not sure if your advice works well: if I delete rows from the wp_em_events table only what happens to e.g. all the applied categories? They are set in the generic WordPress table wp_term_relationships with a reference to the post_id of an event. Is a function/relationship set in the database for “if a row from the wp_em_events table is deleted corresponding rows of the wp_term_relationships table are auto-deleted too”?

Apparently not: I’ve deleted an event with the DELETE button of phpMyAdmin from the wp_em_events table. But a row with the post_id of the deleted event still exists in the wp_term_relationships table – an orphan now.

The RSS Scope was set to “Future events”, now I’ve changed it to “All events” but still no item in the feed.

Strange is also the unchanged lastBuildDate Sun, 03 Apr 2022 14:23:10 +0000. We have changed events since then. Other properties of the RSS channel tell that a 1 hourly frequency for updates is set – this is not executed apparently.

What software is triggering this build: native WordPress or the Events Manager plugin?

Add-on: I’ve installed and tested the EM plugin on my own WP site: PHP version 7.3, same WP version, same theme – but on this site the iCal link provides an iCal file with all data:
https://www.mws.at/blog/tests/termine-2/

What about uninstall and re-install EM? How to save all the events in the database?

That’s a test page of a website in German.
https://www.pfarregersthof.at/komm/tests/kalender-test-1b/

To the right of each event I have set all the EM placeholders of iCal in an angle bracket:

This is the used shortcode:

[events_list_grouped mode="daily" scope="past" order="DESC" pagination="1"]{has_time}#_24HSTARTTIME: <span style=background-color:#_CATEGORYCOLOR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> {has_tag_INFOTEXT}#_EVENTLINK{/has_tag_INFOTEXT}{no_tag_INFOTEXT}#_EVENTNAME{/no_tag_INFOTEXT} (#_LOCATIONLINK) {#_CATEGORYLINK} -- [#_EVENTICALLINK | <a href=#_EVENTICALURL>iCal URL</a> | #_EVENTWEBCALLINK | <a href=#_EVENTWEBCALURL>WebCal URL</a>]<br />{/has_time}{all_day}<span style=background-color:#_CATEGORYCOLOR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> #_EVENTNAME<br>{/all_day}[/events_list_grouped]

I think the scope should make no difference in creating iCal content. We’ve tested it on a “future” page with the same results, but we don’t want use not working links on pages for the public.