Found the issue. First I added ini_set(‘log_errors’,TRUE); ini_set(‘error_reporting’, E_ALL); ini_set(‘error_log’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/error_log.txt’); along the define(‘WP_DEBUG’, TRUE); in my wp-config.php, this writes the errors, notices and warnings in the error_log.txt in the root folder (I don’t know why I haven’t thought of that in the first place). Then I saw the errors – I used … Read more
Were you using any cache plugins like W3 Total Cache? If so, you’ll need to get access via sftp or ssh to disable the plugin (rename the dir wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache to something else).
WordPress update plugin through Dashboard/Plugins displaying error
Update from comments To convert an array of options to site options, you can try something like this: add_action( ‘init’, ‘wpse245699_use_site_options’ ); function wpse245699_use_site_options() { // Uses site options for these options. $required_site_options = array( ‘some_option_name’, ‘another_option_name’, ‘and_another_one’, ); foreach( $required_site_options as $option ) { add_action( ‘update_option_’ . $option, ‘wpse245699_update_site_option’, 10, 3 ); add_filter( ‘pre_option_’ … Read more
I cannot change anything in my wordpress database from within wordpress?
database – multiple wordpress installations using same database – can they share plugin settings?
Thanks to help from @Milo, I was able to figure it out. It had to do with the ‘theme_location’ => ‘main_nav_primary’ line in the wp_nav_menu function call in the header. In functions.php, the primary menu was just registered as primary so I had to change the function call to ‘theme_location’ => ‘primary’. I find it … Read more
Because your options are stored in one overarching serialized option, you have to make a function like below to retrieve the right option. <?php function get_contact_details_setting( $option ) { $contact_details_settings = unserialize( get_option( ‘contact_details_settings’ ) ); return $contact_details_settings[$option]; } ?>
Why is the WordPress update_option not working in this code?
User specific settings, limited by role