Issues with some of my plugins
Some of you have noticed that there are some issues with the settings of my plugins. Unfortunately WordPress 2.6 exposed a bug in some of my plugins, that could only be fixed by changing the way these plugin store their settings.
So, if you're using the Google Analytics plugin, the robots meta plugin and / or RSS footer, you'll have to update to the latest version of the plugin and set all your settings again... A big big sorry from my side for the inconvenience, and a big thank you to all of you who've emailed me about it!
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martijn Jul 17th, 2008 at 11:42
When all the input fields start showing some bogus information (like a's ), just click the 'reset fields' button, when you don't know what the original settings were. From there, start reconfiguring. thx for this tip Joost!
oeroek Jul 17th, 2008 at 12:40
Thx for the update. I noted the bug in the Google Analytics plugin and also found the reset button.
The thing I did not note yet was the robots meta plugin. IN its new default setting all possible links are checked so vertually all links you can influence are set to nofollow. Make sure that you check your settings before Google starts to ignore certain pages you didn\t expect.
Gabriel Bianconi Jul 17th, 2008 at 13:09
It's not just YOUR plug-ins... LOTS of plug-ins are having problems...
oeroek Jul 17th, 2008 at 13:54
dmn, i did not even check the rest. This is a pity. How can a simple regular update of WP have such an adverse effect on multiple plugins?
Shane Jul 17th, 2008 at 15:09
Thank you for the plugins, Joost, and thanks for the update. One thing I'm running into with the latest Google Analytics plugin is the field for "Prefix for outbound clicks from within comments" goes blank every time I try to save my settings. All of the other fields keep the data as they should, but that one field keeps going blank. Anyone else experiencing that?
oeroek Jul 17th, 2008 at 15:28
I just tried it but could not reproduce your error. Did you try to use the "reset all settings button"
Adrienne Jul 17th, 2008 at 15:31
Joost,
Thank you for making the Slideshare plugin - we use it every week to add sermon notes to our church web page. Unfortunately, the 1.2 version does not play nicely with Wordpress 2.6. I had a 1.0 copy of the plugin lying around and reverted back to that. Let me know if you have other solutions.
Best...
Remkus Jul 17th, 2008 at 16:25
Thanks for the heads up! I upgraded right away - the RSS Footer plugin that is - but after updating I go to the settings screen (which is blanc) and after I fill my text I try and save.. try is the key word there. It won't save my new settings. Is anyone else having those problems?
Adrienne Jul 17th, 2008 at 17:04
Wicked fast update to the Slideshare plugin. Works great after I give a width in the settings. Thanks!
Ian Parker Jul 17th, 2008 at 17:26
There appears to be an issue with the Sociable plug-in and WordPress 2.6 as well. The sociable_tagline does not seem to display. I don't know if it is failing to be stored or what, but the (previously a span, I think) does not display the tagline or the description. Am I doing something wrong? I have looked at the CSS as well and it doesn't appear to be the problem, although the CSS is for a span and the PHP is writing out a div. But that should not prevent the data from displaying, I wouldn't think. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Joost de Valk Jul 17th, 2008 at 19:52
@Shane: let me test that, thx!
@Remkus: I'll try to reproduce (and then fix) that!
@Ian: found that bug, will fix it, was actually my own fault ;)
Joost de Valk Jul 17th, 2008 at 20:33
@Remkus: found the issue, update coming soon!
Joost de Valk Jul 17th, 2008 at 20:34
@Remkus: 0.8.1 should fix that.
Joost de Valk Jul 17th, 2008 at 20:40
@Shane: issue found and fixed in Google Analytics for WordPress 2.6.3.
Remkus Jul 17th, 2008 at 20:59
@ Joost: Thanks! I'll let you know my findings as soon I can use the automatic upgrade... I'll let you know. Alvast bedankt!
Ian Parker Jul 17th, 2008 at 21:31
Joost,
Thanks for the quick fix to the Sociable plug-in. It's now displaying properly with WordPress 2.6. However, it appears that drag-n-drop functionality is not working in WordPress 2.6. It does work in WP 2.5.1. Just thought I'd let you know. Thanks again.
Ian
Joost de Valk Jul 17th, 2008 at 22:16
@Ian I know, working on that atm.
Eirk Jul 17th, 2008 at 22:40
Joost -
Thanks for your efforts with these plug-ins. Software problems related to infrastructure changes are always frustrating, and must be quite so when your work is freely available.
Thanks also for your enthusiasm for WorkPress blogging and SEO.
Cheers,
Erik
ArtofInfoSec.Com
Joost de Valk Jul 17th, 2008 at 22:41
@Eirk: thx, it's good to get such feedback :)
Rob Jul 18th, 2008 at 01:06
I have installed the meta-robots plugin but am a bit hesitant to initiate. I know I am having some duplicate content issues such as tag pages getting indexed but do not want to shoot myself in the food and hit the wrong button blocking everything. I had sent an email a while back requesting some assistance but did not hear back "I know you are a busy guy" Is there someone who might be able to tell me which buttons i should select for my particular site ( http://foodluvin.com/) I want to have my permalinks indexed but not any other dupe.
Thanks,
Rob
Maxime Guernion Jul 20th, 2008 at 10:41
Hi Joost, thx for the update. I had the same bug as Shane, but now it's ok for this one. I use WP 2.6 and the last update of Google Analytics (2.6.3), but I still have bugs :
- "it's shown in bold in the example below" : nothing in bold, the UA number is not here (even after typing the UA number in the field).
- "This plugin easily adds your Google Analytics tracking code to all pages within your blog." : nothing appeared in the code of my blog, I just type my UA in the field, "update", I think it is all I have to do ? Or did I miss something ? So now I don't have any stats for my blog with this new version of the plugin.
- When I clic "update", the plugin break my dashboard. But it's ok after a second clic on a link to reload the dashboard.
Thanks.
Joost de Valk Jul 21st, 2008 at 16:41
@Maxime: it should appear,but note that, by default, it does NOT track the admin, so if you're logged in you won't see a code...
Andrew Jul 22nd, 2008 at 13:36
Has anything been resolved with regards to the 2.6.3 version of the GAP not picking up data with WP 2.6?
Thanks for all the hard work!
Andrew
Joost de Valk Jul 22nd, 2008 at 18:10
@Andrew so far, it's been working fine on my sites... I need to find a reproducable bug :)
Binary Ant Jul 22nd, 2008 at 19:39
Google Analytics latest version doesn't work in my WP 2.6 :S . First of all my plugin configuration was erased (replaced by "a" chars) and when I corrected it the plugin still didn't work.
Does anybody has the same issues? Somebody fixed it?
Thanks in advance.
Andrew Jul 22nd, 2008 at 19:48
Binary Ant is having the exact same problem as me and bunch of other people.
Joost de Valk Jul 22nd, 2008 at 19:52
Hi Binary Ant, is the plugin running right now? Does any of you have the trust in me to email me your admin login and password for your blog so I can find the issue?
oeroek Jul 22nd, 2008 at 20:40
Did you guys use the reset button or just replace the "a" chars. I remember that my analytics plugin started to work again after i used the reset button and subsequently put in my new settings.
Andrew Jul 22nd, 2008 at 20:51
I just replaced them when mine didn't work. I have tried resetting now and will see if it works out.
Thanks for the tip.
Binary Ant Jul 22nd, 2008 at 22:43
I found 2 issues, always wp2.6 and plugin 2.6.3:
1. In blogs where it was running properly, after WP2.6 upgrade (or plugin update, i don't know) it stopped working, no more data in Analytics, but no error message in Analytics
2. In new blogs (with a WP2.6 installation) when I want to setup the plugin with Analytics ID, Google Analytics can't detect the tracking code provided by the plugin. It says "Tracking Not Installed ".
Joost, I trust in you but I need my blog, however I can make a new installation in a subfolder if you want, and you can test with WP2.5, WP2.6 and the different versions of the plugin
PD: I didn't try the reset button, I'll try right now.
minorio Jul 23rd, 2008 at 10:02
Hi guys,
I've just noticed that the Google Analytics plugin has stopped working since 3 days ago. I believe it was caused by the plugin update, because I upgraded to WP 2.6 a few days before the plugin update. And I could get the Google Analytics tracking record even with WP 2.6 until I updated the plugin.
Now, my blog is running on WP 2.6 with Google Analytics plugin v.2.6.3 installed. As oeroek suggested, I clicked the "Reset all settings" button and re-entered the Analytics User Account (UA-*******-*). Then it started working again! Thank you all.
oeroek Jul 23rd, 2008 at 10:21
I am curious if any of the people with issues where able to solve their problems with the reset button
Andrew Jul 23rd, 2008 at 13:11
I tried resetting yesterday and this morning there was no change in the status of the plugin. I just uninstalled the plugin and reinstalled it to see if that helps but it will take awhile before I see any results.
Claudine Jul 23rd, 2008 at 16:10
I also have been struggling. Realized the Google Analytics plugin stopped working when I upgraded to WP 2.6 on the 15th. I upgraded to the new version of the plugin and then to the next version which I saw a couple of days later. And then realized about the reset button. However even after I changed the settings and re-added my User Account, the plugin isn't working. FYI
oeroek Jul 23rd, 2008 at 17:05
The bugs that seem to effect only part of the users are the worst to solve.
Andrew Jul 24th, 2008 at 13:33
So after uninstalling, and re-installing the latest GAP, I am still receiving no data for Google Analytics.
Time to try a different plugin since it has been a week and a half...
Maxime Guernion Jul 24th, 2008 at 13:45
For the moment, I pasted the Google Anaytics tracking code myself into my theme and the GAP is now working. It is ok, there is no false data like 2x pages view or 0% bounce rate, and the tracking for outbound links is working.
HL Jul 28th, 2008 at 06:31
They're really great plugins and we use them on a lot of blog installs. We have no issues with updating knowing that they provide a great service. :)
Spanish SEO Jul 30th, 2008 at 00:22
Joost,
Following Michael Gray's advice about disabling personalized search with your plugin, now my default Google is .es in Spanish instead of .com in English.
How can I remove the plugin or fix the issue with FF 3.0?
Your feedback is appreciated.
Scott Aug 1st, 2008 at 16:33
I'm also running into some problems with the new upgrades. After upgrading the Analytics plugin and Wordpress to 2.6 my Google stats stopped working. The bug with all fields switching to 'a' happened, but then I reset the fields and inputted the UA string and made sure the administrator is tracked. I still show nothing in the source and my stats are not being tracked...
Any ideas?
Joost de Valk Aug 1st, 2008 at 17:40
yes, make sure you have a wp_footer() call in your theme's footer.php
Scott Aug 1st, 2008 at 18:17
Joost, that worked! Adding the wp_footer() call worked. :)
Andrew Aug 1st, 2008 at 18:41
Could someone please explain how the wp_footer() call should be written into footer.php?
Currently I have:
This is at the very bottom of the footer.php file in my theme directory.
Thanks!
Andrew Aug 1st, 2008 at 18:43
Sorry that did write out because of the code:
It should read:
"
"
"
Andrew Aug 1st, 2008 at 18:44
Okay so I can't write anything that looks like code in the box. I'm not sure how to show you how mine is written.
John Allen Aug 5th, 2008 at 20:20
John Allen Aug 5th, 2008 at 20:30
trying agian...
<?php wp_footer(); ?>IWByte Aug 13th, 2008 at 01:57
Ditto on the data not being sent after a WP2.6 upgrade. I did do a reset - GA web site says its recieving data, but I don't see any javascript in the source code of any of my pages. I did have this statement in footer.php:
<?php do_action('wp_footer', ''); ?>
and added
<?php wp_footer(); ?>
just in case, but still don't see it - any suggestions?
Erik Aug 13th, 2008 at 07:36
Try to log out and look for the code again.if you are logged in as administrator the plugin does not show the code by default (can be turned off in settings).
IWByte Aug 13th, 2008 at 17:29
@Erik - thanks - I didn't think of that - duh!
All working now.
BethanyK Aug 18th, 2008 at 20:25
Hey,
I have WP 2.5 and GA plugin 2.5 and our Plugin stopped working on the 22'nd of July. I reset the settings and the Analytics website says it's still receiving data and I have checked the tracking code and the settings and everything looks okay, but we know we're getting more traffic than what GA is telling us. And it's now not showing us anything from the 22'nd of July to yesterday.
We keep getting phone calls from people telling us that they found us through the blog, but GA isn't giving us those numbers. Something is up between the plugin and Analytics and I'm not sure as to what.