Comments on: WordPress 2.3 Incompatible Plugins and Additional Tips

By: Joh

Joh — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:21:41 +0000

I’m using ‘Just Another Wordpress Plugin’ to add meta tags to my existing v2.2 WP blog. I want to use a new theme that is only compatible with v2.3. What do I need to do to preserve my existing tags knowing that my JAWP plugin is incompatible with v2.3? Do I lose all my tags?

By: Kitap

Kitap — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:40:20 +0000

Jon, you’re such a hardcore WordPress blogger. :happy: I’m still wondering when I’m going to make that comeback to blogging with my own domain again… From the looks of it, I’ll be asking for your help with WP when I’m back, if that’s okay with you.

By: Joni

Joni — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:01:23 +0000

Hi Ray,

Are you referring to the conditional tag or the php tagging feature of 2.3?

If it’s the conditional tag, you need to edit your theme under the Presentation tab, and wrap your plugins with the “If-endif” conditional tags.

Example:

< ?php if (function_exists('the_views')) { ?>
< ?php the_views(); ?>
< ?php } ?>

—> This code is found in my index.php and single.php. I had to edit both files and wrap my < ?php the_views(); ?> plugin with the conditional tags, so that if I disable my plugin in my dashboard (which means that the function no longer exists), the plugin php tag will not cause an error.

Most plugin authors already include the conditional tags when giving out instructions on how to use their plugins, so there’s a possibility that all your plugins are already safe and you really don’t need to do this. You can double-check, though. :)

Btw, this isn’t applicable to sidebar widgets.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:28:35 +0000

Where does the php plugin command go? Do I get to it using “edit” on the plugin tab for the individual plugins? Or is it somewhere in the theme editor under the Presentation tab? Can you give an example using the default Kubrick theme just to show where to insert the php plugin command?

Thanks.

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By: Jaypee

Jaypee — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:23:16 +0000

Still haven’t updated my blog to WP 2.3. First I was waiting for plugins to be updated by the authors and when the plugins were updated, I still didn’t have time to do it because I was very busy when my parents came to visit us from the Philippines. I’ll try to do the upgrade within this week, if not then probably next week. Hehe :D
Btw, thanks for the tips. I’ll keep them in mind when I do the upgrade. :)

By: fruityoaty

fruityoaty — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:26:30 +0000

I’m a software tester / quality assurance analyst by trade, so I’ve had my fair share of testing buggy software and dealing with the consequences of incompatibility.

I tested WordPress 2.3 upgrade on my “test domain site” (sort of a mirror of my blogsite)… and there were a lot of plugin breaks.

I’m still recuperating from my headaches.

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