"Error: cannot ajaxify WordPress Popular Posts on this theme" after 3.0.1->3.0.2

Hi asegar2,

The plugin is letting you know that your theme is missing a parameter in the register_sidebar function. To be more specific, WPP needs the id parameter in before_widget (the actual code might be slightly different on your theme):

'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">'

Please, ask your theme developer to add this parameter so you can use the Ajaxify feature. The alternative is to turn off the Ajaxify feature and WPP will work as usual – but without using Ajax.

So this is due to something that was changed between 3.0.1 and 3.0.2? Because 3.0.1 worked fine, and did not display this error message.

Nope, that feature has been present since 3.0.0 actually. Did you make any other changes on your site recently? Changed / upgraded your theme?

No other changes, including the theme.

Here is my current register_sidebar function. It looks to me as though the code you’re saying is needed is already there. Other suggestions?

if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’) ) {
register_sidebar(array(
‘before_widget’ => ‘<li id=”%1$s” class=”widget %2$s”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3 class=”widgettitle”>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
));
}

That seems right, how odd. Could you please post your site’s URL so I can go take a look?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/ – thanks!

From what I see, that code you posted uses an LI element (see before_widget) to wrap your widgets, but in your sidebar’s HTML I don’t see it.

Are you sure that’s the code that registers that sidebar?

The function definition I quoted is copied from my theme’s functions.php.

I’ve added below the calls made to it immediately after the function is defined; perhaps a parameter is wrong here?

if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’) ) {
register_sidebar(array(
‘before_widget’ => ‘<li id=”%1$s” class=”widget %2$s”>’,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3 class=”widgettitle”>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
));
}

register_sidebar(array(‘name’=>’blurb_box’,
‘before_widget’ => ”,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
));

register_sidebar(array(‘name’=>’site_description’,
‘before_widget’ => ”,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
));

register_sidebar(array(‘name’=>’quick_links’,
‘before_widget’ => ”,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
));

register_sidebar(array(‘name’=>’sidebar_box1’,
‘before_widget’ => ”,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
));

register_sidebar(array(‘name’=>’sidebar_box2’,
‘before_widget’ => ”,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
));

register_sidebar(array(‘name’=>’upcoming_events’,
‘before_widget’ => ”,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
));

/** Added by AJS 1/31/12 */
register_sidebar(array(‘name’=>’quote_box’,
‘before_widget’ => ”,
‘after_widget’ => ”,
‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’,
‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’,
));

I guess it’s either sidebar_box1 or sidebar_box2.

Try changing any of these sidebars (or both) to this and see if it helps:

register_sidebar(array('name'=>'sidebar_box1',
'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h3>',
'after_title' => '</h3>',
));

That did it (sidebar_box2). Thank you so much!

No problem!