Cannot Enable Block Editor

I don’t know how relevant this is, but I have a small update. I accidentally left the block editor checkbox active in the Settings, assuming it wasn’t having any impact. Leaving this checkbox on prevented the editors from saving events with the correct date, location, and cost.

Hi @mrwweb

Thanks for the update, have you been able to resolve this issue with the Block Editor?

If not, can you ensure that you are using the most recent version of our plugin and WordPress and see if that helps?

I hope that helps!

Thanks,
Jaime

Hi @jaimemarchwinski,

Thanks for getting back to me. This issue is not resolved.

I have updated everything. At this point, I have a site running only The Events Calendar with the Twenty Twenty Theme and the issue is the same.

TEC 5.1.6
WP 5.5
Twenty Twenty 1.5
Updated System Information

At this point, I have to think that it’s a database issue, but I’m super confused how that could be. Possibly relevant, in the past, I have used WP-CFM to export and import TEC settings. However, that plugin is currently disabled and the issue is still going. I’ve also tried deleting and reinstalling TEC to no avail.

Hi @mrwweb

I’m sorry to hear that you are still experiencing this issue!

Does this happen if you create a fresh WordPress install with a default WordPress theme and just The Events Calendar installed?

Also, please enable WP_DEBUG and share any error messages that you may see.

Let me know how that goes!

Thanks,
Jaime

Hi @jaimemarchwinski.

I just ran into this problem on another site that’s on a different host with a different theme and substantially different plugins.

Just like last time, I have disabled all plugins except TEC (including mu-plugins), switched to Twenty Twenty, and still can’t enable the block editor.

This time the problem impacts both the local site (running on Local v5) and production (SiteGround). Previously, the problem was only on the production site (WP Engine) and not the local one (Local v5). This new site has never used WP-CFM for configuration management either unlike the first, so that would seem to rule that out.

WP_DEBUG has been on the entire time I’ve been troubleshooting and I’ve been unable to find any errors. With the TEC logging option on, that hasn’t turned up any issues either, just a line like this over and over:

[02-Oct-2020 21:22:59 UTC] the-events-calendar/common – Log: Initializing Tribe Events on Oct, 2nd at 09:10:59 pm

Some other things I’ve tried:

1. I noticed that in the serialized Tribe settings in the database (tribe_events_calendar_options), the toggle_blocks_editor was true but toggle_blocks_editor_hidden_field was false (1 and 0 in the db). Updating that second option to true made no difference.
2. I tried deleting the entire tribe_events_calendar_options setting so it would be regenerated. Again, this didn’t make a difference in enabling the block editor once I checked the setting again.
3. I’ve tried logging the values of the couple actions and filters that seem related to this (code below). Oddly, I’m not getting any error output on these.

I just set up a new site on Local and the Block Editor works when that setting is enabled.

There seems to clearly be an issue where old sites cannot activate the block editor.

Both of these sites have previously run the Classic Editor and Classic Editor Add-On plugins but both were turned off well before this issue became apparent. I tried turning on the plugins on and off on my test site the block editor was available once the two plugins were off again.

What are the next steps to troubleshoot this?

Hi @mrwweb

Thanks for the update, I’m sorry to hear that you are still experiencing this issue.

Would you be able to provide me with your system information here?
https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/k/sharing-your-system-information/

As far as your “old” site, what do you mean by that? Is the WordPress version up-to-date?

Let me know!

Thanks,
Jaime

Thanks for the quick reply, @jaimemarchwinski. I’m eager to figure this out!

As far as your “old” site, what do you mean by that? Is the WordPress version up-to-date?

Sorry for not being clearer. Both sites that are having this problem are always kept up to date. I think I meant that it doesn’t seem to impact new installations, but sites that have been up for a long time and using TEC have this issue. I could be wrong, about that, of course, but it’s a theory.

Would you be able to provide me with your system information here?

Here’s the system info for the most recent site with this issue. It’s installed locally and in this state only has two plugins activated TEC and Query Monitor. It has the Twenty Twenty theme activated. The settings say to use the Block Editor but the Classic Editor appears on Events > Add New.

Home URL
    https://[redacted].local
Site URL
    https://[redacted].local
Site Language
    English
Character Set
    UTF-8
Name
    Mark Root-Wiley
Email
    [redacted]
Install keys
    -
WordPress version
    5.5.1
Permalink Structure
    https://[redacted].local/%postname%/
Your homepage displays
    page
Homepage page ID
    4 (Home)
PHP version
    7.3.5
PHP

        max_execution_time = 1200
        memory_limit = 256M
        upload_max_filesize = 300M
        post_max_size = 1000M
        display_errors = 0
        log_errors = 1

Server
    nginx
SAPI
    cgi-fcgi
Plugins

        Query Monitor version 3.6.4 by John Blackbourn (https://querymonitor.com/)
        The Events Calendar version 5.2.0 by Modern Tribe, Inc. (https://m.tri.be/1x)

Network Plugins
    -
MU Plugins
    -
Theme
    Twenty Twenty
Multisite
    -
Settings

        did_init = 1
        tribeEventsTemplate =
        tribeEnableViews =

        Array
        (
            [0] => list
            [1] => month
            [2] => day
        )

        viewOption = list
        schema-version = 5.2.0
        recurring_events_are_hidden = hidden
        previous_ecp_versions =

        Array
        (
            [0] => 0
        )

        latest_ecp_version = 5.2.0
        views_v2_enabled = 1
        postsPerPage = 12
        monthEventAmount = 3
        earliest_date = 2016-10-12 09:00:00
        earliest_date_markers =

        Array
        (
            [0] => 796
        )

        latest_date = 2018-11-27 23:59:59
        latest_date_markers =

        Array
        (
            [0] => 4881
        )

        donate-link =
        toggle_blocks_editor = 1
        toggle_blocks_editor_hidden_field =
        showComments =
        disable_metabox_custom_fields = 1
        showEventsInMainLoop =
        eventsSlug = events
        singleEventSlug = event
        multiDayCutoff = 00:00
        defaultCurrencySymbol = $
        reverseCurrencyPosition =
        trash-past-events =
        delete-past-events =
        embedGoogleMaps = 1
        embedGoogleMapsZoom = 10
        debugEvents = 1

WP Timezone
    America/Vancouver
WP GMT Offset
    -7
Default PHP Timezone
    UTC
WP Date Format
    F j, Y
WP Time Format
    g:i a
Week Starts On
    1
Common Library Dir
    [redacted]\wp-content\plugins\the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe
Common Library Version
    4.12.10 

Hi @mrwweb

Thanks for providing me with this information.

Can you try flushing your permalinks by going to Settings > Permalinks and Save Changes?

Can you also please enable WP_DEBUG and share any error messages that you may see?

Let me know how that goes!

Thanks,
Jaime

@jaimemarchwinski, updates:

Can you try flushing your permalinks by going to Settings > Permalinks and Save Changes?

Tried that. Still see the classic editor.

Can you also please enable WP_DEBUG and share any error messages that you may see?

WP_DEBUG has been on the whole time I’ve been troubleshooting and I haven’t seen any errors on the Events editor screen or settings. I get the following on the Dashboard only:

PHP Notice: map_meta_cap was called incorrectly. The post type shop_order is not registered, so it may not be reliable to check the capability “edit_post” against a post of that type. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.4.0.) in \wp-includes\functions.php on line 5225
PHP Stack trace:
PHP 1. {main}() \wp-admin\index.php:0
PHP 2. wp_dashboard() \wp-admin\index.php:177
PHP 3. do_meta_boxes() \wp-admin\includes\dashboard.php:246
PHP 4. wp_dashboard_site_activity() \wp-admin\includes\template.php:1389
PHP 5. wp_dashboard_recent_comments() \wp-admin\includes\dashboard.php:898
PHP 6. _wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row() \wp-admin\includes\dashboard.php:1045
PHP 7. current_user_can() \wp-admin\includes\dashboard.php:658
PHP 8. WP_User->has_cap() \wp-includes\capabilities.php:674
PHP 9. map_meta_cap() \wp-includes\class-wp-user.php:752
PHP 10. map_meta_cap() \wp-includes\capabilities.php:402
PHP 11. _doing_it_wrong() \wp-includes\capabilities.php:160
PHP 12. trigger_error() \wp-includes\functions.php:5225

PHP Notice: map_meta_cap was called incorrectly. The post type shop_order is not registered, so it may not be reliable to check the capability “edit_post” against a post of that type. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 4.4.0.) in \wp-includes\functions.php on line 5225
PHP Stack trace:
PHP 1. {main}() \wp-admin\index.php:0
PHP 2. wp_dashboard() \wp-admin\index.php:177
PHP 3. do_meta_boxes() \wp-admin\includes\dashboard.php:246
PHP 4. wp_dashboard_site_activity() \wp-admin\includes\template.php:1389
PHP 5. wp_dashboard_recent_comments() \wp-admin\includes\dashboard.php:898
PHP 6. _wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row() \wp-admin\includes\dashboard.php:1045
PHP 7. current_user_can() \wp-admin\includes\dashboard.php:658
PHP 8. WP_User->has_cap() \wp-includes\capabilities.php:674
PHP 9. map_meta_cap() \wp-includes\class-wp-user.php:752
PHP 10. map_meta_cap() \wp-includes\capabilities.php:402
PHP 11. _doing_it_wrong() \wp-includes\capabilities.php:160
PHP 12. trigger_error() \wp-includes\functions.php:5225

Along with this from Query Monitor

Deprecated (Suppressed): Non-static method WP_Feed_Cache::create() should not be called statically
wp-includes/SimplePie/Registry.php:214
SimplePie_Registry->call()
wp-includes/class-simplepie.php:1412
SimplePie->init()
wp-includes/feed.php:821
fetch_feed()
wp-includes/widgets.php:1493
wp_widget_rss_output()
wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Main.php:4089
Tribe__Events__Main->outputDashboardWidget()
wp-admin/includes/template.php:1389
do_meta_boxes()
wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php:246
wp_dashboard()
wp-admin/index.php:177

I’d be happy to set you up with access to a test site showing this issue.

Hi @mrwweb

Thanks for providing me with that information.

A test site showing this issue would be great!

Thanks for your patience here!

Thanks, @jaimemarchwinski. The site I can share is a private development site, so I’d like to not share that in public. What’s the best way to share the address and a user login?

Hi @mrwweb

Not a problem. Feel free to email me at [email protected]

Let me know if you have any other questions in the meantime!

Thanks,
Jaime

Hi @mrwweb

Thanks for sending that information to me.

I took a look at your site, but was immediately taken to a Fatal Error on your site related to your theme, so I was unable to access your site.

Can you try switching to a default WordPress theme and see if the error goes away for now?

Thanks,
Jaime

@jaimemarchwinski My apologies. Somehow I installed Twenty Twenty but neglected to activate that. It’s not active and you should have no problem getting in.

Hi @mrwweb

No worries, I just tried accessing your site but I keep getting a Bad Gateway error.

I will try again later, however in the meantime, I think the best solution would be to try recreating your site on a fresh WordPress install, as that seems to be a workable solution for now.

I’m sorry that I don’t have an easier solution for you at this time! Let me know if you have more questions here!

Thanks,
Jaime