Fatal error…affecting many websites. Pls help urgent business

Are there any privacy concerns since the access key and signatures are exposed

Creepyvegeta,
First, this is not a Fatal Error – or even an Error – it is a Warning.

Second, you should look into setting an error log up and not showing the Warnings on a live site as it can disclose information about your site to potential hackers.

As for the Access Key and Signature, you do not need to worry. The Access Key is the public key so it is not meant to be kept private – and the Signature is generated with the Secret Key, so the Secret Key is not compromised. You can change out your keys of you wish, though, after you fix the issue – but that is up to you.

To fix the problem – you will need to change your API get method to CURL in the plugin settings. The reason you are getting this warning is that your server does not allow fopen, or it allows fopen and does not allow for remote URLs to be used with fopen. The plugin API uses a remote URL. I also recommend that you check the box for Quick Fix – Hide Warnings as this will not publicly display any warning messages (since it is apparent that your server has the settings set to show them on the page).

After you do this, the problem should resolve itself (you may need to clear any cache files if you are using caching of any kind on your site – i.e., a caching plugin, etc.).

Let me know if you still have issues after this.

Warm regards,
Don

Thank you it worked …sorry I jumped the gun with the description. Thank you again

Not a problem at all, just wanted to make sure to clarify the issue for anyone reading the post in the future. When things go wrong, it doesn’t matter if it is a fatal error, a warning or a notice that causes it – it just doesn’t work and that is all that is important at that time!

Glad everything worked for you and thanks for posting the outcome.
Warmest regards,
Don

thank you, just an update. i cleared my cache and noticed that two of my products are showing:

]–> ]–>
instead of the price

i am using this short code

[amazon-element asin=”B00XWDYGA2″ fields=”ListPrice”]

and applied the changes mentioned above.

thank you

Can you send me a link to your website and the debug key (found in the options)? Do not post here – send to [email protected].

I will check out the issue and see what is happening. Without looking at the debug info, I would just be guessing as to the cause.

Warmest regards,
Don

Please let me know if the new update (version 3.6.2) helps with the ]--> text issue.

Warmest regards,
Don