mailchimp plugin v1.2.5 settings corruption

No, I’m having the same problem Jose is. We’re setting up a new WP site and transferring over the content from an existing one.

After activating MailChimp, all the other plugins’ Settings links linked only to the MailChimp settings page.

After deactivating MailChimp I lost all the Settings links for all the other plugins that I know should have them.

I tried deleting all the plugins and then reinstalling them one at a time (without MailChimp) and the Settings links are still missing. It’s as if MailChimp changed some core configuration or something. It has basically hosed the whole site and I’m at a total loss.

Hey Brad!

What your describing sounds like some of your plugins do not contain a “Settings” link at all. The issue with the plugin only adds a “Settings” link, it won’t take away or change any existing links. So, if a plugin is missing a “Settings” link after the MailChimp plugin is deactivated, that means that it doesn’t contain one natively. Instead, those settings will be controlled elsewhere (such as the widgets page).

If we can help with anything else, give us a shout!

Thanks Nate. I think there’s more than the added links issue. I’m actually looking at two identical WP installs here. Same versions.

On the existing site MailChimp was activated, and the Settings links for the activated plugins all open the MailChimp settings page. There are no doubles.

On the new site MailChimp was activated and then deleted, and the Settings links for the activated plugins that should have them are missing. For example the WP-DBManager and WP-Polls plugins have no settings links.

Hey Brad!

The WP-DBManager plugin doesn’t contain a “Settings” link in the plugin, normally. So, when the MailChimp plugin is activated, it adds the link which points to the MailChimp settings. If you’d like to edit the configuration of your database through WP-DBManager, you’ll want to use the “Database” tab underneath the “Settings” tab on the sidebar to the left:

https://cl.ly/3J1r2R220v152e3r2k2k

The same thing applies to WP-Polls. Normally, that plugin doesn’t contain a “Settings” link when it’s activated. However, when MailChimp’s plugin is activated, it adds a MailChimp “Settings” link to all other plugins. WP-Polls can be customized in the left sidebar as well:

https://cl.ly/121H0E1L0u2B1p0c351k

Let us know if we can help in any other way!

(Also, the new version of the plugin should be coming soon!)

Cheers

Oh OK, now i get it. Thanks for your help!

No problem! Happy to help!

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Here is the patch for how I fixed the problem, requires changing 4 lines in the plugin itself but you don’t have to edit any of the file editing definitions or anything else.

-function mailchimpSD_plugin_action_links($links) {
-       $settings_link = '<a href="'. admin_url('options-general.php?page=mailchimpSF_options').'">'.__('Settings', 'mailchimp_i18n' ).'</a>';
-       array_unshift($links, $settings_link);
+function mailchimpSD_plugin_action_links($links, $file) {
+    if ( $file ==  plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) ) {
+        $settings_link = '<a href="'. admin_url('options-general.php?page=mailchimpSF_options').'">'.__('Settings', 'mailchimp_i18n' ).'</a>';
+        array_unshift($links, $settings_link);
+    }
        return $links;
 }
-add_filter('plugin_action_links', 'mailchimpSD_plugin_action_links', 10, 1);
+add_filter('plugin_action_links', 'mailchimpSD_plugin_action_links', 10, 2);

update the filter to pass 2 vars, add the $file var to the function and test that you are on the correct file for this plugin to load it’s settings.

Sounds good to me, Wes!

We actually just pushed out a new new version of the plugin which uses my man Jason Lane’s fix. So, props to Jason and Wes for being super-helpful coder dudes!

thanks for the fix!