slider image gone after update

Before changing or deleting anything, I recommend you backup your database.

This is what I did:
Select your wordpress db.
Click wp_posts on the left column.
Click the search tab.
Under post_type, make sure it says “like” then put “easingslider” in the blank field to the right of it.
Click options.
Change number of rows per page to 500 (for some reason my server only allows for 500 at a time, yours might allow more or less).
Click go in the bottom right hand corner.

It should tell you how many total posts you have. If only a few appear, than this isn’t your issue. If several thousand appear, you can delete them 500 at a time by scrolling to the bottom, clicking check all, then clicking the x. This MAY delete the slider(s) you were using though if you do not uncheck that specific box.

Ok, finally back in business!

Uninstalling the plugin and reinstalling current version PLUS
Deleting those multiple posts via phpmyadmin (thank you, Ryan!!)

and adding the following to my theme header:

<?php if ( function_exists( "easingslider" ) ) { easingslider( 1 ); } ?>

did the trick!!

@lajori – this sounds like the same problem I had on one of my sites this morning. My solution was to change a single line of code in my theme’s template.

On my home page, where the title was displayed, I had in the homepage template theme file a php function to make the slider appear. The new version of the plugin requires a slight change in code. The new code should look like below, but replace 1 with whatever your slider number is.

<?php if ( function_exists( “easingslider” ) ) { easingslider( 1 ); } ?>

Hopefully that helps!

I’m also having an issue with the latest update. The admin page is unresponsive and I clicking the “Add Slides” button doesn’t do anything.

See screenshot here:

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Any ideas?

I had that issue when I was running php version 5.2. I updated my database to 5.3 and it solved it.

If you click the settings button under sliders you can view your php version. What is it?

Aah – 5.217. That’s probably it. I’m not in a position to change my PHP version right now, so I’ve switched to an alternative slider. Thanks for your help!

To anyone having issues, ensure when updating that you’re updating to the most recent version. The fixes are coming fast as I pinpoint and resolve all the issues being shown to me ??

You shouldn’t have to change any template code, etc. Functions for every shortcode and template function Easing Slider has ever used are included in this most recent version, so if it’s not working then something else is going wrong.

Of course, I’d always advise using the most recent short codes and template functions. Eventually, we have to make changes to accommodate future development and inevitably at some stage you will have to make changes to your site if you hope to regularly update your WordPress plugins. Just the nature of the beast ??

@dreante, you’re experiencing an issue related to the scripts and styling not working. I’m going to release another update this evening that should fix it for you. However, as @ryan as mentioned I’d highly recommend upgrading your version of PHP also. WordPress will eventually drop support for PHP 5.2, definitely worth the time invested in preventing future issues ??

I have just updated the plugin on another site (same server) – first attempt at updating on this site, so effectively a fresh start.

I still get the notification: The plugin easing-slider/easingsliderlite.php has been deactivated due to an error: Plugin file does not exist.

Reactivating the plugin once again slows my server to a crawl; overload spike. Again.

While I did get everything working on the first site; this is a huge problem. It seems the plugin needs to be deleted and reinstalled rather than updated via WP admin.

I’ve no idea what is occurring @aly22. My previous advice as worked for all who’ve had issues in the past – a fresh install.

I’d recommend enabling WordPress debug mode to get some error messages and more information. You can do this by editing the line define( 'WP_DEBUG', false );, replacing false with true in the wp-config.php file.

I was just curious whether a regular plugin update would work at all; and it doesn’t.

So going forward I will uninstall and proceed accordingly. I cannot risk another test on my own server.

My comment was mainly to note that reinstalling may be the ONLY way to do this one — as I know many people are likely to just click “update” per usual and run into trouble.

Thanks SO much, Matthew – your plugin is amazing and I have either installed or recommended to many people. Look forward to the new extensions, as well ??

hi,
I run into a problem with the version v.2.2.0.5. what is new in that version?
I upgraded from v.2.1.4.3 on one site and the slider were gone.
There was a problem with the pluginfile and the name…

Hi @aly22, its important to note that the issues you’ve experienced are only happening for a handful of users, so I wouldn’t discourage anyone from doing a standard update. Infact, for thousands of downloads thus far it appears to have worked perfect (based on feedback we’ve received) .

The uninstall is required to remove data that was damaged when updating previously, due to some isolated code that would only affect some versions of PHP (v5.2 or lower, which is quite old). None the less, apologies for the inconvenience caused ??

@grodanboll, can you elaborate on what’s happened? What disappeared, the slider menu in the admin area, or the slider itself?