Upgrading Connections plugin to 8.1.3 or 8.1.4 crashes site

@ ctman94

Honestly, I do not know, that function is part of core WP and is available very, very, early in the WP execution stack. I looked at every instance where I call get_query_var() and they all seem to be after the parse_query action hook which after the WP_Query() object is init/d. That is where the get() function is in this case.

So… maybe another plugin or even the theme might be unsetting it or doing something with it right when Connections needs it.

Can you, temporarily, deactivate all other plugins and then update Connections?

Also, can you please option a new thread for this issue here:
https://connections-pro.com/support/

Thanks!

I followed your recommendation: I deactivated all my plugins except for Connections, then I upgraded Connections from 0.8.14 to 8.1.5. I had no problem. Then I activated the other plugins, one-at-a-time. Everything was fine until I activated the WordPress Custom Sidebar plugin (v. 2.3). Then my site crashed with the same error I mentioned above.
I checked the details for the WordPress Custom Sidebar plugin: it’s been a year since it was last updated and it’s compatible to WordPress 3.5.2. It’s probably time to find another plugin to replace the sidebar plugin.

@ shazahm1
I added this info to http:connections-pro.com/support/topic/connections-plugin-update-crashes-site/

Thanks for your help!

@ ctman94

Thanks for the feedback! Not quite certain how Connections and this plugin would conflict. Perhaps you had Connections in one of its custom sidebars? I’m going to add this reply to my support forums too for completeness. I’ll add this to my plugin conflict list.

@ shazahm1

We had the Connections shortcode in our Directory page – it was not in a custom sidebar. I switched to another plugin and I can now upgrade the Connections plugin.