Wired problem after deploying using Duplicator

cache?

browser, cloudflare etc, caching plugin?

Browser cache has been cleared.
No, No caching plugin.
Even disabled all plugins and tried. No luck !

I’m not an expert, but was curious about your problem.

if you disable the duplicator plugin and delete the css file(s) using FTP or cPanel file manager, they are getting reinstalled? that is totally whack

Yes they come back again, That’s wired to me too.
It’s been years I’ve been working with WordPress, plugins and cPanel.
Never ever had this. I’m stuck and this must be solved because i need to edit CSS

Hey Msitman,

That is strange. If you are removing the plugin and its still happening then its definitely not the plugin. Even if you left the plugin installed there isn’t any logic in the plugin that would apply this behavior.

It maybe a few things:
1. Do you have another backup plugin installed or any type of syncing software such as vault press running

2. Are you out of disk-quota. Strange things can happen if you run out of disk to write to files.

3. I would contact the host again, this should be something they can help you isolate.

Hope that helps!

HI Cory
1. There’s no other backup plugin installed.
2. I’ve 1GB, and there’s more than 800MB still left unused.
3. As i said hosting company says we don’t have setting that makes this happen.
Bad thing about disabling plugins every time is after re-activating them, I’ve to set them all up again. But i even did this.
You know, it’s just this CSS folder, other files/folders are OK to edit.

Did you try changing your theme to a completely new them and then check to see if the same thing is happening in the new theme? Sounds like a theme issue at this point…

Yes i did.
I activated twentyfifteen (the default one), Then activated current theme. The same thing happened.

is simply deleting everything and starting over with a new WP installation out of the question? just ask’n because I have done that more than a couple times realizing that on a new site it just is easier than troubleshooting mysteries…

It’s reinstalling/setting up WordPress then Woocommerce then the Woocommerce theme named Maxshop.
Each has lot’s of features, That’s why i used Duplicator.
besides website is having visitors already.
I did all i said in above posts though.
I’m selling HP products, from Mobile phones and Tablets to Servers and Equipment.

Until you are able to find the underlying issue, with what is causing the IO operation to occur (which your host should be able to do with file monitoring tools on the OS).

Then you might try to enqueue your own style sheet from the functions.php and just add/overwrite the styles you want. Its not ideal but it could help fill the gap until a real analysis can be done.

I FOUND IT!!
I deleted css folder to see what happens in error_log, A file full of errors related to “less.php” in another folder has been made.
The problem is a can’t write a line of php code !
Here is the content of the less.php:

<?php
require_once locate_template('/lib/lessc.inc.php');

if ( class_exists('lessc') && ya_options()->getCpanelValue('developer_mode') ){
	define('LESS_PATH', get_template_directory().'/assets/less');
	define('CSS__PATH', get_template_directory().'/css');

	$scheme = ya_options()->getCpanelValue('scheme');
	$ya_direction = ya_options()->getCpanelValue( 'direction' );
	$scheme_vars = get_template_directory().'/templates/presets/default.php';
	$output_cssf = CSS__PATH.'/app-default.css';
	if ( $scheme && file_exists(get_template_directory().'/templates/presets/'.$scheme.'.php') ){
		$scheme_vars = get_template_directory().'/templates/presets/'.$scheme.'.php';
		$output_cssf = CSS__PATH."/app-{$scheme}.css";
	}
	if ( file_exists($scheme_vars) ){
		include $scheme_vars;
		try {
			// less variables by theme_mod
			// $less_variables['sidebar-width'] = ya_options()->sidebar_collapse_width.'px';

			$less = new lessc();

			$less->setImportDir( array(LESS_PATH.'/app/', LESS_PATH.'/bootstrap/') );

			$less->setVariables($less_variables);

			$cache = $less->cachedCompile(LESS_PATH.'/app.less');
			file_put_contents($output_cssf, $cache["compiled"]);
			/* RTL Language */
			if ( is_rtl() || $ya_direction == 'rtl'  ){
				$rtl_cache = $less->cachedCompile(LESS_PATH.'/app/rtl.less');
				file_put_contents(CSS__PATH.'/rtl.css', $rtl_cache["compiled"]);
			}

			if ( ya_options()->getCpanelValue('responsive_support') ){
				$responsive_cache = $less->cachedCompile(LESS_PATH.'/app-responsive.less');
				file_put_contents(CSS__PATH.'/app-responsive.css', $responsive_cache["compiled"]);
			}
		} catch (Exception $e){
			var_dump($e); exit;
		}
	}
}

i commented everything out by “/**/” and now changes affect website.
Would you please help me with these codes? i don’t understand but are many “cache” words. That shows there is something somewhere that makes css files replaced.

The method:

file_put_contents

is what updates the file. You could probably comment out those lines and it would stop updating. However its best to contact the author of this file as they will know all the impacts of any changes…

I did and they said

“You can try to turn off developer mode in admin.”

i just can’t find that option.
Asked them and i’m waiting for their answer, I hope that solves the issue!

Sounds good! I’ll go ahead and close out this thread since its not an issue with Duplicator.

Thanks