Andrew Sheard

My problem is now solved, thanks to @jeroenrotty. See Another Critical Error with Yoast 21.3 Update.

Thanks for your swift reply @jeroenrotty.

I deleted and reinstalled Yoast SEO 21.3, and the problem is solved! Not only that, the editing screen loads noticeably more quickly, so maybe there was something else going on as well. I rechecked the error log, by the way, and still nothing from Yoast SEO (even while it was installed and active).

I’m really grateful for your suggestion. As you said, no SEO data was lost. And thanks generally for this excellent plugin.

I’m also experiencing a critical error with the Yoast 21.3 update, which results in my pages becoming uneditable. Full editability is restored when Yoast is deactivated

I’m using the free version of Yoast SEO, and the site has never had the premium version installed, so I don’t think the issue is fully resolved. The error log ([my-site].php.error.log) has no Yoast-related entries. I’m running WP 6.3.1, using the Twenty-Seventeen theme v3,2, on PHP 8.1.23.

I have raised the issue as a separate topic (Another Critical Error with Yoast 21.3 Update) as it is not yet resolved.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Andrew Sheard.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Andrew Sheard.

Thanks @wppdfsupport. Much appreciate the update.

Hi @wppdfsupport,

Just wondering if there’s a timetable for a release in which there’s a fix for this issue?

Thanks @wppdfsupport. Look forward to hearing from you when they come up with a fix.

Thanks very much for your reply, @wppdfsupport, but I’ve already done that. This was the suggestion you made to @securityfarm (Topic Title “Twenty Twenty Theme”) a couple of years ago. It nicely fixes the issue of the PDF viewer’s margins, but my issue is different: with the default template of the Twenty Twenty Theme the presence of a PDF Embedder viewer on the page reduces to almost zero (actually 20px) the margins of other elements on the page – the headings, paragraphs, images etc. The bug fix that you provided doesn’t stop that happening.

I have a workaround, which is to switch from the default template to the full width template (or to embed the PDF using the native WP File block), but for various reasons I’d prefer to use the default template with PDF Embedder if possible.

As I mentioned in my previous post, it seems to be something to do with this CSS rule, which contains the .wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer selector, as when I disable the rule the problem is resolved:

.entry-content > :not(.alignwide):not(.alignfull):not(.alignleft):not(.alignright):not(.wp-block-separator):not(.woocommerce), .entry-content > .wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer {
	max-width: none;
}

Glad you can see it too!

The odd thing is that it is only the presence of certain blocks in the reusable block that causes the problem. Your Advanced Button block, for example, is fine.

Yes, copy and paste from the reusable block is a good workaround, even in the viual editor view.

Thanks for your help. Look forward to any further info as and when.

Reusable block HTML:

<!-- wp:heading {"level":3} -->
<h3>Advanced Table Block:</h3>
<!-- /wp:heading -->

<!-- wp:advgb/table {"changed":true,"align":"center"} -->
<table class="wp-block-advgb-table aligncenter advgb-table-frontend"><tbody><tr><td>A</td><td>B</td><td>C</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td></tr></tbody></table>
<!-- /wp:advgb/table -->

Ah, OK. This is all there is:

<!-- wp:block {"ref":11591} /-->

This is pretty much what I see for a reusable block that will convert, except that the ref is different of course.

I’ve tried what you suggest. If I click on the Edit button, then click on Convert to regular blocks, it doesn’t convert. In fact, nothing happens, except that I get stuck and eventually have to press Save.

Below is the editing screen HTML for a reusable block (‘Test Reusable Block 3’) that contains an Advanced Table block and won’t convert to regular blocks. Sorry it’s not structured: just copied from Firefox HTML editor.

Is this what you were looking for? Please say if you would like more from the page, or something else.

<div class="block-library-block__reusable-block-container"><div class="reusable-block-edit-panel"><b class="reusable-block-edit-panel__info">Test Reusable Block 3</b><button type="button" class="components-button reusable-block-edit-panel__button is-secondary">Edit</button></div><div class="components-disabled"><div class="block-editor-writing-flow"><div style="position: fixed;"></div><div><div style="position: fixed;"></div><div><div class="block-editor-block-list__layout is-root-container"><h3 role="group" aria-multiline="true" aria-label="Block: Heading" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" id="block-9d7fa821-2d15-4531-bdba-1132cbe15943" data-block="9d7fa821-2d15-4531-bdba-1132cbe15943" data-type="core/heading" data-title="Heading" contenteditable="false">Advanced Table Block:</h3><div data-align="center" id="block-c250755c-774f-495f-a566-6dc24f5da3a0" role="group" aria-label="Block: Advanced Table" data-block="c250755c-774f-495f-a566-6dc24f5da3a0" data-type="advgb/table" data-title="Advanced Table" class="block-editor-block-list__block"><div class="wp-block" data-align="center"><table class="wp-block-advgb-table"><tbody><tr><td class=""><div role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-table__cell-content rich-text" contenteditable="false">A</div></td><td class=""><div role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-table__cell-content rich-text" contenteditable="false">B</div></td><td class=""><div role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-table__cell-content rich-text" contenteditable="false">C</div></td></tr><tr><td class=""><div role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-table__cell-content rich-text" contenteditable="false">1</div></td><td class=""><div role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-table__cell-content rich-text" contenteditable="false">2</div></td><td class=""><div role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-table__cell-content rich-text" contenteditable="false">3</div></td></tr><tr><td class=""><div role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-table__cell-content rich-text" contenteditable="false">4</div></td><td class=""><div role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-table__cell-content rich-text" contenteditable="false">5</div></td><td class=""><div role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block-table__cell-content rich-text" contenteditable="false">6</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div tabindex="-1" class="block-list-appender wp-block"><div data-root-client-id="" class="wp-block block-editor-default-block-appender"><textarea role="button" aria-label="Add block" class="block-editor-default-block-appender__content" readonly="" rows="1" style="overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></textarea><div class="components-dropdown block-editor-inserter"><button type="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" class="components-button block-editor-inserter__toggle has-icon" aria-label="Add block"><svg width="24" height="24" xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" role="img" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><path d="M18 11.2h-5.2V6h-1.6v5.2H6v1.6h5.2V18h1.6v-5.2H18z"></path></svg></button></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="position: fixed;"></div><div aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="block-editor-writing-flow__click-redirect"></div></div></div></div>

I was…but now I’m seeing 2.1.5. I think it must have been a cacheing issue. Anyway, all is now visibly up to date.

Great. I’ve installed the production version of 2.1.5 and all is still well.

Incidentally, the changelog accessible from the plugins page within WordPress still lists 2.1.4 as the most recent version, although the plugin version number correctly shows as 2.1.5.

Thanks again for the quick fix.

Thanks for your prompt response and fix, Jordan.

Yep, that’s got it: 2.1.5-0 installed and no WSOD!

That’s got it! Both shortcode and widget now working. Thanks Ravan.