AndyWarren

This is my specific issue, exact same thing. No worries though, I ended up using a different option for my needs.

Same issue just now. Fresh download of the plugin. I 777’d wp-content, but it is still giving the same error message asking me to make my root directory writable. That is very unsafe. Any fix for this Photocrati?

Good to hear, I’ll mark this as resolved!

Thanks to some advice from Pippin Williamson I was able to find and correct the issue. I’ve pushed a plugin update. Once you’ve updated it, please let me know if your issue has been resolved. Thanks!

Just wanted to update you on this. I’m still working on finding the cause and a solution. I’ll let you know when I get it squared away.

Ok, I’m looking into it right now, I see from my test install that it is rendering above the widget title. I did have to add add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode'); to my functions.php file to get the shortcode to even be processed in a text/html widget though. I’ll reply again as soon as I get it squared away. Thanks for your patience.

What are you using to put the shortcode in the widget? Is it a plugin? Regular text widgets don’t render shortcodes.

I just recently had someone else mention this to me as well. It seems like there is something with using it in a widget that is causing it, and I am looking into it. I will do some more testing today to see if I can find the cause. Previously the plugin had not been tested for use in widgets, so as soon as I find the issue and a fix I’ll push a plugin update. I will reply again to let you know when that happens, hopefully today or tomorrow.

Marked as resolved.

Jessica,

Are you not receiving my emails? I received yours, and replied a few times. I cannot access the site, just get “error” in the top left corner. I have replied by email a couple times.

I’ll be traveling for the next few hours, so may not get back in touch right away.

Hi Jessica,

Your shortcodes look correct. I’m not sure why this would be happening though, as the shortcode attribute cat="17" sets the category argument in the query. It shouldn’t be querying anything but category 17. If you’d like to PM me an admin login to the site I can take a look at it you are welcome to do so.

You can use the contact form at https://andy-warren.net/#contact to send me the login.

Thanks for the 5 star review! I’m glad you got it to work so quickly!

This is exactly what I like to see from open source devs. Even though they are technically competing plugins you reached out and extended a hand of welcome to Shazzad and rated his plugin 5 star. A+ man, Internet high five!

I’ve not used your plugin, but I may check it out in the future if the need arises. Thanks for the review.

Plugin author updated the plugin which corrected all my issues. Please update to current version if you are experiencing any of the same issues.

I sent the page URL and server login to view the page via your contact form.