wpsnoop: fix About Author plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin About Author conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.

Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by About Author, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with About Author.

Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what About Author leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

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What does About Author version 1.5.2 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for About Author to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.5.2 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 1.5.2 of About Author behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this plugin but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for About Author by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this plugin there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Summary of WordPress plugin analysis: About Author

Plugin Slug: about-author Internal ID: 545 Addon Type: Plugin Version: 1.5.2 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 79 (5.25MB) Short Codes: [ / ] 2 Database Tables: 0 Function Count: 16 Code Review: Search Provit

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Which new files does About Author add to WordPress?

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The plugin About Author added 79 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/about-author/	5.25MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/aatp-banner.php	2.37kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/about-author-use-shortcode.php	3.41kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/about-author-widget-code.php	4.23kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/about-author.php	23.23kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/author-setting/	20.85kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/author-setting/about-author-use-shortcode2.php	4.54kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/author-setting/shortcode-files/	16.31kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/author-setting/shortcode-files/template1-shortcode.php	8.17kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/author-setting/shortcode-files/template2-shortcode.php	8.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/author-settings.php	15.17kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/	914.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/aap-custom-css.css	4.27kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/aatp-banner.css	3.80kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/all.css	73.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/all.min.css	57.95kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/bootstrap.css	214.80kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/bootstrap.min.css	157.58kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/codemirror/	394.54kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/codemirror/aa-css.js	36.29kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/codemirror/blackboard.css	1.89kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/codemirror/codemirror.css	8.34kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/codemirror/codemirror.js	345.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/codemirror/css-hint.js	2.11kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/codemirror/show-hint.css	662.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/dashboard.css	2.84kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/display_frant_css.css	477.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/my_style.css	2.58kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/css/pricing-table.css	2.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/help-and-support.php	3.10kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/js/	319.09kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/js/bootstrap.js	149.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/js/bootstrap.min.js	61.94kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/js/popper.js	86.62kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/js/popper.min.js	20.70kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/js/upload-media.js	586.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/languages/	61.92kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/languages/WEBLIZAR_ABOUT-fa_IR.mo	2.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/languages/WEBLIZAR_ABOUT-fa_IR.po	24.29kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/languages/WEBLIZAR_ABOUT-hi_IN.mo	5.60kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/languages/WEBLIZAR_ABOUT-hi_IN.po	29.78kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/readme.txt	6.77kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/	1.09MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/general-settings.php	22.58kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/	1.06MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/1.jpg	16.76kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/aatp_pro.png	665.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/aatp.jpg	48.33kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/back9.jpg	155.82kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/header_r.jpg	26.84kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/hover.png	834.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/pic2.png	22.37kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/pic3.png	23.44kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/temp11.png	33.48kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/temp22.png	70.45kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/up.png	6.22kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/images/weblizar2.png	14.51kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/template-settings.php	3.15kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/template1.php	2.01kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/settings/template2.php	3.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/shortcode-files/	11.85kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/shortcode-files/template1-shortcode.php	5.86kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/shortcode-files/template2-shortcode.php	5.99kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/	2.81MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-brands-400.eot	133.62kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-brands-400.svg	730.02kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-brands-400.ttf	133.32kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-brands-400.woff	89.98kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-brands-400.woff2	76.62kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-regular-400.eot	33.54kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-regular-400.svg	141.32kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-regular-400.ttf	33.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-regular-400.woff	16.38kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-regular-400.woff2	13.23kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-solid-900.eot	200.01kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-solid-900.svg	896.07kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-solid-900.ttf	199.73kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-solid-900.woff	101.84kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/about-author/webfonts/fa-solid-900.woff2	78.42kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does About Author add to WordPress?

The plugin About Author added 2 new shortcodes when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

ShortCode		Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
[ABINFO]		The ABINFO shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[Weblizar]		The Weblizar shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Note: We have not yet checked to see if these shortcodes work as expected in pages, posts, sidebar widgets, or when set as the page title, in content, in the excert, in menus or anywhere else within a WordPress installation. A shortcode could produce errors due to parameters added when it is used, or if the plugin is updated and the format of the shortcode has changed.

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin About Author?

About Author did not create any new database tables when it was installed. It is possible that the plugin creates new database tables after an initial setup or configuration or after some period of use.

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by About Author?

When About Author was activated and loaded for the first time it created 1 new option in the wp_options table. Any known conflicts will be shown in red.

Option Name		Known Conflicts
widget_about_me		The widget_about_me option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:12:"_multiwidget";i:1;}

During use About Author may or may not create more options depending on how the plugin is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

After disabling and deleting About Author there were 2 options still present in the wp-options table:

recently_activated
widget_about_me

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What new PHP functions does About Author declare when it is active?

Installing About Author added 16 new functions to Wordpress at run-time. These functions are internal and generally aren't meant to be used except by developpers who wish to interface with the plugin to enhance or alter its behavior.

Function	Conflicts	Common Errors
fb_add_custom_user_profile_fields	3 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fb_add_custom_user_profile_fields()
fb_save_custom_user_profile_fields	4 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fb_save_custom_user_profile_fields()
aa_add_rpg_custom_button	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare aa_add_rpg_custom_button()
aa_add_rpg_inline_popup_content	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare aa_add_rpg_inline_popup_content()
aa_color_picker	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare aa_color_picker()
aa_submenu_settings_page	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare aa_submenu_settings_page()
about_author_help_suppot_function	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare about_author_help_suppot_function()
aboutmeuser	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare aboutmeuser()
aboutmeuser2	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare aboutmeuser2()
author_settings_function	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare author_settings_function()
author_settings_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare author_settings_link()
load_author_info_after_page_content	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare load_author_info_after_page_content()
load_author_info_after_post_content	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare load_author_info_after_post_content()
register_about_me	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare register_about_me()
review_admin_notice_aatp_free	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare review_admin_notice_aatp_free()
weblizar_about_domain	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare weblizar_about_domain()

Using About Author from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.

How to install About Author from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp plugin install about-author

How to activate About Author from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate About Author after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install about-author --activate

How to reinstall About Author from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of About Author which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp plugin install about-author --force

How to update About Author to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update about-author

How to delete About Author from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete about-author

Where can you download earlier versions of About Author?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of About Author from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in About Author

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with About Author. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.