wpsnoop: fix Auto Attachments plugin conflicts, errors & issues
When the plugin Auto Attachments 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 Auto Attachments, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with Auto Attachments.
Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what Auto Attachments leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.
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What does Auto Attachments version 1.8.5 add to WordPress? Answers Here.
This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Auto Attachments to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.8.5 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 1.8.5 of Auto Attachments 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 Auto Attachments 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: Auto Attachments
Plugin Slug: auto-attachments
Internal ID: 5819
Addon Type: Plugin
Version: 1.8.5
Price:
Free
Source: WordPress.org
Files: 111 (1.01MB)
Short Codes: [ / ] 4
Database Tables: 0
Function Count: 31
Code Review: Search Provit
Which new files does Auto Attachments add to WordPress?
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The plugin Auto Attachments added 111 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.
| Type & Path | Size | Conflicts |
|---|---|---|
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/ | 1.01MB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/a-a.css | 2.53kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/aafont.css | 4.06kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/admin/ | 55.54kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/admin/.htaccess | 13.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/admin/admin-area.php | 20.79kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/admin/metaboxes.php | 7.76kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/admin/rebuild.php | 7.67kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/admin/shortcodes.php | 19.29kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/auto-attachments.php | 22.09kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/ | 600.90kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/ | 87.29kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/32x32aa.png | 2.17kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/aamenu.png | 797.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/ikonlar.png | 14.11kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/index.html | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. | |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/ | 56.92kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-mathcad.png | 2.14kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-msword.png | 3.31kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-pdf.png | 2.50kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-postscript.png | 9.17kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-rar.png | 2.25kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-vnd.ms-excel.png | 2.07kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-vnd.ms-powerpoint.png | 2.53kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula.png | 2.82kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet.png | 2.99kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-vnd.oasis.opendocument.text.png | 3.22kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation.png | 2.53kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow.png | 2.53kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet.png | 1.96kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png | 3.22kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-x-compress.png | 1.40kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-x-gzip.png | 1.79kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-x-rar-compressed.png | 2.25kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-x-tar.png | 1.40kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/application-zip.png | 2.19kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/applicationvnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12.png | 1.96kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/index.html | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. | |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/mime/text-plain.png | 2.69kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/preload.gif | 6.55kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/regen.gif | 4.08kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/spinner.gif | 2.14kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/images/white.jpg | 554.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/ | 513.61kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/aa.js | 635.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/bootstrap.min.js | 14.55kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/css/ | 82.18kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/css/bootflat.css | 36.37kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/css/bootstrap.min.css | 45.81kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/editor/ | 245.94kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/editor/codemirror.css | 5.85kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/editor/codemirror.js | 214.74kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/editor/css.js | 25.35kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/ | 155.78kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/background.png | 166.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/bigplay.png | 2.93kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/bigplay.svg | 3.40kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/controls-ted.png | 1.52kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/controls-wmp-bg.png | 1.91kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/controls-wmp.png | 5.38kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/controls.png | 1.85kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/controls.svg | 10.10kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/flashmediaelement.swf | 28.46kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/loading.gif | 6.08kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/mediaelement-and-player.min.js | 69.95kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/mediaelementplayer.min.css | 17.76kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/mejs-skins.css | 6.06kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/mscript-a.js | 113.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/mel/mscript.js | 113.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/ | 10.52kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/black/ | 3.60kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/black/closelabel.gif | 418.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/black/loading.gif | 2.55kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/black/nextlabel.gif | 329.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/black/prevlabel.gif | 329.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/light/ | 2.91kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/light/closelabel.gif | 971.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/light/loading.gif | 1.25kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/light/nextlabel.gif | 354.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/light/prevlabel.gif | 371.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/slimbox-dark.css | 1.33kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/slimbox-rtl.css | 1.35kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox/slimbox.css | 1.33kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/includes/js/slimbox2.js | 4.03kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/index.html | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. | |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/ | 183.82kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-en_US.mo | 525.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-en_US.po | 12.06kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-he_IL.mo | 6.13kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-he_IL.po | 12.84kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-it_IT.mo | 5.19kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-it_IT.po | 7.91kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-ro_RO.mo | 5.36kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-ro_RO.po | 7.52kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-ru_RU.mo | 6.50kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-ru_RU.po | 12.20kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-sk_SK.mo | 5.24kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-sk_SK.po | 7.45kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-sr_RS.mo | 9.85kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-sr_RS.po | 13.43kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-th_TH.mo | 13.16kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-th_TH.po | 17.21kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-tr_TR.mo | 11.27kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa-tr_TR.po | 20.07kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/autoa.pot | 9.92kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/languages/index.html | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. | |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/readme.txt | 14.67kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/screenshot-1.png | 36.45kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/screenshot-2.png | 12.31kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/screenshot-3.png | 56.84kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/auto-attachments/screenshot-4.png | 50.01kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
Which new shortcodes does Auto Attachments add to WordPress?
The plugin Auto Attachments added 4 new shortcodes when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.
| ShortCode | Known Plugin or Theme conflicts | |
|---|---|---|
| [filesaa] | The filesaa shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins. | |
| [imageaa] | The imageaa shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins. | |
| [musicaa] | The musicaa shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins. | |
| [videoaa] | The videoaa 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 options are added to the wp-options table by Auto Attachments?
When Auto Attachments 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| auto_attachments_options | The auto_attachments_options option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins. | |
During use Auto Attachments 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 Auto Attachments there were 1 option still present in the wp-options table:
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What new PHP functions does Auto Attachments declare when it is active?
Installing Auto Attachments added 31 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.
Using Auto Attachments 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 Auto Attachments from the command line with WP-CLI
Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:
wp plugin install auto-attachments
How to activate Auto Attachments from the command line with WP-CLI
To immediately activate Auto Attachments after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:
wp plugin install auto-attachments --activate
How to reinstall Auto Attachments from the command line with WP-CLI
To force a reinstallation of Auto Attachments which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:
wp plugin install auto-attachments --force
How to update Auto Attachments to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI
wp plugin update auto-attachments
How to delete Auto Attachments from the command line with WP-CLI
wp plugin delete auto-attachments
Where can you download earlier versions of Auto Attachments?
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 Auto Attachments 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 Auto Attachments
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 Auto Attachments. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.