wpsnoop: fix Blog Authors plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin Blog Authors 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 Blog Authors, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with Blog Authors.


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

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What does Blog Authors version 1.5 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Blog Authors to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.5 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 1.5 of Blog Authors 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 Blog Authors 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.

Which new files does Blog Authors add to WordPress?

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Type & Path Size Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/ 371.88kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/blogauthors.php 5.95kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/ 361.62kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/adminpage.php 16.40kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/authorcards.php 13.78kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/ba_styles.css 2.16kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/bacardscript.js 463.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/cardhandler.php 7.90kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/cardlink.php 8.01kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/embedsettings.php 1.18kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/functions.php 12.00kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/ 245.01kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/64circle.png 1.84kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/64square.png 1.04kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/bg-blue.jpg 25.40kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/bg-gold.jpg 26.90kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/bg-green.jpg 23.86kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/bg-purple.jpg 28.89kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/bg-yellow.jpg 25.56kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/cards_2.png 5.18kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/cards.png 5.25kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/circle.png 18.14kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/circles-retina.png 13.43kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/circles.png 6.59kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/curved-corner.png 3.34kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/hexagon.png 14.92kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/hexagons-retina.png 11.41kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/hexagons.png 5.66kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/no-corner.png 2.94kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/rows.png 4.34kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/square.png 9.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/squares-retina.png 7.21kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/images/squares.png 3.61kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/imagesloaded.pkgd.min.js 8.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/license.txt 1.09kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/masonry.pkgd.min.js 23.87kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/script.js 227.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/scripts.js 1.26kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/shortcodehandler.php 10.19kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/includes/stylesheet.css 9.73kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/blog-authors/readme.txt 4.31kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Blog Authors add to WordPress?

ShortCode   Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
[bauthors] The bauthors 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 Blog Authors?

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by Blog Authors?

What new PHP functions does Blog Authors declare when it is active?

Function   Conflicts Common Errors
display_settings 3 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare display_settings()
mw_enqueue_color_picker 38 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mw_enqueue_color_picker()
authors_ba_embed_settings 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare authors_ba_embed_settings()
authors_register_settings 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare authors_register_settings()
avatar_check_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare avatar_check_callback()
avatar_check_validate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare avatar_check_validate()
avatar_shape_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare avatar_shape_callback()
avatar_shape_validate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare avatar_shape_validate()
ba_admin_menu 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_admin_menu()
ba_arrow_handler 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_arrow_handler()
ba_authors_card_register_settings 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_authors_card_register_settings()
ba_card 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_card()
ba_card_avatar_check_validate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_card_avatar_check_validate()
ba_card_setting_title 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_card_setting_title()
ba_contactmethods 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_contactmethods()
ba_deleter_code 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_deleter_code()
ba_display_author_card 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_display_author_card()
ba_display_embed_settings 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_display_embed_settings()
ba_edit_author_interface 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_edit_author_interface()
ba_embed_enabled_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_embed_enabled_callback()
ba_embed_settings_title 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_embed_settings_title()
ba_enqueue_admin_css 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_enqueue_admin_css()
ba_enqueue_color_picker 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_enqueue_color_picker()
ba_get_avatar 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_get_avatar()
ba_inline_js 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_inline_js()
ba_plugin_settings_link 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_plugin_settings_link()
ba_pluginuninstall 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_pluginuninstall()
ba_register_color_picker 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_register_color_picker()
ba_register_styles_css 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_register_styles_css()
ba_setting_title 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_setting_title()
ba_settingids 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_settingids()
ba_show_embed_field 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_show_embed_field()
ba_style 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_style()
ba_table_return 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_table_return()
ba_validator 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ba_validator()
background_color_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare background_color_callback()
background_style_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare background_style_callback()
bashortcode 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bashortcode()
blog_authors_install 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare blog_authors_install()
card_avatar_check_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_avatar_check_callback()
card_avatar_shape_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_avatar_shape_callback()
card_avatar_shape_validate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_avatar_shape_validate()
card_background_color_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_background_color_callback()
card_background_style_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_background_style_callback()
card_border_color_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_border_color_callback()
card_border_style_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_border_style_callback()
card_columns_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_columns_callback()
card_columns_validate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_columns_validate()
card_corner_style_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_corner_style_callback()
card_display_role_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_display_role_callback()
card_display_role_validate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_display_role_validate()
card_enable_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_enable_callback()
card_font_color_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_font_color_callback()
card_recent_check_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_recent_check_callback()
card_recent_color_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_recent_color_callback()
card_shadow_color_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_shadow_color_callback()
card_shadow_enabled_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_shadow_enabled_callback()
card_social_networking_toggle_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_social_networking_toggle_callback()
card_social_networking_validate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_social_networking_validate()
card_user_color_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare card_user_color_callback()
corner_style_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare corner_style_callback()
corner_style_validate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare corner_style_validate()
display_role_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare display_role_callback()
display_role_validate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare display_role_validate()
display_style_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare display_style_callback()
display_style_validate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare display_style_validate()
font_color_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare font_color_callback()
recent_check_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare recent_check_callback()
shadow_color_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shadow_color_callback()
shadow_enabled_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shadow_enabled_callback()
social_networking_toggle_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare social_networking_toggle_callback()
social_networking_validate 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare social_networking_validate()
user_color_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare user_color_callback()

Using Blog Authors 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 Blog Authors from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install blog-authors


How to activate Blog Authors from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install blog-authors --activate


How to reinstall Blog Authors from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install blog-authors --force


How to update Blog Authors to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update blog-authors


How to delete Blog Authors from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete blog-authors

Where can you download earlier versions of Blog Authors?

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 Blog Authors 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 Blog Authors

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 Blog Authors. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.