wpsnoop: fix Facebook Publish plugin conflicts, errors & issues

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


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

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What does Facebook Publish version 1.5 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Facebook Publish 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 Facebook Publish 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 Facebook Publish 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 Facebook Publish add to WordPress?

This section will populate with a table showing an icon, size and filepath.

Type & Path Size Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/ 596.99kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/fp_activate_plugin.php 1.16kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/fp-constants.php 220.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/init.php 1.06kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/ 591.28kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/ 111.32kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/add-settings-page-link.php 648.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/api-screen.php 2.24kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/assets/ 84.75kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/assets/date-functions.js 13.12kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/assets/fp_logo_small.png 1.14kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/assets/fp_logo.png 1.30kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/assets/fp-style.css 1.23kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/assets/jquery.datetimepicker.css 10.46kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/assets/jquery.datetimepicker.js 57.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/debug-info.php 632.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/general-screen.php 5.62kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/init.php 251.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/meta-box.php 7.60kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/page-handler.php 6.87kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/admin/scheduled-posts.php 2.75kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/ 464.11kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/ 464.11kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/cAuth_session.php 785.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/cAuth.php 3.01kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/cAuthProviderModel.php 501.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/config.php 448.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/general_function.php 1.46kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/index.php 365.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/providers/ 10.46kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/providers/Facebook.php 3.20kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/providers/LinkedIn.php 3.25kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/providers/Twitter.php 4.01kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/ 447.12kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/ 123.42kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/ 123.42kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/autoload.php 2.44kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/ 120.98kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/ 120.98kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/Entities/ 18.54kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/Entities/AccessToken.php 9.68kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/Entities/SignedRequest.php 8.86kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookAuthorizationException.php 1.22kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookCanvasLoginHelper.php 1.75kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookClientException.php 1.20kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookJavaScriptLoginHelper.php 1.48kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookOtherException.php 1.20kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookPageTabHelper.php 2.46kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookPermissionException.php 1.21kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookRedirectLoginHelper.php 9.56kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookRequest.php 7.93kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookRequestException.php 5.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookResponse.php 5.16kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookSDKException.php 1.18kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookServerException.php 1.20kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookSession.php 10.20kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookSignedRequestFromInputHelper.php 3.96kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/FacebookThrottleException.php 1.21kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/GraphAlbum.php 3.96kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/GraphLocation.php 2.42kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/GraphObject.php 4.62kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/GraphPage.php 1.75kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/GraphSessionInfo.php 2.71kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/GraphUser.php 3.27kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/GraphUserPage.php 2.17kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/HttpClients/ 25.12kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/HttpClients/certs/ 1.33kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/HttpClients/certs/DigiCertHighAssuranceEVRootCA.pem 1.33kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/HttpClients/FacebookCurl.php 2.77kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/HttpClients/FacebookCurlHttpClient.php 8.33kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/HttpClients/FacebookGuzzleHttpClient.php 3.61kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/HttpClients/FacebookHttpable.php 1.97kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/HttpClients/FacebookStream.php 2.13kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Facebook/facebook-php-sdk-v4-4.0-dev/src/Facebook/HttpClients/FacebookStreamHttpClient.php 4.97kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/LinkedIn/ 10.03kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/LinkedIn/index.php 1.28kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/LinkedIn/Lib/ 8.75kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/LinkedIn/Lib/LinkedIn.php 8.75kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Pinterest/ 21.66kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Pinterest/index.php 534.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Pinterest/Lib/ 5.59kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Pinterest/Lib/PinterestAPI.php 5.59kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Pinterest/step_1.png 15.54kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Twitter/ 292.02kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Twitter/codebird/ 289.79kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Twitter/codebird/cacert.pem 239.22kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Twitter/codebird/codebird.php 50.56kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Twitter/index.php 2.22kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/class/cAuth/Third Party/Twitter/Twitter.php 10.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/facebook-return-handler.php 2.74kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/functions.php 3.27kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/new-post-update-status.php 9.35kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/lib/reset-all-settings.php 499.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/facebook-publish/readme.txt 3.27kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Facebook Publish add to WordPress?

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin Facebook Publish?

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by Facebook Publish?

Option Name   Known Conflicts
fp_settings Potential conflict with 1 plugin or theme

During use Facebook Publish 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.

What new PHP functions does Facebook Publish declare when it is active?

Function   Conflicts Common Errors
current_page_url 8 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare current_page_url()
fp_activate 2 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_activate()
fp_plugin_action_links 1 conflict Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_plugin_action_links()
fp_save_settings 1 conflict Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_save_settings()
my_admin_notice 30 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare my_admin_notice()
pre 34 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare pre()
cdlc_error_admin_notice 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cdlc_error_admin_notice()
cdlc_show_notification 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cdlc_show_notification()
cdlc_success_admin_notice 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare cdlc_success_admin_notice()
fp_add_meta_box 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_add_meta_box()
fp_admin_tabs 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_admin_tabs()
fp_authorize_btn_js 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_authorize_btn_js()
fp_cron_function 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_cron_function()
fp_debug_info 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_debug_info()
fp_debug_info_page 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_debug_info_page()
fp_debuginfo 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_debuginfo()
fp_facebook_api_settings 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_facebook_api_settings()
fp_general_settings 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_general_settings()
fp_handle_facebook 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_handle_facebook()
fp_increment_post_count 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_increment_post_count()
fp_meta_box_callback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_meta_box_callback()
fp_post_handler 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_post_handler()
fp_post_is_scheduled 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_post_is_scheduled()
fp_post_to_fb 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_post_to_fb()
fp_post_to_fb_page 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_post_to_fb_page()
fp_print_fb_pages 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_print_fb_pages()
fp_publish_post 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_publish_post()
fp_reset_plugin_data 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_reset_plugin_data()
fp_schedule_this_post 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_schedule_this_post()
fp_settings 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_settings()
fp_settings_page 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_settings_page()
fp_settings_scheduledposts 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_settings_scheduledposts()
fp_settings_scheduledposts_page 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_settings_scheduledposts_page()
fp_wp_admin_style 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fp_wp_admin_style()
render_magic_quote 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare render_magic_quote()

Using Facebook Publish 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 Facebook Publish from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install facebook-publish


How to activate Facebook Publish from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install facebook-publish --activate


How to reinstall Facebook Publish from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install facebook-publish --force


How to update Facebook Publish to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update facebook-publish


How to delete Facebook Publish from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete facebook-publish

Where can you download earlier versions of Facebook Publish?

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 Facebook Publish 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 Facebook Publish

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