wpsnoop: fix Gedshow plugin conflicts, errors & issues

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


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

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What does Gedshow version 2.0.13 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Gedshow to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 2.0.13 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 2.0.13 of Gedshow 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 Gedshow 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 Gedshow add to WordPress?

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Type & Path Size Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/ 259.80kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/classes/ 22.91kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/classes/gs_Fact.class.php 11.65kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/classes/gs_Family.class.php 1.28kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/classes/gs_Person.class.php 7.23kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/classes/gs_Union.class.php 2.75kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/csgen.php 51.19kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/gedshow_page_shortcode.php 4.01kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/gedshow_shortcode.php 13.74kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/gedshow_surname_shortcode.php 10.71kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/gedshow_tree_shortcode.php 5.24kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/gedshow.css 10.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/images/ 36.23kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/images/image-lg.png 13.91kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/images/image.png 2.25kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/images/note-lg.png 818.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/images/note.png 1.96kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/images/page.png 268.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/images/spinner.gif 3.57kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/images/tree-small.jpg 13.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/ 97.54kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_anniversary_widget.php 8.50kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_birthday_widget.php 6.14kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_db_handler.php 20.42kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_firstname-handler.php 1.00kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_get_facts.php 3.35kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_get_ind_function.php 16.30kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_get_name_details.php 760.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_get_tree.php 9.60kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_in_memoriam_widget.php 8.54kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_surnames_widget.php 3.58kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_timedate.php 14.21kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/includes/gedshow_udf.inc.php 5.16kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/gedshow/readme.txt 7.87kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Gedshow add to WordPress?

ShortCode   Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
[gedshow] The gedshow shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[gs_individual] The gs_individual shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[gs_tree] The gs_tree shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[surname] The surname 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 Gedshow?

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

Option Name   Known Conflicts
widget_gedshow_anniversary_widget The widget_gedshow_anniversary_widget option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
widget_gedshow_birthday_widget The widget_gedshow_birthday_widget option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
widget_gedshow_in_memoriam_widget The widget_gedshow_in_memoriam_widget option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
widget_gedshow_surnames_widget The widget_gedshow_surnames_widget option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

During use Gedshow 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 Gedshow declare when it is active?

Function   Conflicts Common Errors
check_table 1 conflict Fatal error: Cannot redeclare check_table()
delete_plugin_database_tables 1 conflict Fatal error: Cannot redeclare delete_plugin_database_tables()
get_parents 1 conflict Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_parents()
load_wp_media_files 18 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare load_wp_media_files()
mw_enqueue_color_picker 38 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mw_enqueue_color_picker()
arraysrch 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare arraysrch()
check_date 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare check_date()
dateconv 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dateconv()
dateparse 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dateparse()
dateyear 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dateyear()
fam_block 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare fam_block()
gedshow_addpage 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_addpage()
gedshow_addphoto 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_addphoto()
gedshow_ajaxurl 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_ajaxurl()
gedshow_anniversary_load_widget 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_anniversary_load_widget()
gedshow_birthday_load_widget 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_birthday_load_widget()
gedshow_check_database 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_check_database()
gedshow_enqueue_styles 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_enqueue_styles()
gedshow_get_facts 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_get_facts()
gedshow_get_ind_function 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_get_ind_function()
gedshow_get_name_details 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_get_name_details()
gedshow_get_name_function 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_get_name_function()
gedshow_get_tree 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_get_tree()
gedshow_handle_options 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_handle_options()
gedshow_handle_post 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_handle_post()
gedshow_in_memoriam_load_widget 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_in_memoriam_load_widget()
gedshow_init 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_init()
gedshow_mime_types 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_mime_types()
gedshow_page_shortcode 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_page_shortcode()
gedshow_process_gedcom 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_process_gedcom()
gedshow_set 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_set()
gedshow_settings_link 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_settings_link()
gedshow_setup_menu 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_setup_menu()
gedshow_shortcode 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_shortcode()
gedshow_surname_shortcode 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_surname_shortcode()
gedshow_surnames_load_widget 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_surnames_load_widget()
gedshow_tree_shortcode 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gedshow_tree_shortcode()
get_allindividuals 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_allindividuals()
get_alpha 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_alpha()
get_alpha_names 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_alpha_names()
get_childof 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_childof()
get_facts 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_facts()
get_familiesofindividual 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_familiesofindividual()
get_family 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_family()
get_familyspouses 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_familyspouses()
get_first 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_first()
get_first_names 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_first_names()
get_marriage 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_marriage()
get_namestbl_count 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_namestbl_count()
get_others 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_others()
get_person 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_person()
get_personname 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_personname()
get_photoid 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_photoid()
get_surnames_count 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_surnames_count()
gs_get_pageid 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gs_get_pageid()
head_block 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare head_block()
indi_block 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare indi_block()
julian 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare julian()
note_block 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare note_block()
obje_block 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare obje_block()
parse_fact 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare parse_fact()
parse_note 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare parse_note()
parse_note_array 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare parse_note_array()
parse_note_file 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare parse_note_file()
put_fact 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare put_fact()
put_family 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare put_family()
put_marriage 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare put_marriage()
put_names 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare put_names()
put_note 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare put_note()
put_page 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare put_page()
put_photos 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare put_photos()
repo_block 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare repo_block()
sort_date 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare sort_date()
sour_block 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare sour_block()
subm_block 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare subm_block()
subn_block 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare subn_block()

Using Gedshow 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 Gedshow from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install gedshow


How to activate Gedshow from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install gedshow --activate


How to reinstall Gedshow from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install gedshow --force


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

wp plugin update gedshow


How to delete Gedshow from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete gedshow

Where can you download earlier versions of Gedshow?

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 Gedshow 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 Gedshow

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