wpsnoop: fix Question and Answer Forum plugin conflicts, errors & issues

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

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

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What does Question and Answer Forum version 2.1.3 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Question and Answer Forum to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 2.1.3 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 2.1.3 of Question and Answer Forum 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 Question and Answer Forum 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: Question and Answer Forum

Plugin Slug: question-and-answer-forum Internal ID: 57025 Addon Type: Plugin Version: 2.1.3 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 41 (190.35kB) Short Codes: [ / ] 4 Database Tables: 0 Function Count: 44 Code Review: Search Provit

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Which new files does Question and Answer Forum add to WordPress?

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The plugin Question and Answer Forum added 41 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/	190.35kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/addquestion.php	5.10kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/adminstyle.css	481.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/ajax-setup.php	623.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/ajax.js	2.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/ajax.js.php	1.90kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/Akismet.class.php	11.90kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/answeremail.php	2.95kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/askquestionform.php	1.52kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/choosebestans.php	0.98kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/config.php	202.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/coreform.php	3.07kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/	96.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-es_ES.mo	2.98kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-es_ES.po	4.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-fa_IR.mo	6.45kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-fa_IR.mo.r0		No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-fa_IR.mo.r559020	6.45kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-fa_IR.po	14.04kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-fr_FR.mo	4.19kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-fr_FR.po	8.51kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-nl_NL.mo	3.04kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-nl_NL.po	7.60kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-pt_PT.mo	3.03kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-pt_PT.po	4.31kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-ru_RU.mo	3.75kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-ru_RU.po	8.51kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-tr_TR.mo	6.12kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum-tr_TR.po	6.12kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/languages/qna-forum.pot	6.74kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/options-page.php	17.44kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/postcomments.php	448.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/querys.php	4.75kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/questions.php	12.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/quser-update.php	931.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/qusers.php	11.15kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/rateanswer.php	1.83kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/readme.txt	5.47kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/spamquestions.php	560.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/statuses.php	6.33kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/question-and-answer-forum/style.css	2.19kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Question and Answer Forum add to WordPress?

The plugin Question and Answer Forum added 4 new shortcodes when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

ShortCode		Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
[bloginfo]		The bloginfo shortcode has potential conflicts with at least 11 other plugins or themes.
[list_questions]		The list_questions shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[qarchive_link]		The qarchive_link shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[question_form]		The question_form 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 Question and Answer Forum?

Question and Answer Forum 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 Question and Answer Forum?

When Question and Answer Forum was activated and loaded for the first time it created 7 new options in the wp_options table. Any known conflicts will be shown in red.

Option Name		Known Conflicts
q_answerratings		The q_answerratings option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
FALSE
q_bestans		The q_bestans option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
FALSE
q_bestans_link		The q_bestans_link option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
Select as Best Answer
q_bestans_title		The q_bestans_title option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
<h4>Best Answer</h4>
q_loginrequired_ask		The q_loginrequired_ask option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
TRUE
q_logintorate		The q_logintorate option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
TURE
qanda_random_key		The qanda_random_key option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
plqspytj7rxzo3frronzodapc

During use Question and Answer Forum 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 Question and Answer Forum there were 8 options still present in the wp-options table:

q_answerratings
q_bestans
q_bestans_link
q_bestans_title
q_loginrequired_ask
q_logintorate
qanda_random_key
recently_activated

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What new PHP functions does Question and Answer Forum declare when it is active?

Installing Question and Answer Forum added 44 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
bloginfo_shortcode	2 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bloginfo_shortcode()
add_question_db_widget	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare add_question_db_widget()
create_question_post_type	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare create_question_post_type()
create_quser_post_type	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare create_quser_post_type()
enqueue_question_scripts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare enqueue_question_scripts()
enqueue_question_styles	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare enqueue_question_styles()
get_best_ans_id	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_best_ans_id()
q_activate	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_activate()
q_admin_head	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_admin_head()
q_answeremail_message	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_answeremail_message()
q_answeremail_subject	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_answeremail_subject()
q_ask_question_ajax	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_ask_question_ajax()
q_author_profile_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_author_profile_link()
q_choose_bestans	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_choose_bestans()
q_comm_reply_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_comm_reply_link()
q_commfilter	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_commfilter()
q_create_profilepage	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_create_profilepage()
q_db_widget	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_db_widget()
q_deactivate	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_deactivate()
q_delete_quser_pages	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_delete_quser_pages()
q_generate_quser_pages	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_generate_quser_pages()
q_header_code	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_header_code()
q_list_questions	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_list_questions()
q_loginform	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_loginform()
q_newanswer	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_newanswer()
q_quser_update_ajax	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_quser_update_ajax()
q_quser_update_form	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_quser_update_form()
q_quserfilter	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_quserfilter()
q_register_form	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_register_form()
q_the_author	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare q_the_author()
qanda_cancel_answer_email_notifications	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qanda_cancel_answer_email_notifications()
qanda_notices_set_as_publish	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qanda_notices_set_as_publish()
qanda_notices_set_as_spam	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qanda_notices_set_as_spam()
qanda_notices_status_failed	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qanda_notices_status_failed()
qanda_post_states	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qanda_post_states()
qanda_poststates_author_filter	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qanda_poststates_author_filter()
qanda_publish_question_action	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qanda_publish_question_action()
qanda_question_edit_row_action	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qanda_question_edit_row_action()
qanda_random_string	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qanda_random_string()
qarchive_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qarchive_link()
qoptions_menu	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qoptions_menu()
qoptions_page	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare qoptions_page()
question_cat_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare question_cat_link()
question_form	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare question_form()

Using Question and Answer Forum 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 Question and Answer Forum from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install question-and-answer-forum

How to activate Question and Answer Forum from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate Question and Answer Forum after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install question-and-answer-forum --activate

How to reinstall Question and Answer Forum from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install question-and-answer-forum --force

How to update Question and Answer Forum to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update question-and-answer-forum

How to delete Question and Answer Forum from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete question-and-answer-forum

Where can you download earlier versions of Question and Answer Forum?

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 Question and Answer Forum 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 Question and Answer Forum

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 Question and Answer Forum. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.