wpsnoop: fix Useful Banner Manager plugin conflicts, errors & issues

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


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

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What does Useful Banner Manager version 1.6.1 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Useful Banner Manager to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.6.1 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 1.6.1 of Useful Banner Manager 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 Useful Banner Manager 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 Useful Banner Manager add to WordPress?

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Type & Path Size Conflicts
wp-content/uploads/ The wp-content/uploads/ directory has potential conflicts with at least 1495 other plugins or themes.
wp-content/uploads/2022/ The wp-content/uploads/2022/ directory has potential conflicts with at least 1367 other plugins or themes.
wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ The wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ directory has potential conflicts with at least 1367 other plugins or themes.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/ 319.86kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/banners.php 49.14kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/classes/ 5.73kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/classes/classes.php 42.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/classes/ubm_banners.php 5.69kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/ 113.44kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ 34.22kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-bg_diagonals-thick_18_b81900_40x40.png 418.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-bg_diagonals-thick_20_666666_40x40.png 312.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-bg_flat_10_000000_40x100.png 205.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-bg_glass_100_f6f6f6_1x400.png 262.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-bg_glass_100_fdf5ce_1x400.png 348.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-bg_glass_65_ffffff_1x400.png 207.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-bg_gloss-wave_35_f6a828_500x100.png 5.68kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-bg_highlight-soft_100_eeeeee_1x100.png 278.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-bg_highlight-soft_75_ffe45c_1x100.png 328.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-icons_222222_256x240.png 6.76kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-icons_228ef1_256x240.png 4.44kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-icons_ef8c08_256x240.png 4.44kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-icons_ffd27a_256x240.png 4.44kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/images/ui-icons_ffffff_256x240.png 6.15kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/jquery-ui.css 21.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/jquery-ui.min.css 18.62kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/jquery-ui.structure.css 4.77kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/jquery-ui.structure.min.css 3.79kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/jquery-ui.theme.css 17.01kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/css/jquery-ui.theme.min.css 13.54kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/includes/ 23.30kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/includes/hooks.php 10.38kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/includes/widgets.php 12.92kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/index.php No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/javascript/ 39.19kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/javascript/jquery-ui.min.js 39.19kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/languages/ 37.89kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/languages/useful-banner-manager-es_ES.mo 4.17kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/languages/useful-banner-manager-es_ES.po 8.78kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/languages/useful-banner-manager-fr_FR.mo 3.83kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/languages/useful-banner-manager-fr_FR.po 8.20kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/languages/useful-banner-manager-pl_PL.mo 4.12kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/languages/useful-banner-manager-pl_PL.po 8.78kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/readme.txt 4.31kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/screenshot-1.png 32.92kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/scripts.js 1.46kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/tinymce/ 9.09kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/tinymce/tinymce.js 1.98kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/tinymce/useful-banner-manager-button.png 1.49kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/tinymce/useful-banner-manager.js 1.06kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/tinymce/window.php 4.56kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/useful-banner-manager.php 3.39kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/uploads/useful_banner_manager_banners/ No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Useful Banner Manager add to WordPress?

ShortCode   Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
[useful_banner_manager] The useful_banner_manager shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[useful_banner_manager_banner_rotation] The useful_banner_manager_banner_rotation 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 Useful Banner Manager?

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by Useful Banner Manager?

Option Name   Known Conflicts
ubm_version The ubm_version option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
widget_ubm-banners The widget_ubm-banners option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
widget_ubm-banners-rotation The widget_ubm-banners-rotation option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

During use Useful Banner Manager 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 Useful Banner Manager declare when it is active?

Function   Conflicts Common Errors
ubm_add_banner 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_add_banner()
ubm_add_banners 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_add_banners()
ubm_add_banners_rotation 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_add_banners_rotation()
ubm_add_plugin 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_add_plugin()
ubm_admin_menu 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_admin_menu()
ubm_ajax_tinymce 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_ajax_tinymce()
ubm_delete_banner 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_delete_banner()
ubm_display_banner 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_display_banner()
ubm_get_banner 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_get_banner()
ubm_get_banners 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_get_banners()
ubm_get_rotation_number 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_get_rotation_number()
ubm_init 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_init()
ubm_load_admin_scripts 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_load_admin_scripts()
ubm_load_scripts 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_load_scripts()
ubm_loaded 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_loaded()
ubm_register_button 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_register_button()
ubm_set_rotation_number 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_set_rotation_number()
ubm_update_banner 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_update_banner()
ubm_widget_init 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ubm_widget_init()
useful_banner_manager_banners 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare useful_banner_manager_banners()
useful_banner_manager_banners_rotation 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare useful_banner_manager_banners_rotation()

Using Useful Banner Manager 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 Useful Banner Manager from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install useful-banner-manager


How to activate Useful Banner Manager from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install useful-banner-manager --activate


How to reinstall Useful Banner Manager from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install useful-banner-manager --force


How to update Useful Banner Manager to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update useful-banner-manager


How to delete Useful Banner Manager from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete useful-banner-manager

Where can you download earlier versions of Useful Banner Manager?

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 Useful Banner Manager 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 Useful Banner Manager

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