wpsnoop: fix Visual Categories plugin conflicts, errors & issues
When the plugin Visual Categories 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 Visual Categories, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with Visual Categories.
Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what Visual Categories leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.
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What does Visual Categories version 1.6.0 add to WordPress? Answers Here.
This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Visual Categories to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.6.0 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 1.6.0 of Visual Categories 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 Visual Categories 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: Visual Categories
Plugin Slug: visual-categories
Internal ID: 77501
Addon Type: Plugin
Version: 1.6.0
Price:
Free
Source: WordPress.org
Files: 121 (434.46kB)
Short Codes: [ / ] 0
Database Tables: 0
Function Count: 0
Code Review: Search Provit
Which new files does Visual Categories add to WordPress?
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The plugin Visual Categories added 121 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.
| 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/visual-categories/ | 434.46kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/ | 122.65kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-dark/ | 4.32kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-dark/10.gif | 520.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-dark/12.gif | 560.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-dark/16.gif | 652.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-dark/24.gif | 1.22kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-dark/32.gif | 1.40kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-light/ | 4.32kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-light/10.gif | 520.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-light/12.gif | 560.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-light/16.gif | 652.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-light/24.gif | 1.22kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/gif-light/32.gif | 1.40kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/index.php | 573.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-black/ | 5.27kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-black/10.jpg | 904.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-black/12.jpg | 992.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-black/16.jpg | 1.00kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-black/24.jpg | 1.02kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-black/32.jpg | 1.41kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-white/ | 5.91kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-white/10.jpg | 893.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-white/12.jpg | 990.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-white/16.jpg | 0.98kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-white/24.jpg | 1.34kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/jpg-white/32.jpg | 1.75kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-balloon/ | 16.77kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-balloon/16.png | 3.28kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-balloon/24.png | 3.75kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-balloon/32.png | 4.25kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-balloon/48.png | 5.49kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-billboard/ | 18.14kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-billboard/16.png | 3.39kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-billboard/24.png | 3.94kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-billboard/32.png | 4.60kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-billboard/48.png | 6.20kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-coffeecup/ | 17.87kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-coffeecup/16.png | 3.37kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-coffeecup/24.png | 3.93kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-coffeecup/32.png | 4.52kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-coffeecup/48.png | 6.06kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/ | 25.96kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/01.png | 527.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/02.png | 553.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/03.png | 505.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/04.png | 526.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/05.png | 547.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/06.png | 520.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/07.png | 500.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/08.png | 553.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/09.png | 520.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/10.png | 499.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/11.png | 519.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/12.png | 495.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/13.png | 513.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/14.png | 555.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/15.png | 575.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/16.png | 545.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/17.png | 540.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/18.png | 557.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/19.png | 530.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/20.png | 544.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/21.png | 550.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/22.png | 524.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/23.png | 551.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/24.png | 527.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/25.png | 495.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/26.png | 531.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/27.png | 512.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/28.png | 524.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/29.png | 520.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/30.png | 534.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/31.png | 527.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/32.png | 562.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/33.png | 584.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/34.png | 551.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/35.png | 558.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/36.png | 552.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/37.png | 555.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/38.png | 555.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/39.png | 530.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/40.png | 548.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/41.png | 554.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/42.png | 522.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/43.png | 503.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/44.png | 539.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/45.png | 512.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/46.png | 518.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/47.png | 545.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/48.png | 538.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/49.png | 482.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-color/50.png | 456.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-newspaper/ | 18.64kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-newspaper/16.png | 3.46kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-newspaper/24.png | 4.04kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-newspaper/32.png | 4.72kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-newspaper/48.png | 6.42kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-trans/ | 4.89kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-trans/10.png | 469.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-trans/12.png | 552.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-trans/14.png | 689.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-trans/16.png | 764.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-trans/24.png | 1.06kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/images/png-trans/32.png | 1.41kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/index.php | 573.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/readme.txt | 19.50kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/screenshot-1.png | 33.21kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/screenshot-2.png | 33.82kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/screenshot-3.png | 27.16kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/screenshot-4.png | 31.17kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/uninstall.php | 403.00B | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/viscats.admin.php | 24.97kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/viscats.class.php | 45.75kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/viscats.images.png | 85.69kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/viscats.stripper4.php | 3.52kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/viscats.stripper5.php | 3.56kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
| wp-content/plugins/visual-categories/viscats.widget.php | 2.52kB | No known conflicts with other themes or plugins. |
Which new shortcodes does Visual Categories add to WordPress?
The plugin Visual Categories did not add any shortcodes when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.
Using Visual Categories 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 Visual Categories from the command line with WP-CLI
Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:
wp plugin install visual-categories
How to activate Visual Categories from the command line with WP-CLI
To immediately activate Visual Categories after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:
wp plugin install visual-categories --activate
How to reinstall Visual Categories from the command line with WP-CLI
To force a reinstallation of Visual Categories which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:
wp plugin install visual-categories --force
How to update Visual Categories to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI
wp plugin update visual-categories
How to delete Visual Categories from the command line with WP-CLI
wp plugin delete visual-categories
Where can you download earlier versions of Visual Categories?
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 Visual Categories 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 Visual Categories
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 Visual Categories. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.
