wpsnoop: fix Vertical Slideshow plugin conflicts, errors & issues

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

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

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What does Vertical Slideshow version 2.3 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Vertical Slideshow to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 2.3 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 2.3 of Vertical Slideshow 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 Vertical Slideshow 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: Vertical Slideshow

Plugin Slug: wp-vertical-gallery Internal ID: 90283 Addon Type: Plugin Version: 2.3 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 62 (491.70kB) Short Codes: [ / ] 1 Database Tables: 3 Function Count: 8 Code Review: Search Provit

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Which new files does Vertical Slideshow add to WordPress?

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The plugin Vertical Slideshow added 62 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/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/	491.70kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/css/	5.24kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/css/admin.css	642.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/css/data_tables.css	1.79kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/css/default.css	2.82kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/functions.php	12.46kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/html/	39.57kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/html/about.php	1.40kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/html/albums_rows.php	1.85kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/html/cache.php	572.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/html/edit_album.php	2.98kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/html/edit_image.php	3.59kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/html/images_rows.php	2.14kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/html/manage_album.php	6.73kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/html/manage.php	3.22kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/html/settings.php	17.09kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/	66.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/back_disabled.jpg	612.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/back_enabled.jpg	807.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/favicon.ico	894.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/forward_disabled.jpg	635.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/forward_enabled.jpg	852.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/loading.gif	61.09kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/sort_asc_disabled.png	252.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/sort_asc.png	263.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/sort_both.png	282.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/sort_desc_disabled.png	251.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/images/sort_desc.png	260.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/	209.96kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/AC_RunActiveContent.js	7.84kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/admin.js	11.24kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/jscolor/	40.06kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/jscolor/arrow.gif	66.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/jscolor/cross.gif	83.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/jscolor/demo.html	186.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/jscolor/hs.png	2.62kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/jscolor/hv.png	2.80kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/jscolor/jscolor.js	26.82kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/jscolor/Thumbs.db	7.50kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/paging.js	2.59kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/setting.js	961.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/swfupload/	77.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/swfupload/js/	77.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/swfupload/js/fileprogress.js	6.60kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/swfupload/js/handlers.js	6.28kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/swfupload/js/swfupload.js	37.76kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/swfupload/js/swfupload.queue.js	3.40kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/swfupload/js/swfupload.swf	12.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/swfupload/js/TestImageNoText_65x29.png	1.10kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/swfupload/js/upload.php	9.75kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/js/wp_vertical.swf	70.15kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/readme.txt	3.44kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/screenshot-1.jpg	59.68kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/screenshot-2.gif	8.42kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/screenshot-3.gif	8.35kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/screenshot-4.gif	29.77kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/screenshot-5.gif	7.15kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/screenshot-6.gif	12.28kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/vertical.php	29.31kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wp-vertical-gallery/xml/		No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/uploads/vertical/		No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Vertical Slideshow add to WordPress?

The plugin Vertical Slideshow added 1 new shortcode when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

ShortCode		Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
[vertical]		The vertical 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 Vertical Slideshow?

Vertical Slideshow created 3 new database tables when it was installed in our test environment:

Table name	Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
wp_vrt_albums	The wp_vrt_albums table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_vrt_images	The wp_vrt_images table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_vrt_misc	The wp_vrt_misc table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

After uninstalling and deleting Vertical Slideshow using WP-CLI there were 2 database tables that still remained:

Table name	Status
wp_vrt_albums	Orphan/Zombie
wp_vrt_images	Orphan/Zombie

Click the table name above for more information on what the orphan tables could mean to your WordPress installation and some tips on how to deal with it.

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

When Vertical Slideshow was activated and loaded for the first time it created 2 new options in the wp_options table. Any known conflicts will be shown in red.

Option Name		Known Conflicts
vrt_settings		The vrt_settings option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:36:{s:11:"bannerWidth";s:3:"736";s:12:"bannerHeight";s:3:"600";s:15:"backgroundColor";s:7:"#ffffff";s:5:"wmode";s:11:"transparent";s:5:"delay";s:4:"6000";s:18:"slideshow_bg_color";s:6:"003366";s:19:"bg_gradient_color_2";s:6:"000000";s:17:"titlebar_bg_color";s:6:"FFFFFF";s:26:"descriptionBackgroundAlpha";s:3:"0.5";s:9:"fontcolor";s:7:"#000000";s:8:"fontsize";s:2:"15";s:15:"thumbnail_width";s:3:"100";s:16:"thumbnail_height";s:2:"65";s:17:"thumbnail_spacing";s:1:"5";s:18:"thumbnail_bg_color";s:6:"003366";s:22:"thumbnail_bar_position";s:4:"left";s:17:"tooltip_font_size";s:2:"18";s:12:"tooltipAlpha";s:1:"1";s:18:"tooltip_font_color";s:7:"#FFFFFF";s:16:"tooltip_bg_color";s:6:"3399FF";s:10:"fullscreen";s:2:"on";s:19:"bg_gradient_color_1";s:6:"003366";s:17:"bg_gradient_angle";s:1:"0";s:17:"gradient_filltype";s:6:"radial";s:15:"gradient_enable";s:1:"1";s:21:"thumb_highlight_color";s:6:"FF0000";s:18:"thumb_marker_alpha";s:3:"0.5";s:16:"marker_thickness";s:1:"5";s:11:"marker_type";s:4:"line";s:18:"thumb_scroll_speed";s:2:"10";s:11:"image_Scale";s:1:"0";s:15:"thumbnail_Scale";s:1:"0";s:13:"showimg_title";s:3:"yes";s:9:"show_desc";s:3:"yes";s:14:"imglink_enable";s:1:"1";s:6:"target";s:5:"_self";}
widget_verticalwidget		The widget_verticalwidget option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:12:"_multiwidget";i:1;}

During use Vertical Slideshow 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 Vertical Slideshow there were 2 options still present in the wp-options table:

recently_activated
widget_verticalwidget

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What new PHP functions does Vertical Slideshow declare when it is active?

Installing Vertical Slideshow added 8 new function 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
__get_vrt_xml_settings	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare __get_vrt_xml_settings()
__get_vrt_xml_template	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare __get_vrt_xml_template()
display_vrt_gallery	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare display_vrt_gallery()
shortcode_display_vrt_gallery	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shortcode_display_vrt_gallery()
vrt_get_album_dir	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vrt_get_album_dir()
vrt_get_album_url	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vrt_get_album_url()
vrt_get_def_settings	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vrt_get_def_settings()
vrt_get_table_actions	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare vrt_get_table_actions()

Using Vertical Slideshow 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 Vertical Slideshow from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install wp-vertical-gallery

How to activate Vertical Slideshow from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install wp-vertical-gallery --activate

How to reinstall Vertical Slideshow from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp plugin install wp-vertical-gallery --force

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

wp plugin update wp-vertical-gallery

How to delete Vertical Slideshow from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete wp-vertical-gallery

Where can you download earlier versions of Vertical Slideshow?

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 Vertical Slideshow 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 Vertical Slideshow

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