wpsnoop: fix Citizen Journal theme conflicts, errors & issues

When the theme Citizen Journal 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 Citizen Journal, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with Citizen Journal.

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

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What does Citizen Journal version 1.1.3 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Citizen Journal to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.1.3 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 1.1.3 of Citizen Journal behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this theme 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 Citizen Journal by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this theme 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 theme analysis: Citizen Journal

Theme Slug: citizen-journal Internal ID: 106207 Addon Type: > Theme Version: 1.1.3 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 57 (409.57kB) Short Codes: [ / ] 0 Database Tables: 0 Function Count: 21

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Which new files does Citizen Journal add to WordPress?

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The theme Citizen Journal added 57 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/	409.57kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/404.php	1.51kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/archive.php	2.02kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/author.php	2.35kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/category.php	2.00kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/changelog.txt	768.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/comments.php	2.01kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/content-aside.php	1.49kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/content-gallery.php	3.78kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/content-image.php	1.29kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/content-page.php	599.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/content-single.php	2.17kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/content.php	3.05kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/editor-style.css	1.64kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/footer.php	843.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/full-width-page.php	488.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/functions.php	14.92kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/header.php	1.39kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/image.php	5.21kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/index.php	1.50kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/languages/	4.88kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/languages/default.mo	587.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/languages/default.po	4.31kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/	252.42kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/css/	18.70kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/css/default.css	18.70kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/	170.72kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/bg.jpg	24.67kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/bullet.png	1.20kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/custom-post-icon.png	462.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/favicon.png	2.10kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/headers/	100.67kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/headers/header-thumbnail.jpg	7.84kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/headers/header.jpg	92.83kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/icon-search.png	3.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/nothumb.gif	1.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/page-header.png	13.15kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/reply.png	1.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/replyt-title.png	1.90kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/sticky.jpg	15.99kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/trans.png	924.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/white.png	2.45kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/images/widget-title.png	1.90kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/js/	63.00kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/js/modernizr-2.6.1.min.js	14.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/js/modernizr.js	48.66kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/library/js/scripts.js	269.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/license.txt	14.77kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/page.php	495.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/readme.txt	1.67kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/rtl.css	2.72kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/screenshot.png	49.28kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/search.php	1.51kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/sidebar.php	818.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/single.php	704.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/style.css	29.40kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/citizen-journal/tag.php	1.99kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Citizen Journal add to WordPress?

The theme Citizen Journal did not add any shortcodes when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress theme Citizen Journal?

Citizen Journal did not create any new database tables when it was installed. It is possible that the theme 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 Citizen Journal?

When Citizen Journal was activated and loaded for the first time it created 4 new options in the wp_options table. Any known conflicts will be shown in red.

Option Name		Known Conflicts
current_theme		Potential conflict with 8753 plugins or themes
Citizen Journal
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo		Potential conflict with 8767 plugins or themes
a:1:{s:16:"sidebars_widgets";a:2:{s:4:"time";i:1645535662;s:4:"data";a:3:{s:19:"wp_inactive_widgets";a:0:{}s:9:"sidebar-1";a:3:{i:0;s:7:"block-2";i:1;s:7:"block-3";i:2;s:7:"block-4";}s:9:"sidebar-2";a:2:{i:0;s:7:"block-5";i:1;s:7:"block-6";}}}}
theme_switched		Potential conflict with 8753 plugins or themes
(empty string)
theme_mods_citizen-journal		The theme_mods_citizen-journal option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:18:"nav_menu_locations";a:0:{}}

During use Citizen Journal may or may not create more options depending on how the theme is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

After disabling and deleting Citizen Journal there were 4 options still present in the wp-options table:

current_theme
theme_mods_citizen-journal
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo
theme_switched

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What new PHP functions does Citizen Journal declare when it is active?

Installing Citizen Journal added 21 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
citizenjournal_blogname_rss	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_blogname_rss()
citizenjournal_body_classes	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_body_classes()
citizenjournal_categorized_blog	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_categorized_blog()
citizenjournal_category_transient_flusher	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_category_transient_flusher()
citizenjournal_comment	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_comment()
citizenjournal_content_nav	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_content_nav()
citizenjournal_content_width	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_content_width()
citizenjournal_custom_scripts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_custom_scripts()
citizenjournal_enhanced_image_navigation	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_enhanced_image_navigation()
citizenjournal_enqueue_comment_reply	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_enqueue_comment_reply()
citizenjournal_filter_wp_title	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_filter_wp_title()
citizenjournal_main_nav	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_main_nav()
citizenjournal_main_nav_fallback	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_main_nav_fallback()
citizenjournal_modernizr_addclass	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_modernizr_addclass()
citizenjournal_modernizr_script	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_modernizr_script()
citizenjournal_page_menu_args	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_page_menu_args()
citizenjournal_pagination	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_pagination()
citizenjournal_posted_on	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_posted_on()
citizenjournal_setup	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_setup()
citizenjournal_w3c_valid_rel	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_w3c_valid_rel()
citizenjournal_widgets_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare citizenjournal_widgets_init()

Using Citizen Journal 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 Citizen Journal from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install citizen-journal

How to activate Citizen Journal from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install citizen-journal --activate

How to reinstall Citizen Journal from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install citizen-journal --force

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

wp theme update citizen-journal

How to delete Citizen Journal from the command line with WP-CLI

wp theme delete citizen-journal --force

Where can you download earlier versions of Citizen Journal?

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 Citizen Journal 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 Citizen Journal

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