wpsnoop: fix Counsel theme conflicts, errors & issues

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

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

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What does Counsel version 1.0.8 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Counsel to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.0.8 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 1.0.8 of Counsel 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 Counsel 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: Counsel

Theme Slug: counsel Internal ID: 107006 Addon Type: > Theme Version: 1.0.8 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 74 (2.79MB) Short Codes: [ / ] 0 Database Tables: 0 Function Count: 36

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Which new files does Counsel add to WordPress?

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The theme Counsel added 74 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/themes/counsel/	2.79MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/404.php	351.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/archive.php	2.12kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/	2.34MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/	1.11MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/	1.11MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/admin.css	360.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/editor-style.css	3.39kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/font-awesome.4.7.0.css	39.61kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/font-awesome.4.7.0.min.css	30.97kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/fonts/	1.04MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot	161.86kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.svg	436.57kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf	161.67kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff	95.73kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2	75.35kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/css/fonts/FontAwesome.otf	131.65kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/js/	479.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/js/admin.js	383.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/admin/js/customizer.js	96.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/	1.23MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/images/	1.13MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/images/bg_direction_nav.png	1.82kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/images/flowers.jpg	178.48kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/images/forest.jpg	323.50kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/images/spring.jpg	332.75kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/images/street.jpg	325.14kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/js/	94.93kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/js/custom.js	2.12kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/js/custom.min.js	1.64kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/js/html5shiv.js	10.41kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/js/html5shiv.min.js	2.67kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/js/jquery.flexslider-min.js	16.45kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/js/jquery.flexslider.js	41.03kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/js/respond.js	9.02kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/js/respond.min.js	4.91kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/js/superfish.js	3.74kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/assets/global/js/superfish.min.js	2.94kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/author.php	1.76kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/category.php	1.62kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/comments.php	1.45kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/footer.php	922.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/front-page.php	1.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/functions.php	22.97kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/header.php	1.92kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/home.php	1.24kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/includes/	33.53kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/includes/customizer_constants.php	951.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/includes/customizer_extended.php	660.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/includes/customizer.php	31.96kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/index.php	935.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/languages/	61.61kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/languages/counsel.pot	8.51kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/languages/es_ES.mo	2.79kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/languages/es_ES.po	8.96kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/languages/fr_FR.mo	5.96kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/languages/fr_FR.po	10.48kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/languages/it_IT.mo	3.22kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/languages/it_IT.po	9.54kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/languages/nl_NL.mo	3.02kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/languages/nl_NL.po	8.99kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/languages/Translation-readme.txt	147.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/license.txt	18.00kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/loop.php	1.39kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/page.php	1.30kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/readme.txt	8.23kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/screenshot.png	224.97kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/search.php	1.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/searchform.php	446.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/sidebar-footer.php	1.02kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/sidebar.php	776.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/single.php	2.14kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/style.css	72.73kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/counsel/tag.php	1.57kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Counsel add to WordPress?

The theme Counsel 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 Counsel?

Counsel 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 Counsel?

When Counsel 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
Counsel
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo		Potential conflict with 8767 plugins or themes
a:1:{s:16:"sidebars_widgets";a:2:{s:4:"time";i:1645542169;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_counsel		The theme_mods_counsel option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:18:"nav_menu_locations";a:0:{}}

During use Counsel 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 Counsel there were 4 options still present in the wp-options table:

current_theme
theme_mods_counsel
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo
theme_switched

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What new PHP functions does Counsel declare when it is active?

Installing Counsel added 36 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
counsel_404_show	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_404_show()
counsel_admin_panel_style	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_admin_panel_style()
counsel_archive_nav	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_archive_nav()
counsel_auto_excerpt_more	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_auto_excerpt_more()
counsel_blog_template_heading_text	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_blog_template_heading_text()
counsel_body_class	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_body_class()
counsel_carousel_featured_slideshow_show	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_carousel_featured_slideshow_show()
counsel_comment_callback	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_comment_callback()
counsel_cta_section_show	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_cta_section_show()
counsel_customizer_options	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_customizer_options()
counsel_customizer_setup	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_customizer_setup()
counsel_date_text	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_date_text()
counsel_enqueue	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_enqueue()
counsel_enqueue_ie_script	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_enqueue_ie_script()
counsel_excerpt_length	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_excerpt_length()
counsel_get_option	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_get_option()
counsel_get_sanitize_filter	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_get_sanitize_filter()
counsel_get_sections	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_get_sections()
counsel_is_blog_heading_text	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_is_blog_heading_text()
counsel_is_home	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_is_home()
counsel_live_preview_scripts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_live_preview_scripts()
counsel_logo	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_logo()
counsel_nav	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_nav()
counsel_nav_fallback	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_nav_fallback()
counsel_post_nav	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_post_nav()
counsel_sanitize_checkbox	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_sanitize_checkbox()
counsel_sanitize_hex_color	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_sanitize_hex_color()
counsel_sanitize_html	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_sanitize_html()
counsel_sanitize_media_upload	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_sanitize_media_upload()
counsel_sanitize_nohtml	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_sanitize_nohtml()
counsel_sanitize_none	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_sanitize_none()
counsel_sanitize_select	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_sanitize_select()
counsel_sanitize_url	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_sanitize_url()
counsel_setup	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_setup()
counsel_sidebars	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_sidebars()
counsel_social_section_show	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare counsel_social_section_show()

Using Counsel 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 Counsel from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install counsel

How to activate Counsel from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install counsel --activate

How to reinstall Counsel from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install counsel --force

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

wp theme update counsel

How to delete Counsel from the command line with WP-CLI

wp theme delete counsel --force

Where can you download earlier versions of Counsel?

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 Counsel 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 Counsel

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