wpsnoop: fix Gossip theme conflicts, errors & issues

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

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

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What does Gossip version 2.0.3 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Gossip to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 2.0.3 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 2.0.3 of Gossip 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 Gossip 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: Gossip

Theme Slug: gossip Internal ID: 110487 Addon Type: > Theme Version: 2.0.3 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 80 (1.66MB) Short Codes: [ / ] 0 Database Tables: 0 Function Count: 17

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Which new files does Gossip add to WordPress?

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The theme Gossip added 80 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/themes/gossip/	1.66MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/404.php	1.36kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/archive.php	1.21kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/	1.36MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/css/	316.60kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/css/animate.css	69.15kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/css/bootstrap.css	188.49kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/css/font-awesome.css	32.45kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/css/gossip-editor-style.css	151.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/css/style.css	26.35kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/fonts/	795.96kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot	67.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.svg	347.64kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf	134.96kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff	79.38kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2	62.95kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/fonts/FontAwesome.otf	103.77kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/img/	95.14kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/img/banner-image.jpg	90.44kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/img/logo.png	4.70kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/js/	156.84kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/js/bootstrap.js	148.32kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/js/custom.js	3.47kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/js/mtree.js	5.05kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/	31.56kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/footer/	2.18kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/footer/_footer-copyright.scss	545.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/footer/_footer-widget.scss	1.65kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/header/	9.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/header/_nav.scss	6.44kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/header/_searchform.scss	1.41kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/header/_social.scss	1.23kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/layout/	6.72kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/layout/_pagination.scss	0.98kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/layout/_post-comments.scss	2.15kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/layout/_post-gallery.scss	319.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/layout/_post-link.scss	573.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/layout/_post-quote.scss	744.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/layout/_sidebar.scss	1.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/layout/_single-post-author.scss	876.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/style.scss	817.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/utilities/	12.78kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/utilities/_default.scss	6.48kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/utilities/_logo.scss	657.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/utilities/_settings.scss	1.93kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/utilities/_wp-calendar.scss	1.61kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/assets/scss/utilities/_wp-core.scss	2.12kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/comments.php	2.68kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/config.rb	350.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/footer.php	1.46kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/functions.php	13.96kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/header.php	7.17kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/inc/	10.60kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/inc/custom-header.php	4.21kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/inc/custom-menu.php	785.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/inc/extras.php	575.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/inc/jetpack.php	935.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/inc/template-tags.php	4.14kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/index.php	1.40kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/languages/	5.65kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/languages/gossip.pot	5.65kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/license.txt	17.67kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/page.php	1.39kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/readme.txt	4.00kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/rtl.css	22.65kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/screenshot.png	191.62kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/search.php	1.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/sidebar.php	435.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/single.php	2.66kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/style.css	1.02kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/template-parts/	12.45kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/template-parts/content-aside.php	1.65kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/template-parts/content-audio.php	1.76kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/template-parts/content-gallery.php	1.84kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/template-parts/content-image.php	1.83kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/template-parts/content-link.php	0.98kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/template-parts/content-quote.php	911.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/template-parts/content-video.php	1.71kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/template-parts/content.php	1.79kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/gossip/woocommerce.php	654.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Gossip add to WordPress?

The theme Gossip 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 Gossip?

Gossip 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 Gossip?

When Gossip 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
Gossip
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo		Potential conflict with 8767 plugins or themes
a:1:{s:16:"sidebars_widgets";a:2:{s:4:"time";i:1645523299;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_gossip		The theme_mods_gossip option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:18:"nav_menu_locations";a:0:{}}

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

current_theme
theme_mods_gossip
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo
theme_switched

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

Installing Gossip added 17 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
gossip_add_editor_styles	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_add_editor_styles()
gossip_admin_header_image	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_admin_header_image()
gossip_admin_header_style	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_admin_header_style()
gossip_body_classes	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_body_classes()
gossip_categorized_blog	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_categorized_blog()
gossip_category_transient_flusher	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_category_transient_flusher()
gossip_content_width	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_content_width()
gossip_customizer_register	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_customizer_register()
gossip_customizer_styles	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_customizer_styles()
gossip_entry_footer	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_entry_footer()
gossip_header_style	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_header_style()
gossip_infinite_scroll_render	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_infinite_scroll_render()
gossip_jetpack_setup	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_jetpack_setup()
gossip_posted_on	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_posted_on()
gossip_scripts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_scripts()
gossip_setup	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_setup()
gossip_widgets_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare gossip_widgets_init()

Using Gossip 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 Gossip from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install gossip

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

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

wp theme install gossip --activate

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

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

wp theme install gossip --force

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

wp theme update gossip

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

wp theme delete gossip --force

Where can you download earlier versions of Gossip?

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 Gossip 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 Gossip

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