wpsnoop: fix Looper theme conflicts, errors & issues

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


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

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What does Looper version 1.0.7 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Looper to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.0.7 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 1.0.7 of Looper 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 Looper 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.

Which new files does Looper add to WordPress?

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Type & Path Size Conflicts
wp-content/themes/looper/ 2.31MB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/404.php 762.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/archive.php 1.48kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/ 1.53MB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/css/ 289.16kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/css/bootstrap.css 142.59kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/css/bootstrap.min.css 118.36kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/css/style.css 28.21kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/fonts/ 1.10MB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/fonts/font-awesome.css 36.54kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/fonts/font-awesome.min.css 30.27kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot 161.86kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.svg 433.96kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf 161.67kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff 95.73kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2 75.35kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/fonts/FontAwesome.otf 131.65kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/js/ 143.74kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/js/bootstrap.js 68.07kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/js/bootstrap.min.js 36.18kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/js/main.js 273.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/js/menu.js No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/js/modernizr.custom.js 24.45kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/js/modernizr.custom.min.js 14.77kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/assets/wp_bootstrap_navwalker.php 7.03kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/comments.php 2.93kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/contents/ 8.21kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/contents/content-masonry.php 1.25kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/contents/content-none.php 1.19kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/contents/content-page.php 1.43kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/contents/content-search.php 680.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/contents/content-single.php 1.37kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/contents/content-sticky.php 1.12kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/contents/content.php 1.19kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/footer.php 848.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/functions.php 137.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/header.php 708.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/inc/ 185.73kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/inc/class-tgm.php 156.45kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/inc/customizer.php 6.31kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/inc/functions.php 9.67kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/inc/template-hooks.php 8.87kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/inc/translation/ 4.43kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/inc/translation/looper.pot 4.43kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/index.php 1.06kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/license.txt 15.05kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/page.php 530.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/readme.txt 2.53kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/screenshot.png 571.18kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/search.php 1.58kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/sidebar.php 254.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/single.php 533.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/style.css 933.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/looper/template-home.php 3.78kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Looper add to WordPress?

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress theme Looper?

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

Option Name   Known Conflicts
current_theme Potential conflict with 8753 plugins or themes
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo Potential conflict with 8767 plugins or themes
theme_switched Potential conflict with 8753 plugins or themes
theme_mods_looper The theme_mods_looper option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

During use Looper 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.

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

Function   Conflicts Common Errors
load_tgm_plugin_activation 2919 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare load_tgm_plugin_activation()
tgmpa 2969 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tgmpa()
tgmpa_load_bulk_installer 2936 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tgmpa_load_bulk_installer()
looper_apply_color 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_apply_color()
looper_author_bio 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_author_bio()
looper_comments 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_comments()
looper_entry_meta 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_entry_meta()
looper_excerpt_length 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_excerpt_length()
looper_move_comment_field_to_bottom 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_move_comment_field_to_bottom()
looper_new_excerpt_more 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_new_excerpt_more()
looper_next_prev_post 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_next_prev_post()
looper_post_cat 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_post_cat()
looper_primary_menu_fallback 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_primary_menu_fallback()
looper_register_required_plugins 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_register_required_plugins()
looper_register_sidebars 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_register_sidebars()
looper_sanitize_checkbox 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_sanitize_checkbox()
looper_sanitize_dropdown_pages 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_sanitize_dropdown_pages()
looper_sanitize_field_html 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_sanitize_field_html()
looper_scripts_and_styles 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_scripts_and_styles()
looper_share 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_share()
looper_template_copyright 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_template_copyright()
looper_template_header 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_template_header()
looper_theme_customizer 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_theme_customizer()
looper_theme_setup 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_theme_setup()
looper_theme_support 0 conflicts Fatal error: Cannot redeclare looper_theme_support()

Using Looper 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 Looper from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install looper


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

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

wp theme install looper --activate


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

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

wp theme install looper --force


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

wp theme update looper


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

wp theme delete looper --force

Where can you download earlier versions of Looper?

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 Looper 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 Looper

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