wpsnoop: fix News Flash theme conflicts, errors & issues

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

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

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What does News Flash version 1.1.0 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for News Flash to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.1.0 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 1.1.0 of News Flash 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 News Flash 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: News Flash

Theme Slug: news-flash Internal ID: 115518 Addon Type: > Theme Version: 1.1.0 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 107 (1.90MB) Short Codes: [ / ] 0 Database Tables: 0 Function Count: 31

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Which new files does News Flash add to WordPress?

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The theme News Flash added 107 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/themes/news-flash/	1.90MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/404.php	355.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/	636.24kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/	261.32kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/css/	152.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/css/bootstrap-responsive.css	21.24kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css	131.00kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/css/index.html	2.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/img/	21.07kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/img/glyphicons-halflings-white.png	8.57kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/img/glyphicons-halflings.png	12.50kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/img/index.html	2.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/index.html	2.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/js/	88.00kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.js	57.14kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js	30.86kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/bootstrap/js/index.html	2.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/css/	22.62kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/css/base-admin-style.css	6.46kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/css/chosen.css	12.47kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/css/index.html	2.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/css/selectmenu.css	1.84kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/css/ui.selectmenu.css	1.84kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/engine.php	35.47kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/	168.83kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/1logo-min.png	4.97kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/bg.png	15.82kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/bg1.png	24.32kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/bg2.png	24.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/chosen-sprite.png	742.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/eden.png	2.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/index.html	2.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/logo-min.png	5.09kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/logo-small.png	5.50kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/new_leaf_logo-copy.jpg	44.80kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/no-image.png	24.32kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/only-logo-icon-hd.png	2.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/only-logo-icon.png	4.63kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/images/only-logo.png	10.35kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/index.html	2.37kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/js/	138.29kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/js/chosen.jquery.js	29.34kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/js/index.html	2.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/js/jquery.blockUI.js	24.65kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/js/jquery.form.js	24.82kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/js/less-1.3.3.min.js	56.82kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/js/operations.js	3.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/js/wpeden.js	2.66kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/admin/option-fields.php	7.34kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/bootstrap/	288.59kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/bootstrap/css/	204.43kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css	105.72kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css	98.71kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/bootstrap/js/	84.17kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.js	56.91kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js	27.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/comments.php	2.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/content-aside.php	517.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/content-audio.php	0.99kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/content-chat.php	891.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/content-gallery.php	894.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/content-image.php	517.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/content-link.php	900.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/content-none.php	142.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/content-quote.php	899.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/content-video.php	886.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/content.php	894.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/	642.41kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/font-awesome-4.2.0/	639.81kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/font-awesome-4.2.0/css/	47.50kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/font-awesome-4.2.0/css/font-awesome.css	26.03kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/font-awesome-4.2.0/css/font-awesome.min.css	21.47kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/font-awesome-4.2.0/fonts/	592.32kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/font-awesome-4.2.0/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot	54.69kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/font-awesome-4.2.0/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.svg	280.28kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/font-awesome-4.2.0/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf	109.53kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/font-awesome-4.2.0/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff	63.92kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/font-awesome-4.2.0/fonts/FontAwesome.otf	83.89kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/css/style.less	2.59kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/footer.php	1.12kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/functions.php	12.36kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/header.php	1.63kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/image.php	1.17kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/images/	14.74kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/images/header.png	1.45kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/images/hr.png	106.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/images/only-logo-icon.png	4.63kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/images/right-arrow.png	180.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/images/wpeden-small.png	8.37kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/index.php	650.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/js/	57.72kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/js/less.js	56.82kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/js/site.js	924.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/libs/	4.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/libs/nav-menu-walker.class.php	4.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/loop.php	253.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/page-3cols.php	1.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/page-fullwidth.php	641.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/page-leftsitebar.php	3.23kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/page.php	3.20kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/pagination.php	991.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/readme.txt	1.40kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/screenshot.png	240.77kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/search.php	1.56kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/single.php	2.44kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/slider.php	667.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/news-flash/style.css	20.38kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does News Flash add to WordPress?

The theme News Flash 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 News Flash?

News Flash 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 News Flash?

When News Flash 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
News Flash
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo		Potential conflict with 8767 plugins or themes
a:1:{s:16:"sidebars_widgets";a:2:{s:4:"time";i:1645508101;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_news-flash		The theme_mods_news-flash option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:18:"nav_menu_locations";a:0:{}}

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

current_theme
theme_mods_news-flash
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo
theme_switched

Contact News Flash experts for help

What new PHP functions does News Flash declare when it is active?

Installing News Flash added 31 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
newsflash_color_picker	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_color_picker()
newsflash_comment	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_comment()
newsflash_custom_css	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_custom_css()
newsflash_custom_css_option	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_custom_css_option()
newsflash_enqueue_less_styles	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_enqueue_less_styles()
newsflash_enqueue_scripts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_enqueue_scripts()
newsflash_excerpt_length	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_excerpt_length()
newsflash_favicon	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_favicon()
newsflash_filter_wp_title	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_filter_wp_title()
newsflash_font_css	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_font_css()
newsflash_font_dropdown	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_font_dropdown()
newsflash_get_fonts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_get_fonts()
newsflash_get_layout_type	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_get_layout_type()
newsflash_get_site_logo	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_get_site_logo()
newsflash_get_theme_opts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_get_theme_opts()
newsflash_layout_type	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_layout_type()
newsflash_less_var	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_less_var()
newsflash_post_thumb	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_post_thumb()
newsflash_reset_theme_opts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_reset_theme_opts()
newsflash_setting_field	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_setting_field()
newsflash_setup	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_setup()
newsflash_setup_theme_options	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_setup_theme_options()
newsflash_site_logo	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_site_logo()
newsflash_subsection_heading	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_subsection_heading()
newsflash_theme_admin_scripts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_theme_admin_scripts()
newsflash_theme_opt_menu	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_theme_opt_menu()
newsflash_theme_options	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_theme_options()
newsflash_thumb	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_thumb()
newsflash_validate_optdata	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_validate_optdata()
newsflash_validate_singledata	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_validate_singledata()
newsflash_widget_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare newsflash_widget_init()

Using News Flash 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 News Flash from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install news-flash

How to activate News Flash from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install news-flash --activate

How to reinstall News Flash from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install news-flash --force

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

wp theme update news-flash

How to delete News Flash from the command line with WP-CLI

wp theme delete news-flash --force

Where can you download earlier versions of News Flash?

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 News Flash 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 News Flash

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