wpsnoop: fix Shepherd theme conflicts, errors & issues

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

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

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

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Shepherd 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 Shepherd 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 Shepherd 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: Shepherd

Theme Slug: shepherd Internal ID: 143809 Addon Type: > Theme Version: 1.0.7 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 51 (796.29kB) Short Codes: [ / ] 0 Database Tables: 0 Function Count: 28

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Which new files does Shepherd add to WordPress?

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The theme Shepherd added 51 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/themes/shepherd/	796.29kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/404.php	1.64kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/archive.php	2.92kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/	189.04kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/	189.04kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/COPYING.txt	1.39kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/example.html	18.90kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/font/	97.22kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/font/genericons-regular-webfont.eot	14.58kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/font/genericons-regular-webfont.svg	39.11kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/font/genericons-regular-webfont.ttf	26.71kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/font/genericons-regular-webfont.woff	16.82kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/Genericons-Regular.otf	17.79kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/genericons.css	30.32kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/LICENSE.txt	17.67kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/assets/genericons/README.txt	5.76kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/author-meta.php	640.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/comments.php	2.51kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/content-featured.php	0.98kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/content-none.php	1.05kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/content-page.php	694.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/content-quote.php	827.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/content-search.php	1.67kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/content-single.php	1.55kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/content.php	1.81kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/footer.php	1.24kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/functions.php	7.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/header.php	1.24kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/inc/	15.00kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/inc/custom-header.php	3.42kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/inc/customizer.php	949.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/inc/extras.php	2.80kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/inc/jetpack.php	2.06kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/inc/template-tags.php	5.80kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/index.php	1.18kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/js/	2.29kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/js/customizer.js	908.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/js/navigation.js	790.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/js/skip-link-focus-fix.js	650.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/languages/	5.88kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/languages/shepherd.pot	5.88kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/layouts/	552.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/layouts/content-sidebar.css	276.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/layouts/sidebar-content.css	276.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/page.php	851.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/screenshot.png	335.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/search.php	1.03kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/sidebar.php	277.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/single.php	677.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/style-rtl.css	109.30kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/shepherd/style.css	109.27kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Shepherd add to WordPress?

The theme Shepherd 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 Shepherd?

Shepherd 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 Shepherd?

When Shepherd 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
Shepherd
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo		Potential conflict with 8767 plugins or themes
a:1:{s:16:"sidebars_widgets";a:2:{s:4:"time";i:1645530405;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_shepherd		The theme_mods_shepherd option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:18:"nav_menu_locations";a:0:{}}

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

current_theme
theme_mods_shepherd
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo
theme_switched

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

Installing Shepherd added 28 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
shepherd_attach_templates	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_attach_templates()
shepherd_author_meta	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_author_meta()
shepherd_body_classes	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_body_classes()
shepherd_categorized_blog	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_categorized_blog()
shepherd_category_transient_flusher	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_category_transient_flusher()
shepherd_custom_excerpt_length	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_custom_excerpt_length()
shepherd_customize_preview_js	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_customize_preview_js()
shepherd_customize_register	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_customize_register()
shepherd_display_featured_posts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_display_featured_posts()
shepherd_fonts_url	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_fonts_url()
shepherd_get_featured_content_post_bg	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_get_featured_content_post_bg()
shepherd_get_featured_image_url	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_get_featured_image_url()
shepherd_get_featured_posts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_get_featured_posts()
shepherd_has_featured_posts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_has_featured_posts()
shepherd_jetpack_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_jetpack_init()
shepherd_jetpack_setup	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_jetpack_setup()
shepherd_new_excerpt_more	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_new_excerpt_more()
shepherd_page_menu_args	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_page_menu_args()
shepherd_paging_nav	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_paging_nav()
shepherd_post_classes	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_post_classes()
shepherd_post_nav	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_post_nav()
shepherd_posted_on	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_posted_on()
shepherd_scripts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_scripts()
shepherd_setup	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_setup()
shepherd_setup_author	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_setup_author()
shepherd_single_title	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_single_title()
shepherd_widgets_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_widgets_init()
shepherd_wp_title	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare shepherd_wp_title()

Using Shepherd 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 Shepherd from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install shepherd

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

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

wp theme install shepherd --activate

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

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

wp theme install shepherd --force

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

wp theme update shepherd

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

wp theme delete shepherd --force

Where can you download earlier versions of Shepherd?

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 Shepherd 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 Shepherd

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