wpsnoop: fix Writers theme conflicts, errors & issues

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

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

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What does Writers version 4.2 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Writers to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 4.2 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 4.2 of Writers 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 Writers 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: Writers

Theme Slug: writers Internal ID: 148740 Addon Type: > Theme Version: 4.2 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 61 (1.82MB) Short Codes: [ / ] 0 Database Tables: 0 Function Count: 40

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Which new files does Writers add to WordPress?

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The theme Writers added 61 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/themes/writers/	1.82MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/404.php	953.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/archive.php	1.04kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/changelog.txt	2.63kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/comments.php	1.99kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/css/	122.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/css/bootstrap.css	122.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/font-awesome/	752.85kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/font-awesome/css/	51.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css	28.07kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css	23.18kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/font-awesome/fonts/	701.59kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/font-awesome/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot	59.34kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/font-awesome/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.svg	306.05kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/font-awesome/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf	119.23kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/font-awesome/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff	69.83kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/font-awesome/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2	55.45kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/font-awesome/fonts/FontAwesome.otf	91.69kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/footer.php	1.57kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/functions.php	7.43kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/header.php	3.02kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/image.php	7.10kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/images/	327.96kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/images/checkmark.png	1.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/images/headers/	294.50kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/images/headers/writer-header-image_thumbnail.png	23.11kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/images/headers/writer-header-image.png	271.39kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/images/plus-icon.png	14.76kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/images/quotation-marks.png	17.45kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/inc/	38.95kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/inc/custom-header.php	3.30kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/inc/customizer.php	11.57kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/inc/extras.php	2.82kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/inc/jetpack.php	751.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/inc/navwalker.php	8.35kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/inc/template-tags.php	12.18kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/index.php	1.16kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/js/	58.58kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/js/bootstrap.js	35.93kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/js/color-scheme-control.js	1.47kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/js/customizer.js	7.69kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/js/html5shiv.js	10.09kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/js/html5shiv.min.js	2.67kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/js/skip-link-focus-fix.js	751.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/languages/	6.48kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/languages/writers.pot	6.48kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/page.php	848.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/readme.txt	3.46kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/screenshot.png	468.63kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/search.php	1.15kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/searchform.php	732.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/sidebar.php	312.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/single.php	789.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/style.css	40.83kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/template-parts/	7.95kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/template-parts/content-excerpt.php	2.42kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/template-parts/content-link.php	1.18kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/template-parts/content-none.php	1.16kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/template-parts/content-page.php	744.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/template-parts/content-search.php	819.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/themes/writers/template-parts/content.php	1.66kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Writers add to WordPress?

The theme Writers 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 Writers?

Writers 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 Writers?

When Writers 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
Writers
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo		Potential conflict with 8767 plugins or themes
a:1:{s:16:"sidebars_widgets";a:2:{s:4:"time";i:1645498054;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_writers		The theme_mods_writers option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:18:"nav_menu_locations";a:0:{}}

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

current_theme
theme_mods_twentytwentytwo
theme_mods_writers
theme_switched

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

Installing Writers added 40 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
writers_add_top_level_menu_url	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_add_top_level_menu_url()
writers_author_box	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_author_box()
writers_body_classes	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_body_classes()
writers_bottom_widget_left_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_bottom_widget_left_init()
writers_bottom_widget_middle_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_bottom_widget_middle_init()
writers_bottom_widget_right_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_bottom_widget_right_init()
writers_breadcrumb	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_breadcrumb()
writers_categorized_blog	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_categorized_blog()
writers_category_transient_flusher	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_category_transient_flusher()
writers_content_width	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_content_width()
writers_custom_header_setup	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_custom_header_setup()
writers_customize_control_js	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_customize_control_js()
writers_customize_preview_js	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_customize_preview_js()
writers_customize_register	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_customize_register()
writers_customizer_outputs	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_customizer_outputs()
writers_entry_footer	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_entry_footer()
writers_fancy_excerpt	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_fancy_excerpt()
writers_featured_image_disaplay	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_featured_image_disaplay()
writers_footer_widget_left_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_footer_widget_left_init()
writers_footer_widget_middle_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_footer_widget_middle_init()
writers_footer_widget_right_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_footer_widget_right_init()
writers_google_fonts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_google_fonts()
writers_header_menu	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_header_menu()
writers_header_small	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_header_small()
writers_header_style	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_header_style()
writers_infinite_scroll_render	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_infinite_scroll_render()
writers_jetpack_setup	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_jetpack_setup()
writers_logo	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_logo()
writers_modify_archive_title	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_modify_archive_title()
writers_new_excerpt_more	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_new_excerpt_more()
writers_page_img	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_page_img()
writers_post_navigation	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_post_navigation()
writers_posted_on	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_posted_on()
writers_posted_on_no_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_posted_on_no_link()
writers_posts_navigation	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_posts_navigation()
writers_sanitize_checkbox	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_sanitize_checkbox()
writers_scripts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_scripts()
writers_setup	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_setup()
writers_update_info	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_update_info()
writers_widgets_init	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare writers_widgets_init()

Using Writers 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 Writers from the command line with WP-CLI

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

wp theme install writers

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

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

wp theme install writers --activate

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

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

wp theme install writers --force

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

wp theme update writers

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

wp theme delete writers --force

Where can you download earlier versions of Writers?

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 Writers 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 Writers

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