Errors: register_rest_route in wp-admin

#1 · August 13, 2020, 11:50 pm

I’ve been using Asgaros for a couple of weeks now and I got everything working as I like it. Then, out of the blue, I started seeing error messages when I go to the wp-admin dashboard, and when I try to edit my blog page. See attached image. These errors appear as soon as I attempt to edit the blog page. The next thing I see is that my blog page is empty of posts, and there’s a message where the posts would be that says, “Your site doesn’t include support for the “a8c/blog-posts” block. You can leave this block intact or remove it entirely.” What’s this all about? I’m running a site that is hosted by WordPress.

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#2 · August 14, 2020, 5:11 am

Hello @dennishvo,

the errors are caused by the Update of WordPress to the version 5.5 this week, in this case the changes of the rest api:

https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/07/22/rest-api-changes-in-wordpress-5-5/

On your website are three different plugins that make problems:

wpcomsh: this is a mu-plugin wich probably used by the wordpress.com editor, because the other error “a8c” is part of this editor. You should contact wordpress.com directly
Asgaros Forum: This Bug is already fixed and will be delivered with the next update. But it only causes some problems with the mentioning function of the forum.
CallRail: with the last errors ‘calltrk’. You should contact the support of this plugin.

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#3 · August 14, 2020, 6:08 pm

Thank you, that’s what I needed to know. I’m curious, however, as I’m somewhat new to the WP world: Is this normal, that I should have everything working and then a change to WP can come along and break my website? It seems like a very fragile ecosystem. Don’t the plugin developers get notified about the changes that could cause issues?

#4 · August 15, 2020, 6:05 am

Hey @dennishvo,

WordPress itself is a stable and secure software to manage websites. However if you are using a lot of plugins and an unstable theme it can cause some problems. That’s the reason why you should pick your plugins and don’t install to many of them.

I’m always creating a backup or update the whole system on a separate server to try if there are any compatibility issues. When you are using wordpress.com in the business version or higher there should be also a backup included, so in the case of problems you can just restore it.

Also the plugin authors are testing the plugins with the new version of WordPress, but this is not always an easy job. For example Asgaros Forum is now a really complex project with more than 20,000 lines of code and a lot of features and different set ups. So it is not always possible to find all possible problems with a new update. And you should also not forget that most of the plugin authors are doing that as a volunteer and don’t have any income of this.

So I would always advise to choose your plugins wisely, create backups on regular basis and check your site after doing an update. Or find someone who can help with that tasks.

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#5 · August 15, 2020, 8:55 am

Hi @qualmy91,

Thanks for this information. I suppose it’s both a blessing and a curse that there are so many plugins. I’ve found quite a few to be useful, but it’s difficult to judge whether one is a good choice. The best plugins are the ones that work all the time 🙂 Anyway, I guess I’m getting off-topic, but I do appreciate your insight.

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