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Anyone else getting this after a plugin update? I updated one stupid plugin this morning and now half my site is acting weird. Admin is slow, a couple pages are throwing random layout issues, and one of my affiliate tables just vanished for no reason. I already checked cache and it’s not that. What annoys me is people always say “just update everything” like it’s nothing. On WordPress that can turn into a mess real fast if the plugin author didn’t test properly with the current PHP version or another plugin is doing something dumb in the background. I’m leaning toward rolling it back, but I hate doing that because then you’re stuck choosing between security and broken pages. Hosting is most likely involved too, because on one of my other sites the exact same plugin update didn’t do this at all. Feels like every week there’s some new conflict to chase.
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Well, yeah, I’d still start with rolling that one back if you can. Sounds like classic plugin nonsense, honestly. If the same update didn’t break the other site, then it’s probably a conflict on this install, not some universal “WordPress is dead” thing. The slow admin part is the bit that makes me think something’s getting hammered in the background too. If you want, post the plugin name/version and maybe…
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Realistically, yeah, that sounds like a bad update or some ugly conflict, not “just clear cache” nonsense. I’d roll that plugin back first too, especially if admin’s dragging. If the table vanished, I’d also check whether it’s actually hidden by JS/CSS breakage vs truly gone — seen that a few times after updates.
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Well, yeah, “just update everything” is one of those lines people say when they haven’t had a site eat itself at 9am. I’d roll that plugin back too. If the other site’s fine, then Den’s “same install conflict” thing might be true, but that doesn’t make it any less annoying. Could still be some garbage update that only blows up with your theme/PHP combo To be fair,.
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Yeah, rollback’s probably the least painful move here. I’ve had updates do the same “random admin lag + one widget/table just disappears” thing, and half the time it’s some stupid conflict nobody bothered testing. Den’s right on one thing for once — if another site’s fine, it’s not always the plugin itself, it’s the combo. Still annoying as hell though. At least lately.
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Yeah, rollback’s most likely the sane move here. I’ve had that exact “admin feels like molasses + random stuff vanishes” crap after an update, and it’s usually not worth playing hero with it for hours. If the other site didn’t break, that just makes me think it’s some ugly combo with your theme/PHP/another plugin anyway. Still annoying as hell though. “Just update everything” is such a smug little line until the site starts acting possessed.
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Yeah, rollback it and stop bleeding time on it. I’ve seen that exact combo before — plugin update looks “fine” on one box and then on another it turns the admin into molasses and randomly nukes bits of the frontend. Realistically, Usually it’s some ugly interaction with PHP version, theme garbage, or another plugin doing its own little stupid thing in the background. And yeah, the “just update everything” crowd can shove it. That advice is always nice right up until your tables disappear and you’re staring at a broken layout at 11pm. If the same update didn’t break the other site, I wouldn’t even trust the plugin author’s testing at that point. That’s usually enough of a hint for me that it’s environment-specific and not some clean little isolated bug. From what I see,
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From what I see, I’d rollback and then check the actual error log before touching anything else. If admin’s slow too, I’d be looking at a PHP warning/fatal or some plugin doing a bad DB call, not just “cache weirdness.” And yeah, the same update behaving differently on another site is exactly why I don’t buy the “just update everything” nonsense.
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Yep, rollback first. I’ve had the “same plugin update, different site, totally different damage” thing happen more than once and it’s usually not cache being magical or whatever. If admin’s crawling too, I’d be looking at the error log and DB queries before I trust the plugin again. Half the time it’s some ugly PHP warning getting spammed or a conflict with another plugin that only shows up on that one box.
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Kind of feels like yeah, rollback’s probably the least painful move right now. I’ve had updates do that exact “one site fine, one site completely borked” thing, and it’s usually not some mysterious cache issue. More often it’s the plugin stepping on a PHP version edge case or clashing with another plugin/theme bit that only exists on that install. If admin’s slow too, that’s the part that bugs me most. That usually smells like warnings/fatals getting hammered in the background or some stupid DB call looping. I’d check the error log before I’d trust anything else. If the table vanished, I’d also want to know if it’s actually gone or just not rendering because the plugin choked. And yeah, “just update everything” is one of those advice lines that sounds great until…
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Yeah, rollback’s typically the sane move here. If admin got slow too, I wouldn’t waste much time blaming cache. That usually ends up being a plugin warning loop or some ugly DB call getting hammered after the update. The “affiliate table vanished” part makes me think it’s either not rendering or the plugin borked its own output, not some random browser issue. I’d check the error log, revert the plugin, then see if the site calms down. If it does, you’ve got your answer pretty quick.
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