Hi, @indigotherapies
Thank you for your message.
Unfortunately, I cannot solve the problem for you. Helpful is now working with output buffering again because it is the best solution. Everything I changed for you afterwards was not good and caused problems for many others.
You must somehow have a cache on the server that does buffer. How you get rid of that I can’t say, you have to contact your provider.
The version that worked for you at the time was this one:
4.5.6: https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/helpful.4.5.6.zip
Unfortunately, I won’t be able to address the problem in future versions. Either you stay with the old version then, or you have to solve the problem with your server.
Old issue: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-latest-update-16/
If you don’t want to receive updates any more, you just have to set the version to 9999.0.0 under /wp-content/plugins/helpful/helpful.php. Then you should still have some breathing room.
Unfortunately, I have not received any support from other developers since ever, so the current solution, is the only solution for me. I build this all by myself.
Thank you for the download I will set my wordpress not to update. The only cache I used is WPoptimise, which is popular so I’m guessing it’s something else or others would have the error.
Thanks anyway
Up and running again x and I’ve disabled auto update too. Eventually I’ll have to remove it and find another option.
Thanks x
@indigotherapies
I just had some thoughts about this, the WP-Optimize hint was great, as I found here that WP-Optimize works with buffering. That explains your problems if we are lucky.
I have now built something that may solve your problem. It’s not an optimal solution, but it may work for you this way.
Otherwise, feel free to use the older version again. Maybe you can find an alternative to Helpful, which would make me happy too, as long as you are happy!
Changelogs: https://github.com/pixelbart/helpful/releases/tag/4.5.21
