[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks ago]

I increased the WordPress memory to 256M in wp-config.php, but there was no change.

I tried to increase the page size in wp-config.php too, but I’m not sure it worked.

I’m not going to have access to my WordPress admin screens for a few weeks now, but I’ll get back to you if I have any further news.

Thanks………..Phil

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks ago]

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. The HTML in the topic is too large for this forum, and fails to save in a topic AND in a page using Classic Editor

I now suspect this problem is caused by Classic Editor, and not specifically bbPress

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 1 day ago]

I have 1 success to report thanks to your WP_DEBUG suggestion:

• There were error messages being generated by bbpress Simple View Counts in debug.log, so I deactivated the plugin, and now the critical error messages are no longer seen when viewing topics.

The saving of updates to large topics containing table tags is still not working.

Not sure if these are relevant, but I’ve seen these messages about null parameters in functions.php:

[06-Jul-2025 14:51:35 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strpos(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($haystack) of type string is deprecated in /var/www/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 7360
[06-Jul-2025 14:51:35 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /var/www/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2195

Any assistance will be gratefully received, as my PHP knowledge is limited.

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 1 day ago]

OK.

Thank you for your help. I’ll report any successes

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 1 day ago]

Postman SMTP has its own Email logs, and there were no emails there either.

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 1 day ago]

I have caused an updated topic to fail when saving. The “test” topics all state that a critical error has occurred, but no emails are detected.

Now you are a blog member, please feel free to post a new topic

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 1 day ago]

Check Email installed. It defaults to local sendmail, instead of installed Postman SMTP that uses smtp.officce365.com. However:

This test email proves that your WordPress installation at https://hollandnumerics.org.uk can send emails. Sent: Sun, 06 Jul 2025 10:10:50 +0000

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 2 days ago]

But that email address (which is an alias) does work, and has not been changed since it was assigned as the Admin email address in 2015. OK some of the emails from the blog site get stuck in the Sent folder, but I still can read them there.

Does that email address have to match the out-going email address? It doesn’t because my ISP forces me to use a @hollandnumerics.com address for out-going emails

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 2 days ago]

However, in Troubleshooting Mode, updated topic “test 3” is being shown correctly.

Active plugins: bbPress and bbp style pack

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 2 days ago]

About Holland Numerics: Blog and Forums. › Forums › SAS Skills Discussion Forum (non-programming) › test 3

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There has been a critical error on this website.

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[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 2 days ago]

1. Posting just text on the FRONT end saved, but can’t be viewed.
2. Posting just text on the BACK end saved, but can’t be viewed.
3. Cannot update post from the FRONT end.
4. The updated post can be saved on the BACK end, but can’t be viewed.

Note that the vast majority of forum topics are created or updated by me on the BACK end. The FRONT end is rarely used for posting or updating.

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 2 days ago]

FYI in issue #1 the post, when viewed, is empty whether the body contains table tags or not:

test 1:

hello

test 2:

hello

This is in Troubleshooting Mode with only bbpress and bbp style pack active.

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 4 days ago]

Sorry, I will go back to just “bbPress” and “bbp style pack”, which currently shows the body “This topic is empty”.

However, my original issue with “There has been a critical error on this website.” occurred when the only users that could read this page were in Group5 = VIEWS UK, so maybe we should both add “bbP private groups” too?

Are you using Troubleshooting Mode to restrict the active plugins like me?

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 4 days ago]

and Classic Editor and Groups

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 4 days ago]

Sorry, I missed Keymaster for Forum Role.

Plus extra plugins added, but no change to what is seen when viewing the topic:

bbPNNS Private Groups Bridge
bbP private groups
GD bbPress Tools
powerSearch for bbPress

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 4 days ago]

Only Admin / Administrator / Group4

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 4 days ago]

Wordpress membership levels:

Free = Subscriber
Programming = Student
Recruiter = Employer
Admin = Administrator
Educational Games = Customer

Wordpress roles:

Subscriber
Student
Employer
Administrator
Customer
Keymaster
Participant
views_subscriber
views_student

bbPress Private Groups:

Group1 = Registered
Group2 = Programming
Group3 = Recruiter
Group4 = Admin
Group5 = VIEWS UK
Group6 = Educational
Group7 = No messages

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 4 days ago]

• I have tried Troubleshooting mode, with no active plugins.
• Activated bbPress, then bbp style pack.
• Topic “test 1” now displays, but body shows “This topic is empty”, even though the HTML tags are seen when the topic is edited.

Do I need to activate more plugins?

I have the following bbp-related plugins installed:

bbp-valoration
Version 0.1.1 by Eric Zeidan | Auto-updates enabled

bbPNNS Private Groups Bridge
Version 1.5.1.1 by Vinny Alves (UseStrict Consulting) | Auto-updates disabled

bbP private groups
Version 3.9.7 by Robin Wilson | Auto-updates enabled

bbPress
Version 2.6.14 by The bbPress Contributors | Auto-updates disabled

bbPress Move Topics
Version 1.1.6 by Pascal Casier | Auto-updates enabled

bbPress Notify (No-Spam)
Version 2.19.3 by Vinny Alves (UseStrict Consulting) | Auto-updates disabled

bbpress Simple View Counts
Version 0.2 by jezza101 | Auto-updates enabled

bbPress Votes
Version 1.2.5 by G.Breant | Auto-updates enabled

bbp style pack
Version 6.3.9 by Robin Wilson | Auto-updates disabled

bbp User Ranking
Version 3.7 by Robin Wilson | Auto-updates enabled

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 5 days ago]

FYI I also created a topic “test 2”, that includes “hello”, but no table tags:

topic: test 2

The response is the same as with topic “test 1”.

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 5 days ago]

I have checked Junk too, but no emails have been received.

I presume they would have been sent to the Admin email address.

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 5 days ago]

Hi @robin-w,

This topic saved, but viewing it showed the following page:

About Holland Numerics: Blog and Forums. › Forums › test 1

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There has been a critical error on this website.

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topic: test 1

[@hollandnumerics Participant 2 weeks, 6 days ago]

Hi @robin-w,

It doesn’t make any difference. The update doesn’t complete.