Newspaper & Visual Composer (blocks not showing)

Newspaper V 6.5.1
Wordpress V 4.7.4
Visual Composer V 5.2

We are having an issue with Visual Composer elements. The blocks, which were previously available when you choose an element in VC are now not showing. The actual code is there if you look at the text in the page (example: [td_block_big_grid_6 td_grid_style=”td-grid-style-4″ category_id=”26″ offset=”1″])

…but the blocks themselves are not appearing in the element list. Previously, you could choose a block to display on the page and select various categories / filters but none of that is available now.

If I create a test page and put one of the templates on it (like a homepage template) on it, the blocks will still appear on the front end, but the column design is not correct.

This site was created by a previous developer who did not create a child theme so we can’t upgrade it at this time. We place to rebuild it at some point, but for now getting it fully functional is the highest priority.

Thank you I will try that. Just a quick question. When I delete the current version of VC. Will it give me an option to keep the data? (I try not to mess with VC if I don’t have to so I don’t know what I reinstall will do).

Thanks!

I went ahead and rolled it back. (version 4.7). I had backed it up anyway.

The rollback went ok, and the block choices are now appearing on the VC Elements. But it also started a couple of other problems.

I’m getting the “headers already sent” error here: /wp-includes/rest-api.php on line 492

Other problems (major):
The editor block is not showing up at all in “Backend Editor” mode. Only when you switch to classic mode.
Also, no elements are functional. They pull up, but when you click on them they do nothing.

Need help with this. Thanks.

Here is some more information from Query Monitor: I’m also looking into how to fix it, but you would know better than me.

PHP Error

Warning
Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /nfs/c12/h01/mnt/220821/domains/fabulously50.com/html/wp-admin/includes/template.php:1995)

Count
107

Location
wp-includes/rest-api.php:492

Call Stack
header()
wp-includes/rest-api.php:492
rest_handle_deprecated_function()
Unknown location
do_action(‘deprecated_function_run’)
wp-includes/functions.php:3817
get_currentuserinfo()
wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/core/class-vc-mapper.php:116
Vc_Mapper->userHasAccess()
wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/templates/editors/partials/vc_welcome_block.tpl.php:13
vc_include_template()
wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/editors/class-vc-backend-editor.php:91
Vc_Backend_Editor->renderEditor()
Unknown location
do_meta_boxes()
wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php:703

Component
Plugin: js_composer

Hi Simion,

An upgrade is not an option at this point. Leaving it in this state is also not an option. It is an income producer for a magazine in Florida with a full staff working on it. You guys pushed the VC 5.2 upgrade which broke it’s functionality.

I’m working on it myself, but I need your help as well.

I’ve attached an image of what I see when attempting to edit a page (same issue with posts). Please let me know. Thanks.

Hi Simion.
The auto update was turned off. I checked in the config file myself.

We weren’t planning on updating to Newspaper 8 (or higher) until another year or so. We bought the Theme mainly for the support. The previous developer hijacked my clients site and we don’t have access to the original theme any more. So I can’t completely remove and re-install it. If I just change themes I will end up with the same problems so I’m stuck.

Would you be able to send me a zipped file of v6.5.1 and a good install / re-install guide? I have to be really careful because the original developer didn’t create a child theme and some templates / functions are modified. Thank you.