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Hi,
Unfortunately we didn’t do any tests with this plugin, we usually recommend WordPress SEO by Yoast. Try to disable all plugins, enable only Visual Composer and SEO Ultimate and see if the issue is still there, if it is you may have to look for an alternative, sorry.
Thank you, Emil G.
Sorry to be captain obvious here, but if he is able to use everything properly on another domain on the same machine – as he says – then VC isn’t the problem. Nor is the memory limit.
@Orlando I’d suggest making sure you have the latest version of WordPress, and then I’d FTP a fresh copy of WordPress over your existing copy to remove any issues within the files. Whatever the problem is, it’s not Newsmag or Visual Composer causing the issue. Shouldn’t be server config either.
Hi,
You have to switch to Homepage – blank – http://screencast.com/t/YGSDRTvl
The default template is intended to be used on pages without Visual Composer elements.
Thank you, Emil G.
Hi,
Try to disable all plugins, enable only Visual Composer and Woocommerce and see if the issue is still there. Also try to install the older version of Visual Composer (4.3.5) and check again. Let me know how it goes.
Thank you, Emil G.
Hi,
Please try to disable all plugins, enable only Visual Composer and see if the shortcode’s list appear.
Thanks!
This one is RESOLVED.
A custom VC function inside functions.php was causing a fatal error because Visual Composer was deactivated.
I have a multisite installation with newspaper theme.
I use one newspaper child theme for each one of the two sites I have.
Following the steps on https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-the-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/, from network admin I tried to deactivate Visual Composer.
When I hit “deactivate” whole site went white.
I now cannot enter the network admin and I cannot see the front-end too.
I deleted the plugin files from the server with ftp, but I cannot still view the site. Is there a solution to this?
Apparently the current version of Visual Composer is a memory pig …. might not be compatible with your server due to some bug in that. Dunno.
Thanks Chris,
But I builded a homepage with Visual Composer.
http://prntscr.com/62rvb3
And reading settings:
http://prntscr.com/62rw0k
I tried to disable all plugins still same issue.
You need to either build a hompage using the Visual Composer system (see the theme docs, link right side of page), or change the default template under the “templates” tab on the theme admin panel.
For second image make sure you have the settings for images to link to the post and not the media.
The above link is for the “media” not the “post.”
Dunno. Works on our web server where we “host” our sites. Might be some other mis-configuration with your system setup which you can review by looking at your error logs since you manage your own server. Error logs great place to start.
Perhaps try clean install of the plugin?
Do full delete of the folder in /plugins/js-composer/
then do clean install of the plugin.
Try with all other plugins OFF, caching off, mod_pagespeed off, cache cleared.
If you have 4GB RAM for php, and a modern CPU, should work just fine.
The 501/505 error seems to refer to an http header problem.
I’m assuming your site works with WordPress and the default twenty-fifteen theme?
Ref 501/505 errors
http://www.getnetgoing.com/HTTP-505.html
HI, folks
I thought I’d put this in ONE place (it’s buried in the pagespeed sticky topic on the newspaper forum, but a lot to shovel through there).
This is some of the custom code I put at bottom of my functions.php file EVERY time the theme is updated, and for ALL our websites, regardless of theme (with some new code for Visual Composer in this iteration).
Basically this code helps with various things – some of which are needlessly often done in plugins and don’t need to be – including things for PageSpeed rating, and general optimizations such as default image compression level for thumbnails, etc.
Use if you wish; but please *do not* go post this in a blog article as if it’s your idea or I’ll come and punch you 🙂
*NOTE:
this also includes code you might not need
a) remove visual composer CSS from post pages
b) remove pingback URL
c) change default WP thumb compression from 90 to 50 (some like 60)
d) remove yoast admin bar (annoying)
e) add go away message for people trying to login guessing passwords; great to use with limit login attempts
f) delete enclosure in RSS feed
g) disallow some things in comments for security
AND MY MAGIC BUNNY CODE:
/*CHRISTOPHER's CUSTOM MODS - 1.10.15 rev15A - (c) 2010-2015 Chris Simmons */
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_generator' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'rsd_link' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links', 2 );
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links_extra', 3 );
add_filter( 'pre_comment_content', 'wp_specialchars' );
function no_errors_please(){
return 'You appear to be up to no good. Please stop now!';
}
add_filter( 'login_errors', 'no_errors_please' );
/* Disable YOAST SEO Admin Bar. */
function mytheme_admin_bar_render() {
global $wp_admin_bar;
$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('wpseo-menu');
}
// and we hook our function via
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'mytheme_admin_bar_render' );
function delete_enclosure(){
return '';
}
add_filter( 'get_enclosed', 'delete_enclosure' );
add_filter( 'rss_enclosure', 'delete_enclosure' );
add_filter( 'atom_enclosure', 'delete_enclosure' );
function remove_cssjs_ver( $src ) {
if( strpos( $src, '?ver=' ) )
$src = remove_query_arg( 'ver', $src );
return $src;
}
add_filter( 'style_loader_src', 'remove_cssjs_ver', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'script_loader_src', 'remove_cssjs_ver', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'jpeg_quality', create_function( '', 'return 50;' ) );
function remove_pingback_url( $output, $show ) {
if ( $show == 'pingback_url' ) $output = '';
return $output;
}
add_filter( 'bloginfo_url', 'remove_pingback_url', 10, 2 );
add_action('init', 'myoverride', 100);
function myoverride() {
remove_action('wp_head', array(visual_composer(), 'addMetaData'));
}
function dequeue_visual_composer_css() {
if (is_single()) {
wp_dequeue_style('js_composer_front');
}
}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'dequeue_visual_composer_css', 1003);Note:
last item removes Visual Composer CSS from “post” pages (single). You would not use that if you use VC for anything on posts, obviously.
It’s possible the “subscriptions” plugin may not be compatible with latest version of Visual Composer. If the plugin has not been updated since WP 4.1 came out, it may not be fully compatible with WordPress 4.1x also.
I don’t work here, but I’m not having issues with out beta install of WooCommerce with the theme and about 6 popular plugins. (Although the tabs plugin folk have updated their plugin 3x so far this month!)
I am finding I need to set my PHP memory to 128MB vs 64MB default with the new version of Visual Composer. Bigger site 256MB, heavy duty site, 1GB. Massive site 4GB.
(the last item there removes visual composer css from post pages, where MOST folks don’t use VC; I don’t — remove that if you do)
See my other post on “mod_pagespeed” today for explanation of what some of that does. 🙂
I have some custom code I use in functions.php — some of which you may find useful for optimization:
——————
/*CHRISTOPHER's CUSTOM MODS - 1.10.15 rev15A - (c) 2010-2015 Chris Simmons */
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_generator' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'rsd_link' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links', 2 );
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links_extra', 3 );
add_filter( 'pre_comment_content', 'wp_specialchars' );
function no_errors_please(){
return 'You appear to be up to no good. Please stop now!';
}
add_filter( 'login_errors', 'no_errors_please' );
/* Disable YOAST SEO Admin Bar. */
function mytheme_admin_bar_render() {
global $wp_admin_bar;
$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('wpseo-menu');
}
// and we hook our function via
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'mytheme_admin_bar_render' );
function delete_enclosure(){
return '';
}
add_filter( 'get_enclosed', 'delete_enclosure' );
add_filter( 'rss_enclosure', 'delete_enclosure' );
add_filter( 'atom_enclosure', 'delete_enclosure' );
function remove_cssjs_ver( $src ) {
if( strpos( $src, '?ver=' ) )
$src = remove_query_arg( 'ver', $src );
return $src;
}
add_filter( 'style_loader_src', 'remove_cssjs_ver', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'script_loader_src', 'remove_cssjs_ver', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'jpeg_quality', create_function( '', 'return 50;' ) );
function remove_pingback_url( $output, $show ) {
if ( $show == 'pingback_url' ) $output = '';
return $output;
}
add_filter( 'bloginfo_url', 'remove_pingback_url', 10, 2 );
add_action('init', 'myoverride', 100);
function myoverride() {
remove_action('wp_head', array(visual_composer(), 'addMetaData'));
}
function dequeue_visual_composer_css() {
if (is_single()) {
wp_dequeue_style('js_composer_front');
}
}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'dequeue_visual_composer_css', 1003);
Yeah.
I would turn off everything except mod_pagespeed since it does the minify of HTML on the fly, removes comments, etc.
Use the tagdiv speed booster plugin which moves and enqueues scripts at bottom of page.
Use the functions.php file to add the remove query string code.
Use W3 cache if you don’t have mod_pagspeed connected to APC/opcache/memcache on the server (which can be configured in the master mod_pagespeed config file). But use the settings recommended by TagDiv.
example of some of my custom stuff in functions.php to remove query strings, visual composer credit, etc.
*NOTE:
this also includes code you might not need
a) remove visual composer CSS from post pages
b) remove pingback URL
c) change default WP thumb compression from 90 to 50 (some like 60)
d) remove yoast admin bar (annoying)
e) add go away message for people trying to login guessing passwords; great to use with limit login attempts
f) delete enclosure in RSS feed
g) disallow some things in comments for security
——————
/*CHRISTOPHER's CUSTOM MODS - 1.10.15 rev15A (c) 2010-2015 */
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_generator' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wlwmanifest_link' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'rsd_link' ) ;
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links', 2 );
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links_extra', 3 );
add_filter( 'pre_comment_content', 'wp_specialchars' );
function no_errors_please(){
return 'You appear to be up to no good. Please stop now!';
}
add_filter( 'login_errors', 'no_errors_please' );
/* Disable YOAST SEO Admin Bar. */
function mytheme_admin_bar_render() {
global $wp_admin_bar;
$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('wpseo-menu');
}
// and we hook our function via
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'mytheme_admin_bar_render' );
function delete_enclosure(){
return '';
}
add_filter( 'get_enclosed', 'delete_enclosure' );
add_filter( 'rss_enclosure', 'delete_enclosure' );
add_filter( 'atom_enclosure', 'delete_enclosure' );
function remove_cssjs_ver( $src ) {
if( strpos( $src, '?ver=' ) )
$src = remove_query_arg( 'ver', $src );
return $src;
}
add_filter( 'style_loader_src', 'remove_cssjs_ver', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'script_loader_src', 'remove_cssjs_ver', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'jpeg_quality', create_function( '', 'return 50;' ) );
function remove_pingback_url( $output, $show ) {
if ( $show == 'pingback_url' ) $output = '';
return $output;
}
add_filter( 'bloginfo_url', 'remove_pingback_url', 10, 2 );
add_action('init', 'myoverride', 100);
function myoverride() {
remove_action('wp_head', array(visual_composer(), 'addMetaData'));
}
function dequeue_visual_composer_css() {
if (is_single()) {
wp_dequeue_style('js_composer_front');
}
}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'dequeue_visual_composer_css', 1003);
Note: my “lineup” cannot be posted in an article someplace, or stuff like that; use if you wish. I have left out some other things most folks don’t need, but we do. 🙂
Hope that helps 🙂
Hi,
problems with WPBakery Visual Composer ver 4.4.2,
I disabled all plugins before, but when I go to update the new version, the system slows down everything and then exits error 501/505.
how come this problem, so do not conflict with the plugin,
Use a personal server for this system.
Tell me what to do ??
I await your solution about
Just a comment.
Note I bought both themes so I could try both ideas out and see which worked best.
Newspaper has the “wide layout” while Newsmag has a little narrower fixed layout and the next generation of TagDiv’s framework. The next version of Newspaper (5.0) this Spring will presumably still be wide screen/responsive, but will incorporate many of the coolness created for Newsmag.
They both use Visual Composer for the big grid stuff, but obviously they are different due to the different widths/height and structure of overall page for the various @media sizes.
The demos provide a good experience of the differences between the two themes “right now” … but the NEW version of Newspaper in near future will be very nice, based on imagining the best of both current versions. 🙂
Need to use Visual Composer to create the layout as I mentioned in your other post on the same topic. You can simply update the ongoing topic, you don’t need to keep starting new ones, btw. 🙂
You need to use visual composer.
You don’t need to keep posting the same topic over and over, btw.
Hi, Radu
thanks; was afraid of that. I don’t want to use visual composer for anything in posts/pages, but it might be okay for the home page. Not a big problem or anything. 🙂
After 20 years of web development I’ve come to NOT want to rely on any plugin or framework too much as things come/go then don’t work anymore, etc. So, for example I still have posts from early days of WordPress where the tags were inserted at bottom with [tags ] … well, when that changed, I now have couple of years of content with bracket tags at bottom of posts.
Visual Composer is not a bad thing to standardize on as a theme seller, however since I’ve got websites that have been around longer than 90% of the web, I’ve gotten a little jaded on things. I ended up standardizing on Bootstrap for a lot of things, as they did excactly what we were doing around here of having small batches of code we’d re-use for things like accordions and tabs, and whatnot; and they put it all together, so that was great for us since it was pre-packaged and had classes all set for use.
I also used shortcodes for buttons years back, theme dev went DOA with WP3, now all the buttons were [button] and don’t work. So, not going to trust that for anything tied to theme/or VC. Color me paranoid 🙂
Right now I would not want to use visual composer for posts in any way as if they go under, in 5 years, my sites would have 5 years of broken elements, and I’ve seen that happen too many times now to “rely” on that for anything other than, say, the homepage or category page tops — as you’re very nicely doing, hence my adoption of the theme(s) you’ve been doing.
For example, I would not use shortcodes to change colors, create tables, or anything like that in a post.
I’m not sure if WordPress has a built-in responsive table class, but if not, that would be something GOOD from Bootstrap 3 to keep in your own framework as it was a nice solution for having a table that couldn’t entirely collapse become a fake inline frame with horizontal scroll. I guess I should actually play around with it. 🙂
In any case if you have a cheat sheet for your icon font to be able to use in content, similar to FontAwesome spans, that would be super cool. 🙂
And yes, having a more flexible grid for the layouts than how bootstrap does it, is great for the borders, and boxes, and all that. Nice job!
Chris
Hi Chris,
Newsmag is no longer made with bootstrap. The grid system is custom made by us. Newsmag uses a grid system that is very unique and different under the hood compared to a standard bootstrap style grid (due to the borders and other design requirements). We deliver only the fonts that we use on the ui and the icons are made in house (we don’t use one of the free icon font packs). As more and more users rely on visual composer to make pages with buttons and other ‘non news-y’ items we dedicated a lot of time to support visual composer better and to have custom styles and fixes for most of it’s components.
Newspaper 5 is also not based on bootstrap.
A solution based on visual composer will not work? I know they are basically shortcodes and will tie you to visual composer but it’s very easy to built prototypes and to customize them until you reach a nice design.
Radu O.
Hi,
Try to disable all plugins, enable only Visual Composer and see if the issue is still there.
If this doesn’t work please provide the url so we can take a look.
Thank you, Emil G.
