Hello!
I did the update to 12.6.1 today. Now the website is displaying weird characters. It was completely fine with no issues until this update.
I’ve tried in firefox, edge, chrome, desktop, mobile, incognito windows. I’ve cleared the cache on all browsers, in wordpress, bluehost and the theme itself.
My cache plugin is WP Super Cache with your exact recommended settings. I flushed the cache there too and it did not help.
Any idea what happened or how to fix it?
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Thanks Melissa
Hi,
In a previous similar case I investigated, the issue ended up being caused the super cache. But it was still unclear why it happened.
It may have been related to the compression option from the super cache, something like this https://hellboundbloggers.com/wp-super-cache-problem/13020/
We will take a look at this case as well, please send us an email at contact@tagdiv.com and provide a link to the website, admin login, also a link to this topic.
Thank you!
Hi Simon,
I figured out what is doing it. I’ve tested it out on another website that I use Newspaper 12 on and it worked the same way. I am going to send you all an email with screenshots with the issue and resolution and then you can decide how to distribute.
Long story short… Double gzip compression from the web host and WP Super Cache…
You should get the email shortly…
Thanks,
Melissa
Hello! After I figured out the issue, Simon confirmed it via email and told me to post the solution and links to the tutorials I created on how to resolve the issue.
The issue is double gzip compression. Bluehost is set to compress by default and then WP Super Cache also compresses causing the weird characters. Compression has to be turned off on one of them. I turned off Bluehost compression (cache control) in both the host and WordPress settings allowing WP Super Cache handle it. The website was restored.
The same issue can happen with any web hosting provider, cache plugin or if there are two caching plugins. Only one thing can compress the website at a time.
Links to tutorials for how to fix the issue:
Video tutorial: https://youtu.be/8q-bwsxF7FI
Written Instructions with Screenshots: https://melcompton.com/how-to-fix-weird-characters-on-your-website/
Thanks so much for an awesome theme and letting me help with this!
Melissa