Topic: Critical Error While Activating BuddyPress Follow

Critical Error While Activating BuddyPress Follow

GaianHuuto
Participant

@gaianhuuto

3 months ago

Hi,

Any suggestions how to proceed. I can install BuddyPress Follow to my site but when I’m activating it the whole site crashes. Here is the log:

[18-Aug-2024 17:42:18 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function create_function() in /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-followers/_inc/bp-follow-widgets.php:113
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-followers/bp-follow-core.php(71): require()
#1 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-followers/bp-follow-core.php(46): BP_Follow_Component->includes()
#2 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-followers/bp-follow-core.php(347): BP_Follow_Component->__construct()
#3 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): bp_follow_setup_component()
#4 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#5 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()
#6 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-dependency.php(357): do_action()
#7 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): bp_loaded()
#8 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#9 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()
#10 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-settings.php(555): do_action()
#11 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-config.php(112): require_once(‘…’)
#12 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-load.php(50): require_once(‘…’)
#13 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php(13): require_once(‘…’)
#14 /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/index.php(17): require(‘…’)
#15 {main}
thrown in /var/www/domains/dokkarit.fi/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-followers/_inc/bp-follow-widgets.php on line 113″

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

Venutius
Moderator

@venutius

3 months ago

I’ve got a fixed version of this on Buddyuser dot com (The BP Follow page), The other alternative is to look up those errors on Stack Overflow and apply the fixes yourself.

I’ve asked to contribute to the Followers Plugin and have had a positive response, so hopefully, this will be folded into the WordPress Library soonish.

emaralive
Participant

@emaralive

3 months ago

The create_function() was deprecated as of PHP 7.2.0 and was removed in 8.0.0 (see create_function). Since you are using PHP 8.x then, it would be best to not use this plugin until it has had all compatibility issues resolved. On another note, there seems to be some interest by individuals other than the original developers to provide some sort of future support for this plugin (see Would like to take over this plugin, or help – Support forum for BuddyPress Follow).

emaralive
Participant

@emaralive

3 months ago

Ugh, @venutius, I didn’t realize that you had already responded.

GaianHuuto
Participant

@gaianhuuto

3 months ago

Thank you. By updating to the newer version I got rid of the ‘critical error’. Hopefully you will support and update the plugin.

Lars Henriksen
Participant

@adjunkten

3 months ago

Hi

1) For my BP community, it would be nice if ‘Buddypress Follow’ was part of core and replaced the ‘friends’ functionality. It should be either/or – both together is confusing for users, IMO.

2) Thanks @venutius, for updating the plugin. I tried it on my staging site. When I clicked ‘follow’, there was a critical error, but refreshing the site fixed it, so that it showed 1 follow on user’s profile.