BuddyPress.org | Erlend | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/sadr/activity/ Activity feed for Erlend. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:21:04 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 4b345b501aace416b8b3a46e6cfddce5 Erlend started the topic A less error-prone, more future proof group forum in the forum Ideas http://buddypress.org/support/topic/a-less-error-prone-more-future-proof-group-forum/ Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:24:12 +0000 I’d like to see the current implementation of Group Forums be deprecated out of core and put into a legacy plugin. As it stands, the Group Forums feature is error prone and inflexible.

Problems:

– Creates a ton of sub-forums, cluttering the forum index with ~5 post sub-forums.
– Causes URL inconsistency (some links point to links like…[Read more]

]]> 74c3e0f20cf13fb56710f85587539602 Erlend replied to the topic hub.jmonkeyengine.org โ€“ Game engine community site in the forum Showcase http://buddypress.org/support/topic/hub-jmonkeyengine-org-game-engine-community-site/#post-171331 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 17:23:51 +0000 Thanks!

What modifications in particular are you referring to?

We really wanted to release our child theme to the public, but I doubt Bootstrapmaster (ACME theme) would let us do that.

]]> 36ce9f32f9e68e7f6c17bf5ef86d3eaa Erlend started the topic hub.jmonkeyengine.org โ€“ Game engine community site in the forum Showcase http://buddypress.org/support/topic/hub-jmonkeyengine-org-game-engine-community-site/ Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:09:02 +0000 We’re using bbPress and BuddyPress to power the jMonkeyEngine community site:
http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/

Using the excellent Firmasite as our parent theme, our child theme is a modified version of the ACME Dashboard. It is indeed marketed as an admin theme, but we found it to be nicely suited for a clean discussion-centric layout.

We’re not…[Read more]

]]> af6b4f6b3e57ca0103b0e67c1de39e98 Erlend started the topic Request moderator privileges in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/request-moderator-privileges/ Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:46:52 +0000 Is there a way to let users request moderator privileges for a specific group, similar to how they would request membership?

]]> 4b1a2a87805b071ce0f29178ea74f08c Erlend commented on the post, BuddyPress 1.7 is now available!, on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/2013/04/buddypress-1-7-is-now-available/comment-page-1/#comment-13427 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:19:25 +0000 Big congrats guys and gals! Really looking forward to sinking my teeth into this one. I’ve got a funny feeling bbPress 2.3 isn’t far behind ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]> 56c4304a3b75f169e20551c73f1415c3 Erlend replied to the topic Group forum (new and converted forums) posting causing redirect loop in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/group-forum-posting-causing-redirect-loop/#post-152619 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:48:59 +0000 Hmmm, interesting. Could that still affect new groups made with group forums though? Because we’re experiencing this same issue with those as well.

]]> 09cc6db3666c251b9d7329d4879cee6f Erlend replied to the topic Group forum (new and converted forums) posting causing redirect loop in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/group-forum-posting-causing-redirect-loop/#post-152617 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:20:48 +0000 WordPress 3.5.1
BuddyPress 1.6.4
bbPress 2.2.4

After we had converted our legacy forum to bbPress 2, I created a new forum category called “Projects” and made all the remaining group forums parent to […]

]]> fdd2a6f200a6f4d29391e8bf4f2eeb52 Erlend started the topic Group forum (new and converted forums) posting causing redirect loop in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/support/topic/group-forum-posting-causing-redirect-loop/ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:50:14 +0000 Iโ€™m trying to use Group Forums on my website and itโ€™s causing redirect loops like this:

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Both newly created forums as well as old converted ones (re-linked with Forum Tools) […]

]]> c3a4feb38995d803e2da416de6aaf09b Erlend replied to the topic Do you want full bootstrap buddypress theme? in the forum Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/support/topic/do-you-want-full-bootstrap-buddypress-theme/#post-152149 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:25:55 +0000 Nice work. I’m very curious what your bbPress styling looks like, but I couldn’t find a link to a forum in any of your example sites.

]]> 31fffe045f72a9a61a4d9f1cd693913a Erlend commented on the post, Year in Review, on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/2012/12/year-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-11757 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:51:05 +0000 Truly excellent changes. Been meaning to rant about “Notifications being extracted into its own component.”, really happy to see that being done.

I think PMs should be next up for extraction.

]]> b9223d5ee23c3fe85fe1ddacaf8d0e84 Erlend Sogge Heggen replied to the forum topic How to create custom group components, like on buddypress.org in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-create-custom-group-components-like-on-buddypress-org/#post-143902 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:20:04 +0000 That doesn’t help make a separate group though, it only explains how to extend it. We want to keep our groups as they are, while adding a new component, based on groups, but with its own slug and so forth.

]]> 06932d5cbe6a1c704d471588b2c0ed19 Erlend Sogge Heggen edited the forum topic How to create custom group components, like on buddypress.org in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-create-custom-group-components-like-on-buddypress-org/ Fri, 23 Nov 2012 02:05:19 +0000 I know this has come up before, but I can’t find the older threads about it. If this “how-to” was already explained once, I’d be happy with just a link.

We are trying to accomplish more or less exactly what […]

]]> 9569a53d9ee4b3aa94c8181ec9add2ec Erlend Sogge Heggen replied to the forum topic Any news on the 3.0 beta? in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/any-news-on-the-3-0-beta/#post-143893 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:04:51 +0000 Thanks for getting back to me. We’ll be very happy to put that Alpha through its paces.

]]> 12bf15481a2fefaeb6aed26f579b3865 Erlend Sogge Heggen started the forum topic Any news on the 3.0 beta? in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/any-news-on-the-3-0-beta/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:31:36 +0000 We’d (jMonkeyEngine.org community, with a very capable PHP developer on board now) like to start making Achievements plugins for our site, which will probably all be contributed back to the community. We can’t […]

]]> 88996e6b4d87b0bc11f8629dca589b11 Sadr started the forum topic How can I display a component page without a sidebar? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-can-i-display-a-component-page-without-a-sidebar/ Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:54:39 +0000 Now that components (forum, groups etc.) are linked by default WordPress pages, I was hoping they would also adhere to page templates. The BP-Default has a “One column, no sidebar” template. I tried applying […]

]]> 443a6dd7c2b18ff9056b59ad70b1d9cb Sadr replied to the forum topic Post Formats in WP 3.1 (BP 1.2.8?) in the group Creating & Extending http://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/post-formats-in-wp-3-1-bp-1-2-8/#post-110153 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:39:30 +0000 Suggested for version 1.6 (eligible for 1.5.1 if someone contributes a patch):
http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3627

]]> 89381229c44f108db860df0c9c6a3ab7 Sadr replied to the forum topic Featured images in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/featured-images/#post-109358 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:45:20 +0000 Sorry I failed to specify. The new default theme for BuddyPress supports featured images, but I can’t get them working.

]]> 2d8d8c3a90353e66728d2d57f2707308 Sadr started the forum topic Featured images in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/featured-images/ Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:49:48 +0000 I can’t seem to get featured images working. It doesn’t seem to work in TwentyTen or TwentyEleven either, but with custom themes like Canvas (WooThemes) and Visual (DevPress) it seems to work. Why might that be?

]]> 757b5a5c8cce596acacc1f115221a7b2 Erlend commented on the post, BuddyPress 1.5 now available!, on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/2011/09/buddypress-1-5-now-available/comment-page-1/#comment-8593 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:48:26 +0000 I don’t see the bbPress 2 compatibility called out. Is that because the integration happens mainly on bbPress’ end?..

Anyhow, huge thanks to everyone involved!

]]> 8fc2c1c804ec763069a48d5604dc3fae Sadr started the forum topic Small collection of buddypress.org bugs in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/small-collection-of-buddypress-org-bugs/ Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:45:50 +0000 – canโ€™t edit posts – After posting a new thread I am unable to edit it.
– canโ€™t see own posts (profile) – None of the activity streams in my profile show up.
– top-menu completely blocks the starting content 100% now if […]

]]> cbe0c5cbe8b81a97668aaf2bb081f082 Erlend commented on the post, BuddyPress 1.5 - Beta 1, on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/2011/07/buddypress-1-5-beta-1/comment-page-1/#comment-7856 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:48:23 +0000 Congratulations, and many thanks for all the hard work.

I can’t seem to make new posts on the buddypress.org forum (pressing ‘post new topic’ on any board in the support section takes me to a link like this, where the post […]

]]> 04b7d9d83811674515cd46ebded44659 Sadr started the forum topic About the maintenance week - time to start giving feedback? in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/about-the-maintenance-week-time-to-start-giving-feedback/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:36:42 +0000 Your latest blog post had comments turned off, so I’ll have to comment here.

Is now a good time to start posting about bugs and general feedback […]

]]> da85fcd5abb198cb1b56998220db6bc7 Sadr started the forum topic How to approach network wide menus with BuddyPress in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-to-approach-network-wide-menus-with-buddypress/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:29:14 +0000 Does anyone here have any tips to share with regards to network-wide (“global”) menus, in particular in use with BuddyPress?

WPMU Tutorials recently did a pre-release of a networkwide […]

]]> 8ca373f7611541b0f57aa3d53ac581b1 Sadr started the forum topic What exactly happens when BuddyPress is enabled on a WordPress Network enabled site? in the group Installing BuddyPress http://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/what-exactly-happens-when-buddypress-is-enabled-on-a-wordpress-network-enable Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:39:24 +0000 Lately I have been running some local (WAMP) tests to learn more about WordPress Network and BuddyPress. For instance how to install […]

]]> 0c5877147e956c5163e181ef1ae750db Sadr posted on the forum topic BuddyPress 1.2.9 update not showing up in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-1-2-9-update-not-showing-up/#post-103530 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:19:29 +0000 I tried that method, and I ran into something kind of strange:

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Does this mean the problem is on our end? Maybe we did a half-successful update or something… Still don’t understand what could cause […]

]]> c98fad11f801f27436f9504cdf7c9a9a Sadr posted on the forum topic Facing some issue with Cometchat and Buddypress theme in the group Third Party Components & Plugins http://buddypress.org/community/groups/third-party-components-plugins/forum/topic/facing-some-issue-with-cometchat-and-buddypress-theme/#post-103526 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:54:12 +0000 Looking at your website @hajakif it looks like you figured this out. Would you mind sharing your findings? We’re trying to set up CometChat on jmonkeyengine.org and we seem to be having similar set-up issues.

]]> 6dea684fb92cf72789b6da8f6e21df0f Sadr started the forum topic BuddyPress 1.2.9 update not showing up in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-1-2-9-update-not-showing-up/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:11:35 +0000 Site: http://jmonkeyengine.org

The update prompt for BuddyPress 1.2.9 is not showing up. Other plugins with updates for 3.2 compatibility have shown up, and WordPress 3.2 is also there, still pending install because I’d like […]

]]> fe0a1dc51d1fdec34f3c14e5751b89d9 Sadr posted on the forum topic A quick note about WordPress 3.2 in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/a-quick-note-about-wordpress-3-2/?topic_page=2#post-103240 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:40:48 +0000 Alright thanks. Sounds like I might want to wait for the 1.2.9b though ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]> d162149f149c521ecffec0bb12fea06e Sadr posted on the forum topic A quick note about WordPress 3.2 in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/a-quick-note-about-wordpress-3-2/?topic_page=2#post-103237 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:46:07 +0000 Did you cut off the upgrade for the time being? For a while I saw the pending 1.2.9 upgrade, but I only applied it to a test site or two, no live ones. Now I don’t see the pending update any longer.

]]> 52c89c900cf8360e94c25cff79d1c765 Sadr posted on the forum topic Converting to Multi-Site after site has already been up and running in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/converting-to-multi-site-after-site-has-already-been-up-and-running/#pos Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:37:02 +0000 I can confirm this is working very well, as I’ve got a local test with BuddyPress running on a Network enabled WordPress, and it’s all working great. On top of that, with only medium technical savvy (no programming, just as-instructed […]

]]> 1c30b6b9990628e8380b70715c22b76b Sadr posted on the forum topic Is this plugin going to be updated to work with WP 3.1? in the group BuddyPress Groupblog http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-groupblog/forum/topic/is-this-plugin-going-to-be-updated-to-work-with-wp-3-1/#post-103095 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 01:50:56 +0000 Thanks for giving the plugin some attention Lemmy. Just taking a look at the most recent forum posts over at the wp.org listing should give you a fair idea of the issues users have been reporting.

]]> eec6ede230162ad2e9c558e5b3623151 Sadr joined the group BuddyPress Groupblog https://buddypress.org/updates/p/161988/ Tue, 05 Jul 2011 01:50:56 +0000 0 f55b50a4eff60fc3e9e0d10ae9d59391 Sadr started the forum topic Extensive mockup of BuddyPress in a highly collaborative context - "When BuddyPress grows up" in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/extensive-mockup-of-buddypress-in-a-highly-collaborative-context-when-buddypress-grow Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:45:51 +0000 I would like to share with you my longstanding vision for the jMonkeyEngine community website. Over time this vision has been refined through the possibilities and limitations found in BuddyPress and the WordPress ecosystem, the growing needs of the community I tend to, and the added insight and technical aptitude of my fellow core drivers. […]

]]> 6971c39c483fe21ab60edba401b67b4b Sadr started the forum topic codex.buddypress.org search is not working in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/codex-buddypress-org-search-is-not-working/ Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:56:10 +0000 Searching on codex.buddypress.org is not working for me:
http://codex.buddypress.org/?s=multisite

]]> 65d4edc7a7f31a9e2fa3ec399a42da39 Sadr started the forum topic Incompatible with the WooThemes 'BuddyPress Canvas child theme' in the group BuddyPress Rate Forum Posts http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-rate-forum-posts/forum/topic/incompatible-with-the-woothemes-buddypress-canvas-child-theme/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:44:26 +0000 This plugin is not compatible with WooThemes’ flagship BP theme, the child theme for Canvas. I can provide you with a copy for testing if you’d like.

]]> fc5caa7a2fa9cc075907a3f920638439 Sadr joined the group BuddyPress Rate Forum Posts https://buddypress.org/updates/p/139929/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:44:25 +0000 0 e956bb5362d9f42024d1ed38f973e423 Sadr posted on the forum topic No more comments for buddypress.org blogposts? in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/no-more-comments-for-buddypress-org-blogposts/#post-90669 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:20:25 +0000 Darn, should’ve made a screenshot. It was disabled, honest! =P

]]> f72c2bee4e9e7ab4043488c63b075a70 Sadr started the forum topic No more comments for buddypress.org blogposts? in the group Miscellaneous http://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/no-more-comments-for-buddypress-org-blogposts/ Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:48:50 +0000 I noticed John disabled comments for the latest post, the 1.2.8 release announcement. Is there any particular reasoning behind this?

It wouldn’t have been that odd if it wasn’t for the fact that every post before it enables comments, unlike the wordpress.org blog for instance where posts comments are also disabled.

]]> 1cf7241c9ed476acc2950bade4a2a18f Sadr posted on the forum topic OK, 3.1 anyone? in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/ok-3-1-anyone/#post-90650 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:45:47 +0000 No, don’t do that. The developers are aware of this and the 1.2.8 fix is out.

]]> 16ff88aab7d6cd62a39ab05ad9fc4fed Sadr started the forum topic New server stack somehow affecting updates in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/new-server-stack-somehow-affecting-updates/ Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:47:20 +0000 For some reason our profile updates stopped coming with content excerpts after we upgraded our server with better hardware. We’re on a pretty much identical server stack, but there are some minor differences. For one, we struggled for the UserVoice widget for a long time because cURL was not installed. Since it was working before the […]

]]> 94a442fc6e30f8efc9e3e85ab16da09d Sadr posted on the forum topic oEmbed for BP 0.6-beta available! in the group oEmbed for BuddyPress http://buddypress.org/community/groups/oembed-for-buddypress/forum/topic/oembed-for-bp-0-6-beta-available/?topic_page=2#post-89057 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:50:16 +0000 Thanks for letting us know r-a-y. Non-surprising as it is, that’s still very pleasant news ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]> e5e3a5f2acbc27d6862e412e164e25e1 Sadr posted on the forum topic Rating-Widget integration in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/rating-widget-integration/#post-88574 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:16:38 +0000 Seems it’s got a very well documented API:
http://rating-widget.com/rating-widget-for-developers/

Would definitely be interested in seeing this plugin integrated!

]]> 4fbb79bb26a78e7d75763dbe9c3cbf60 Sadr posted on the forum topic oEmbed for BP 0.6-beta available! in the group oEmbed for BuddyPress http://buddypress.org/community/groups/oembed-for-buddypress/forum/topic/oembed-for-bp-0-6-beta-available/#post-87947 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:07:41 +0000 Any particular reason why this hasn’t been released as stable yet? The only bug Ive encountered is that if we paste video links at the end of a forum post with no content underneath it, it’ll break the embed.

]]> 431e70c3b4142788032553d4499b48e6 Sadr started the forum topic Dynamic achievemenet: Donation amount in the group Achievements http://buddypress.org/community/groups/achievements/forum/topic/dynamic-achievemenet-donation-amount/ Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:08:08 +0000 Okay, this is probably a super tricky one, so tricky in fact that I’d be happy to pay for it as an add-on to Achievements. Might as well throw it out there though: I’d love a dynamic achievement, in the sense that its associated description would be based on the individual user. The particular example I […]

]]> 4ca4ab4a520b306458a4a5c9425547c9 Sadr posted on the forum topic Identifying and mitigating an unknown performance bottleneck in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/identifying-and-mitigating-an-unknown-performance-bottleneck/#post-87491 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:50:36 +0000 Thanks a bunch for all your feedback @hnla . With regards to the suspected DNS/Domain issue, do you know how we could go about putting this to the test? I’m glad to hear that our hardware is likely be at the root of this issue, because then it’s very manageable. Extra note: We might try out […]

]]> 345299349a31b420157071a2ebca5796 Sadr started the forum topic Identifying and mitigating an unknown performance bottleneck in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/identifying-and-mitigating-an-unknown-performance-bottleneck/ Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:30:14 +0000 Our jmonkeyengine.org and jmonkeyengine.com sites are hosted on the same dedicated server. Our .org community site is powered by BuddyPress. We frequently experience problems (I’d say at least once a week) with extremely slow loading and sporadic downtimes ranging from a few minutes too several hours at length. Exactly why this happens is beyond us, […]

]]> 36efeabe8a075e8123325029ed5345e1 Sadr posted on the forum topic Double instance of "logged in" widget in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/double-instance-of-logged-in-widget/#post-87412 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:25:18 +0000 Appears to be fixed now.

]]> b9b9ccd32dd1c6506136bc0b4fe8d273 Sadr started the forum topic Double instance of "logged in" widget in the group Requests & Feedback http://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/double-instance-of-logged-in-widget/ Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:37:32 +0000 Is anyone else seeing this on buddypress.org?

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]]> d182a783a19ddd27d9ce193ee7a129e2 Sadr posted on the forum topic Non-child pages redirect to activity stream in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/non-child-pages-redirect-to-activity-stream/#post-85319 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:51:32 +0000 I found out that if I disable Job Manager (which isn’t in use anyways) the redirect takes me to the front page (blog excerpts) instead of the activity stream. Now, I don’t know exactly what happened, but I kept the plugin disabled, I once again re-saved the permalink of one page, and suddenly they were all working […]

]]> b107414eb41a6d79ca53c821ba4ef3fb Sadr posted on the forum topic Non-child pages redirect to activity stream in the group How-To and Troubleshooting http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/non-child-pages-redirect-to-activity-stream/#post-85080 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:26:13 +0000 Hmmm, doesn’t seem like it’s W3TC after all, seeing as we disabled it and nothing changed. I’m totally stumped…

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