Hi there,
A client of mine was editing a page in the WordPress Dashboard on hidden link. The page was using the Classic Editor. They added content, saved it a few times, and all of the sudden, the page converted itself to the Block Editor. The user went to the three dots in the upper right-hand corner and clicked "switch to classic editor," but nothing happened.
Around the same time, I received an email notification from WordPress with the following text:
Subject: [Site Name] Your Site is Experiencing a Technical Issue
Howdy!
WordPress has a built-in feature that detects when a plugin or theme causes a fatal error on your site, and notifies you with this automated email.
In this case, WordPress caught an error with one of your plugins, Toolset Layouts.
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Please contact your host for assistance with investigating this issue further.
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WordPress version 6.3.1
Active theme: Lifetime Arts (version 1.0.3)
Current plugin: Toolset Layouts (version 2.6.14)
PHP version 8.1.24
Error Details
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An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 1334 of the file /home2/lifetiu1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/layouts/classes/wpddl.class.php. Error message: Uncaught TypeError: method_exists(): Argument #1 ($object_or_class) must be of type object|string, null given in /home2/lifetiu1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/layouts/classes/wpddl.class.php:1334
Stack trace:
#0 /home2/lifetiu1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/layouts/classes/wpddl.class.php(1334): method_exists(NULL, 'get_post_slug')
#1 /home2/lifetiu1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/layouts/inc/gui/editor/editor.php(975): WPDD_Layouts->get_where_used('22562', false, true, 5, Array, 'default', Array, false, 0)
#2 /home2/lifetiu1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/layouts/inc/gui/editor/editor.php(1154): WPDD_GUI_EDITOR->get_where_used_x_amount_of_posts('22562', true, 5)
#3 /home2/lifetiu1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/layouts/inc/gui/editor/editor.php(238): WPDD_GUI_EDITOR->get_where_used_lists('22562')
#4 /home2/lifetiu1/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(310): WPDD_GUI_EDITOR->init_editor('')
#5 /home2/lifetiu1/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(334): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array)
#6 /home2/lifetiu1/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#7 /home2/lifetiu1/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php(175): do_action('admin_init')
#8 {main}
thrown
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We're hoping this bug can be addressed and that we can switch back to the classic editor when editing a page.
Thank you!
Saul
