Remove PayPal Pay by Debit or Credit Card on WordPress
Development Notes: Remove Paypal version of ‘Pay By Debit of Credit Card’ button on the Woocommerce checkout Environment: Wordpress / Woocommerce / WooCommerce PayPal Payments Problem: The PayPal Woocommerce plugin is adding an unwanted generic debit and credit card payment alongside its standard ‘Pay By PayPal’ button. Consequential Problems: Checkout attempts with an untested method. […]
Magento 2.4 | Category Issue
A common issue we keep encountering on Magento 2.4 are intermittent blank category pages. The Problem: Magento product category pages often show blank. Summary: It’s become clear that the Magento 2 search indexes and category indexes are more intrinsically linked. In Magento 1 versions, the two areas were more isolated. Initial Findings: From the root […]
Magento Open Source 2.4.0 Upgrade Notes
Issues: ‘We can’t find products matching the selection.’ Summary: This error is shown on all category pages. No products are displayed. Initial Thoughts: Presumed upgrade or install of Elastic Search server. Remediation Install Elastic Search. Solution Applied Open terminal and run the following commands (These commands may vary depending on your server environment). First we […]
Magento 2 | Stripe Plugin Upgrade Issue
Environment: Magento 2.3.4, Stripe Payment (Pre 1.8.8). Background: 8th July 2020 Stripe notified us via email about a known cross scripting exploit and vulnerability and that we needed to upgrade. Problem: Attempts to upgrade from the Cryoznic version of the Stripe plugin to the New Official Stripe plugin failed. Consequential Problems: Security vulnerability in the […]
WordPress/Woocommerce: Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons.
Development Notes: Woocommerce | Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons. Environment: Wordpress / Woocommerce Problem: Importing product data via CSV results in an error. Importing product data fails. What we tried: Checking the CSV for correct escaping. Importing columns separately to isolate the cause. How we recreated the problem: Insert html […]
Install WordPress on a Mac
This video demonstrates how to install Wordpress web design software on your Mac, along with the necessary Mamp web server. It is useful to install Wordpress on your computer for testing and development purposes. Mamp is a free Mac programme that allows you to simulate a server environment on your computer. Download Wordpress Download Mamp
Magento 2.3.4 | the stock item was unable to be saved. Please try again.
Development Notes: Magento 2.3.4 | the stock item was unable to be saved. Please try again. Environment: Magento 2.3.4, Elastic Seach, Disabled MSI. Problem: Editing the stock quantity of some select products would trigger the error: ‘the stock item was unable to be saved. Please try again.’. The change in quantity could not be saved. […]