Post Levels 1.1.1 Fix « Barron of Blog

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Post Levels 1.1.1 Fix

Geek waving I use Fortes' excellent Post Levels Plugin on this site. The latest release of WordPress (version 2.3.x) broke this plugin, so I took it upon myself to fix it (since Fortes is currently unavailable).

You can download the updated version here:
Post Levels 1.1.2

If you are curious, the problem was due to a regular expression that was not expecting the SQL "FROM" clause to use an alias for the "wp_posts" table. My solution, which is a bit hacky, was to insert expressions to create and then properly handle this alias. I wish a better solution exists, but to my knowledge WordPress doesn't expose these SQL statements through hooks.

Please let me know if you have any issues.

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Litkei Béla
January 8th, 2008 - 16:25

Thanks,Thanks,Thanks!!!!!!!
Katy`
January 16th, 2008 - 00:02

Hello, I just upgraded my WP to 2.3.2 but your updated plugin doesn’t work! =( Please don’t reply to the email up there because it’s fake so I don’t get spammed. If you have time, I would really appreciate it if you help me look into it because this is my favorite plugin!!

My real email is ko0tz_ (at) hotmail.com

I get a page that says:
Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.

Thanks in advance!!
whatever-
January 23rd, 2008 - 20:09

it breaks my pages and page lists and page widgets
Mike B.
January 23rd, 2008 - 20:54

Hmm – that’s a very bad thing. What theme are you running? Are the page lists something you coded yourself? Have a link so I can see it?
Robin
March 7th, 2008 - 12:35

Broke everything, now I must start from scratch.
Mike B.
March 7th, 2008 - 13:06

You shouldn’t need to start from scratch – just download the previous version and replace it.
Nathan
April 12th, 2008 - 18:16

Anyone try this on 2.5?
kathy
April 13th, 2008 - 09:32

Hi!
I love that you wrote a fix for the postlevels plugin because I am using 2.5 wordpress and I was wonderng if the fix works or if there is a way of getting it to work.

I have it installed but so far it prevents ALL my posts from showing up, on my front page it just says: “Not Found

Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here ”

I would really love for this to work so maybe you can send me an email if you know of a solution.
thanks.
Mike B.
April 13th, 2008 - 22:43

Yeah – this plugin does NOT current work in WordPress 2.5. I am running that version, but had to disable the plugin (private posts still private using 2.5′s built-in functionality).

I’ll try to make some time, but honestly there is a lot on my plate right now so don’t hold your breath. I can send you all a quick e-mail when/if it gets released… until then you might want to bug the original author (Fil).
kathy
April 14th, 2008 - 03:06

thanks. I understand that real life has priorities I also asked the original author about it but haven’t received a reply as of yet.
Katy
May 26th, 2008 - 21:16

I’m with Kathy!

I used your fix for 2.3 but this plugin is the only reason that’s stopping me from upgrading. Sigh* I wish the guy who wrote this plugin will keep on supporting it but nevertheless, I’ll be dropping by your page from time to time just in case you do find a fix.

Take care!