Converting my old wordpress theme template to php 8.2 or above

[Frankiemac]

I have used a template for years which I have hacked to bits to suit what I needed it for. When trying to upgrade to 8.2 it breaks to critical error. I have used it on multiple sites and I have to do them all.

I have been trying to find something similar to build from but they all seem the be designed for using poxy page builders, scss or both.

I have been trying to find somewhere online that may be able to convert the code used as a template for my current sites so that I can rebuild them all the same way. I only want the basic site done and the rest I will hand code again for any changes I need.

Can anyone think of somewhere where I could upload the files form my template to make them compliant from 7.4.

If not, can anyone recommend a simple template that is not reliant on scss or page builders. Needs to be woocommerce compatible too.

Thanks.

 

[Nabinium]

You could find out the cause of the errors with your current template.

Annoyingly the errors aren’t always written to the server error logs. So here’s what I do if I can access the server files.

Edit wp-config.php

Add the following “define” code snippets (making sure to temporarily comment out duplicates that might be in the config file):

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );

define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true );

define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );

define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true );

This will write errors to a log file, weirdly in the wp-content folder.

Make your changes (e.g. switch to PHP 8.2), try to access the site, then read the resulting log file.

 

[Frankiemac]

You could find out the cause of the errors with your current template.

Annoyingly the errors aren’t always written to the server error logs. So here’s what I do if I can access the server files.

Edit wp-config.php

Add the following “define” code snippets (making sure to temporarily comment out duplicates that might be in the config file):

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );

define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true );

define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );

define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true );

This will write errors to a log file, weirdly in the wp-content folder.

Make your changes (e.g. switch to PHP 8.2), try to access the site, then read the resulting log file.

Thanks. Will have a look.

I messed about with chat gpt last night just to see and it said to upload the files and it would try and convert all files. It did and then I used the zip on a test website and I saw a couple of errors were scripts in function file I had added ages ago. Got rid of them to see and it actually worked. Nowhere near like usual, but its not not critical error. I am going to plough through it all on a test site and see what breaks it.

I will do as you suggested though to see if any of those errors are likely to exist in the 8.3 version from ChatGPT

I hate AI but it would be very handy if its broke the back of it for me.

 

[Frankiemac]

It seems the AI changes doesn't like the back end. When adding or amending a post it updates but the screen goes blank, does not go back to the editor.

 

[Nabinium]

Is there anything in the browser console when you do that?

Perhaps revert to your original template (without the AI changes), enable the log debugging I mentioned earlier and check the log file for errors.