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Pesky WP Gremlins
Over the past week or so, I’ve noted that many of the blogs I’ve followed for some considerable time have just dropped off my timeline. According to WP, I am still following you but I am not seeing your posts in my timeline. I’m slowly trying to identify all the affected blogs, yours may be one of them.
This is enormously frustrating and I have reported the issue to WP. I know we all get beset by these gremlins from time to time and I hope my issues will shortly be resolved. So, if you were wondering why I hadn’t been “liking” and “commenting” on your wonderful posts…………that’s the reason and many, many apologies!
Same here! When I spot a missing one, I add it to my notifications, but I think there are many more 🌿
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I wasn’t aware of such a thing but now that you mention it there are quite a few blogs I follow that seem to have disappeared. 🤔. I still see yours though happily.
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Small blessings
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Where are they missing from? In the WP app?
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Yes!
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I follow everyone using email notifications. Hadn’t noticed any missing that way.
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I’ve tried that too!
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I an often beset by the gremlins in various manifestations and have used that very word with the WP HEs. Often, there’s no explanation. I wonder how much is due to the changeover to Block Editor as of yesterday.
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This has been going on for a couple of weeks. I don’t think I can blame it on the change of Editor, though I could blame the slow response on it.
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But they’ve been working in the change for a while. A couple of weeks ago was when I tried to add an important update to a published post. It got swept away six times. I spent hours with various HEs who couldn’t fix it. Blamed it on my browser, which I changed. Then blamed my computer. I finally added the update as a response to comments.
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Good to know
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There has been so many updates lately I similarly enduring the same problems. Happy Engineers, support have not responded to this for some time. We run Bussiness Enterprise and no help 🆘
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Oh dear!
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I was informed by one my bad luck 😅🤣 cov 19. Gee whiz 🆘
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This problem is one of the many WP has. I follow you. I know I do because your posts appear in my Inbox each time you post. But according to your site when I scroll, that little floaty thing on the right asks me to follow you. I have been told not to mind what the blog site shows, I am following you and don’t bother to click ‘follow’ because it will just mess things up. I am sure they mean ‘mess things up further.’
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The problem is that I’m no longer receiving the posts from many of my longtime followers!
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Oh, dear. Good luck getting it fixed, Sheree.
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Yep. Same here.
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At least I’m not being singled out for sticking with Classical Editor!
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hugs! several hiccups right now with WP theyve to date not ever resolved issues I’ve reported
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Thanks! Give the munchkins a hug from me.
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will do. hope you and your fam are safe.
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We are thank you
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Thank you for sharing! I’ve experienced the same.
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☹️
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No worries. I see and enjoy all of yours. I know, selfish of me. 😉
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Thanks for being so understanding but I do hope I manage to sort it out shortly.
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thanks for sharing. hope the issues get resolved soon.
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Me too!
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Thanks for sharing this helpful info and your Gremlin photo. It made me laugh. 🙂 (I recently updated my blog, so I’m not sure you would even recognize me anyway!) But I do still see you and enjoy your posts and photos.
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Melanie, thanks for the comment. Sadly, your blog is one of the one’s that has disappeared from my timeline yet I’m still following! It’s very frustrating so I’ve just had a bit of a catch up. Hope you’re well and staying safe.
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Oh! Well, I’m glad I checked in. 😊 Thanks Sheree for catching up so fast! That was super kind. We’re staying safe here on the Space Coast. 🚀
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Good to hear
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I think this is a common bug, it has certainly happened to me in the past
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Yes, I’ve had problems with it too but this time it involves lots of blogs!
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Here’s to getting these gremlins of WP under control! Sending faerie dust your way. 🙂 xx
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It can’t hurt!
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This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. WP can be so annoying sometimes.
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Indeed, thanks Pooja
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You’re welcome and hope they fix it soon.
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Me too!
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Same issues. It’s so weird. With two blogs, I’m not even seeing my own. I hope yours gets sorted out soon. Mine happened Monday so far, as the third time this year.
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Thanks Samantha
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Well, all the above testimonies bear out what I was going to say about you not being the only one it’s happened to.
You’re still showing up in my read list though. Hang in there. 🙂
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Thanks!
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Strange Coincidence – I saw someone wearing a GREMLINS movie T -Shirt today.
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Spooky!
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I’ve been having the same issue.
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My sympathies, it’s very frustrating.
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Very! I will click on someone and see weeks of missed posts. Sometimes these things happen. Argh.
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Argh! Too right.
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Maybe they’ve been sent to an alternate universe.
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Had not thought of that 😎
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You are not alone, Sheree. (When I reverted to the Classic editor after struggling with Gutenberg for about a year my viewing figures reduced. I have persevered with the new, much better, editor and viewings are back up to what they used to be).
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It’s not about views of my blog, it’s that I’m not seeing the blogs of others. Perhaps, I too will have to abandon the Classic Editor!
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I understood that, but perhaps the other side of the coin. 🙂
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Point taken!
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I wish I had a dollar for everytime I’ve had to reclick the “Follow” button.
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I’d settle for 50 cents!
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You’d still be among the top 2% of the world’s wealthiest. 🙂
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I haven’t been getting your posts so today I hunted them down! Boy, have I been missing out!
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Fortunately, I’ve been getting yours but there are loads that I haven’t. Seems a perennial WP problem.
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I have the same problem lately though it seems to be mostly sorted out now but a few blogs are still gone, unfortunately yours is one of them! Sigh.😳😕
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Ah, but you know where to find me!
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Yep, so true!
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