This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem:
WPML String Translation wasn't being activated and when trying to activate, site's main menu and header were gone. There was a fatal error when trying to access Avada Options page and site was breaking.
For some reason, the main site was expecting to use FTP. This is why nothing actually worked. And nothing was being logged in debug.log.
By using Query Monitor, our team was able to find following error:
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: ftp_nlist(): Argument #1 ($ftp) must be of type FTP\Connection, null given in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php on line 427 Call stack: ftp_nlist() wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php:427 WP_Filesystem_FTPext::exists() wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/class-avada-server-rules.php:177 Avada_Server_Rules::is_htaccess_writable() wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/options/performance.php:53 avada_options_section_performance() wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/class-avada-options.php:155 Avada_Options::set_sections() wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/class-avada-options.php:107 Avada_Options::__construct() wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/class-avada-options.php:124 Avada_Options::get_instance() wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/class-avada.php:716 Avada::get_options() wp-content/themes/Avada/includes/class-avada-avadaredux.php:30 Avada_AvadaRedux::init_fusionredux() wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:308 WP_Hook::apply_filters() wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:332 WP_Hook::do_action() wp-includes/plugin.php:517 do_action() wp-settings.php:623 require_once() wp-config.php:104 require_once() wp-load.php:50 require_once() wp-admin/admin.php:34 require_once() wp-admin/themes.php:10
Solution:
Team fixed the issue by adding:
define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');
to wp-config.php file.
This seems to work with:
- String Translation - no crashes
- Visiting Avada Options - no crashes
- Front-end - the menu displays just properly now when WPML String Translation is enabled.
This is also actually the reason why no error log was created in the first place.
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