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Saving color scheme crashes site with fatal error

Saving a custom color scheme triggers a fatal or critical error that takes the admin or the whole site down.

9 public reports · first reported 10 September 2016 · last reported 30 May 2023

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What's going wrong

Site owners running this admin color plugin on newer PHP versions report that clicking Save and Use either shows a critical error, a blank white screen, or a site-wide crash. Some had to remove the plugin file by FTP to recover access, and others lost the admin dashboard entirely. The failures trace to outdated bundled code that misbehaves on modern PHP. Because the plugin is widely used to personalize dashboards, owners who depend on it want a reliable way to save schemes safely. An opportunity exists for a tested compatibility layer, a staging check, or a safe-save tool that catches these crashes before they reach live sites.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports.

Products affected

Admin Color Schemer.

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Who has this problem

2 businesses found.

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