As many are aware, our website has been challenged by recent updates to the WordPress hosting platform. If you are experiencing any site issues related to recent software updates by the host platform, please accept my apologies.
Sometime recently, WordPress modified the backside code used for this website, presumably to update to an enhanced platform. This was not done by CTH, it was out of our control, and it has created a considerable challenge as many site functions have been impacted; not the least of which is my ability to write and post about current topics in a quick and responsive manner.
The WP toolbar used by many, including site admins, has disappeared. No solution currently available. The site “SEARCH” function tool (right margin) has also been disrupted and is not returning accurate results. Additionally, the WP reader function is having a compatibility issue and many other ordinary site functions are disrupted. My sincere apologies for any reader/user frustration this is causing.
Be advised this set of challenges is nothing CTH admins or myself have initiated. These disruption issues are all driven by WordPress modifications made without any advanced notice to us. Some of them appear to be driven by WP adding “plugins” as part of a new upgrade, and we are working diligently through a process to evaluate the compatibility problems if we uninstall the changes (or even if we can).
As with all software updates, these changes can have cascading effects depending on each users individual browser. If you are experiencing site issues, this is likely one of the causes. Browser compatibility issues are usually corrected over time, but that does not mitigate the frustration you may experience.
Obviously, given the nature of our political climate, all of this seems conspicuously timed; and of course the WP “happiness engineers” who have initiated this challenge -at this specific time- deny any suspicious intent; which is obviously disrupting the substance of our presented information and your important crowdsource discussions.
Thankfully, most of the more damaging and consequential changes have been mitigated, but there will likely be some issues ongoing as we work diligently through the process of attempting to put our website back to a very user-friendly format. I have spent the better part of the past 24 hours trying to get things back to normal.
Again, my apologies for the issues and we will persevere. We appreciate your support and understanding as we work through this. If you have any specific issue that you cannot resolve, feel free to shoot us an email, and bear with us as you can only imagine the inbound volume in that regard.
Hopefully, I can soon get back to providing the CTH research and analysis that sets this little corner of the internet apart from the rest of the political noise.
Warmest possible regards,
Sundance
‘preciate the post! Thanks for all your work!
These Word Press futher-muckers are really!!! annoying
NO apologies needed. Not responsible for things you cannot control. Thanks Sundance. MAGA 2020!!!
Jwh49 ,
EXACTLY What I came here to post ! Thank You !
And Many Thanks to Sundance and Crew
for All You Do for Us EVERY SINGLE DAY !
??MAGA??
Ok there you go, and believe me I suspected it, alto’ it hasn’t been confirmed, some people who don’t like us probably inconvenient us on purpose.
But I have every confidence we’ll be back up running in no time
No worries.
WOLVERINES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love ya
Thanks Sundance. I was wondering if you were ok. Call me paranoid but the light you shine makes very powerful people angry.
Perhaps they be trying to shut you and us up?????
Wut? Are you doubting the integrity of WordSupress? ?
Oh noes.. Little ole me would nebber doubt the integrity of the masters…
FWIW, in case replicating my setup helps anyone else:
I’m using the latest Firefox, on a Windows 10 machine, my Flash player up to date (not sure if that matters or not,) Firefox built-in Enhanced Tracking Protection off, latest AdBlock Plus, and DuckDuckGo Privacy essentials active. So far I’ve had no problems (or else the mods have approved me instantly, in which case, thanks muchly!)
Also using Spectrum internet, if that matters.
Same here except Frontier FIOS 500/500 internet. No problems – yet.
Using brand new iPad w/iOS14. Can’t like posts, can’t log into WP nor create new WP account any longer.
Although I can see all posts they look different. The “like” count especially looks weird.
Same here. Just downloaded Widows 10 upgrade and have had 2 Firefox upgrades in 2 days. I turn off The Firefox Enhanced Tracking Protection twice= once on this site and again when I log in with my WordPress password. A while back during the last “glitches” I turned off my AdBlock Plus and now I leave it off for this site only. I also use DukDuckGo search engine in my browser.
Are you getting your WP notifications?
I’ll check back on this thread because I am not getting them….therefore no way to reply.
I don’t have an account, I’m just a permanent visitor – so I don’t get notifications. However, comments are no longer showing up in my history (which is how I keep up with replies) which is interesting.
– Brave browser on a Mac laptop is unable to post comments or replies.
– Also unable to see my WP notification bell in upper right to view Likes and replies to my comments.
– Have not yet been able to post…do not know if mine are even going into Moderation..
OK. Apparently my posting ability has returned so scratch the third bullet in my prior post.
Oops just lost posting ability again. This will probably go to Trashcan or Moderation
No worries… One of my sites also experienced the same in the last couple of days…
Two that I monitor/maintain have been up and down for the last couple of days. 404 then 30 seconds later it’s back. That have a heck of a bug in this little update.
Road Runner,
Beep beep! The coyote’s after you…
If he catches you you’re through…
Hard to catch a 440+6 RR
I like the photo of the irritated lion. Very much.
So frustrating but also so predictable.
Try Squarespace. Very easy.
Dump WP. We will follow you anywhere.
agree, seek another platform.
Disqus is what a lot of the big websites use.
What concerns me the most they did not give us any prior notice doesn’t that sound really odd. Who doesn’t give their client advance notice of maintenance or upgrades these days. It would only take one like this and I’d do something different.
Question does anyone have an idea of how many members access this site. Seems like it’s really big number.
Hundreds of thousands daily.
WOW
love you Ad rem
Had no idea it was that many people…
Ha! I think we are good to go for 4 more years Thanks to Sundance and you
You guys make it all worth it!
There are LOTS better blog-creation tools (many of them free) compared to clumsy WordPress.
Check out these alternatives: https://www.websitetooltester.com/en/blog/wordpress-alternatives/ and save yourself a lot of future misery with WordPress.
Me too if I know how to find you……You’d have as much trouble leaving me behind as the lefty vaccine people are gonna have finding me. 😎
I’ve gotta say, I love every single thing about this comment… and fully agree! xD
Ditto from here on my little branch.
We run many standlone WordPress servers. The question is do we upgrade or not. If you are on a WordPress site then you never make that decision its made for you. I would recommend finding a standalone provider then you can decide if upgrades are worth the hassle.
Yup! I work in self hosted WordPress sites all day long as a web developer. The wordpress.com (i.e. hosted by WordPress) sites give you next to no control. On the flip side though if you aren’t a developer navigating broken plugins and such can be extremely tricky, so I understand wanting to stay with a WordPress hosted site.
Appreciate your email Right Wing Gal. Problem is, self-hosting is $$$. Perhaps in our future….
I’d be willing to bet EVERY regular here would be willing to pay for a subscription. The Epoch Times and others have tiers that are quite reasonable.
Sundance and ALL: No words can express the time, effort and dedication you provide to this site. No apologies needed; this is just a normal hiccup. After all, hiccups come and go. Thank you, thank you!!!
Best treatment for intractable hiccups —> Thorazine
Today seem worse than I have experienced so far.
Try Squarespace if WP doesn’t get its act together. Very easy to use and highly reliable.
Having similar issues with my wordpress site. Much trouble shooting to do.
Thanks, thought it was my computer.
Thanks for the info…I was about to break out my tin foil hat Sundance.
Lost my *Tree* icon… but so far everything else A-okay! 🙂
Me, too — Running Chromium with uBlock Origin on Mac Mojave. Don’t use “Search” but otherwise all is well.
Before this latest whatever, my icon would appear in the upper right corner. I used it to log-out.
Now, to log-out I go to the icon that shows up when I “Liked” the Posted Blog and when I click on that it takes me to the Gravatar website instead of the WordPress site to log-out.
insignificant compared to your hours of endeavors with WordPress
Tree icon (“flavicon”) should be back….fixed it a few hours ago.
Sundance- First of all, thanks for your patriotism, courage and vigilance and all that you do for our Republic.
You never any need to apologize to your loyal fans and readers. Personally I am not surprised that this little distraction has been thrown your way in the crucial weeks leading up to the election. Let’s hope that this is the last of it and that you can keep up with your amazing work.
I think that as soon as it’s feasible, Our President Trump should do something to take out the Big Tech Masters of the Universe who are controlling our COMMUNICATIONS.
It is no small thing that everything we hold near and dear, especially Free Speech, is hanging in the balance with this election. The Dark Swamp creatures are throwing everything they have at you and other Truth Masters. We know that you will never let us down, just like our magnificent President.
You and your family are always in our prayers. If there’s ever anything we can do, just say the word.
Many Dittos
Seneca the Elder??
Great post?
Seneca, I agree with you completely. It sounds as if President Trump is looking into the communications issues of “free press”. He’s been hinting that biased and fake news shouldn’t have access to “free” airwaves.
I appreciate you, Sundance and all admins. Thank you for all you do.
I hate that word: “mitigate”
stupid code!
Ty for everything SD and there is no question the conservative treehouse honors Andrew Breitbart and so many of our heroes from times past! You and your team of patriots are the best!
Mega dittos here
My issue is that is showing on Desktop format on the iPhone. I wasn’t able to post before, hopefully this will show up now.
Thank you, Sundance and the moderators, for this place for us.
I had that problem on my iPhone but it finally stopped and became normal again
Could people give a short description of what their twitter post is about?
I ask because all I (and I assume many others) am seeing is the name of the account user. Makes it hard to know wether to click it or not.
I agree with Sunnydaze, Treepers
Or better yet give the twitter address along with the copy/paste of the twitter.
It’s a bit of work but hey, we are family here and should help each other keep informed in the easiest way possible til we get back to normal.
I am computer dumb, but this copy/paste for me is easy peasy. Do it for Wolverines! For Country! For President Trump.
Think of the children!
It takes a
villageTreehouse!WordPress is not the only blog platform that gets buggy after their updates. … well, I am pretty sure.
Hubbs is my macbookPro’s maid and servant, and sometimes his all so very good intention-ed updates and other computery maintenance creates a very very small outburst of frustration from ME.
Thank you for resolving the unbeknownst to me, complications today
Sundance, mAny thanks for what you do. You and your staff are appreciated big time
Thank you for the update ~ Much appreciated.
“…deny any suspicious intent…”
Indeed.
I just note that I visit some other WP hosted sites and haven’t observed any unusual stuff. But, I’ve been a bit sensitive to “them” for about 12 years now.
Another one of many reasons to get rid of wordpress.
Sundance?? Patriot Extraordinaire??
I think everyone understands and does not expect an apology from you for WP actions.
Thank you for your undying commitment to truth.
TBH, I have long expected to lose access to The Conservative Treehouse before the election, you are way too effective for them not to find some means of censoring you. Been dreading the day, as it is so difficult to find the truth.
Even before I opened this site today I could see something was different on the email which includes the link. The opening paragraph was strangely bolded.
No idea if this will post, my previous comment didn’t.
THANK YOU, SUNDANCE! and just in case it becomes necessary…their are millions of us “ready to ride!” WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for CTH. I wonder if the WordPress changes were intended to “October Surprise” Bloggers??
Thank you Sundance. ❤
No apologies needed, Sundance. If they are messing with us, kiss ’em goodbye. There are alternatives already mentioned. We’ll follow you wherever you put our online tree Sundance.
By the way, I would like to have added a “like” to other comments, but can’t right now. The whole time I have been reading this post and comments the “likes” have been “loading…” Oh. WELL! Keep on keepin’ on everybody. This too shall pass. 🙂
Auto-login was not working, seeing if this might.
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Word Press-bah humbug! futhermuckers!!!
Oh – see I have to sign in again right now – oh, well –
Just coming to comment that I noticed earlier today that your subscriptions had exceeded 200,000 – that is so fine.
….and then I noticed that that specific number is not showing in the right hand margin….maybe it will come back when I get re-signed in? We’ll see!
oh. mea culpa. I had not scrolled far enough down to see the number of subscribers….
How many does it show
just over 200,000
Strangely, it’s been working better for me since a few weeks. I can now ‘Like’ under my WP name and post under my alias.
‘Tis but a scratch! We will survive this slight annoyance as long as we are able to have access to Sundance and this site! No apologies are necessary to your loyal readers, we are but guests in your home. Many Thanks to all who help keep The Treehouse running!!! BD
WordPress must have used the Biden update. Diminished functionality, unable to handle a large audience and increased frustration when attempting simple tasks. /s
?❤️?❤️?❤️?
So far no problems that I’ve encountered. Using latest Firefox and Catalina OS on a Mac (of course).
I’m still running High Sierra. However…. ❤️ my MAC.
I haven’t had any problems myself, at least that I’ve noticed. But given the environment we are in, is there a possibility the WordPress “happiness engineers” could just memory-hole the entire CTH site with no advance notice, citing the ubiquitous “violated our TOS” excuse? And if they did so, would Twitter follow along as well? Is there a backup communications plan? Or do we need to be prepared to resort to our own “samizdat”, stocking up on typewriters and carbon paper?
Forgive me if I’m a bit skeptical about Word Press’ intentions; in fact, it’s downright suspicious. These things do not happen by accident or by miscalculation………..
I have just in the last hour noticed that my comments post really fast. I mean almost immediately haha I’m not use to that
True. And I am also not noticing any duplicate comments so far on this thread.
Thanks Sundance. Love your site. Understand total the pain that software can cause. Just be careful about software updates the next 30+ days. You are a critical platform.
FYI, if you have any of those gift cards with like $10 on them, shoot them over to Sundance to help with the site!!!! You are going to lose that money sitting on those cards in your draw. Pocket change!!!
No problem. Who said ” what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger”. Just another day on the Trump train! Nothing is going to throw us off.
Thank you for the update.
So far, the only thing I’m noticing is that when I click to “like” a comment, it that shows up that I did like it, then that “like” immediately disappears; as well as
the little bell icon that usually shows up in the upper right hand corner (using a desktop) is gone, but if I click from this WP site and visit Stella’s Place, that bell symbol shows up as well as the comments others might have made or liked to one of my comments, so am
assuming that is one of the glitches being worked out as you navigate these WP upgrade changes.
I hoping this comment appears, so will see soon enough.
Thank you all for working so hard to figure out and fix what wordpress has done.
commenting to “like”
Stella’s site has not undergone the changes……yet. Oh…and it’s called a “Notifications” bell.
Thank you, didn’t know what it was called. I now come over to visit Stella’s Place, not only to read her daily threads, but also in order to see, and reply to comments on the CTH site, until the notifications bell returns.
Stella’s Place is also a great site on its own!
I just posted a comment at Stella’s and it worked. None of my comments are posting here and I am using WordPress in each instance.
WP doesn’t recognize you because you’re using a different email address…therefore, sending your comment to moderation.
I’m still missing my notification bell as well as the entire menu bar that should be running atop of the blog. We’ve reported these problems to their “happiness engineers”, and are awaiting their report.
No need for apologies. Thank you for the AMAZING Info you bring to us daily! Been reading here for about 3 years now and haven’t seen any other site that has such informed readers! God Bless You Sundance! Whatever is needed from us at any time please don’t hesitate to ask! Godspeed.
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nimbler and others- FYI I am not able to “like” your posts. Just reply.
Hello Seneca
It is just one of those days, some days I can like and some days I can’t.
I can’t like anyone’s posts and to make a comment I have to go out to Worpress(gag cough) every time I try to reply or comment. This happens on every site I visit that is powered by wordpress.
The best website hosting is Hostgator. Always up and running, I ran 4 websites for more than 10 years with NO problems of any kind. No censorship either.
I know! I will never give in to the “socialist B.S. by Google, et al – Time for Trump to replace the @FCC 3 persons he chose. The FCC job is to protect our “free speech” on the internet! #Trump2020Landslide!
I’m thinking that this is an incompatibility problem between WP and the browser you use. Check your browser’s settings to make sure they are allowing WP’s “cookies’.
Firefox allowed me to test like a few of the preceeding posts and some not….they say ‘loading’, permanently.
Same thing with me.
I can see your posts but don’t have the Treehouse icon and the font is small…it is a different font than before. Also, I DO NOT HAVE TO LOG-IN…WEIRD!!!!
Sundance & Crew…thank you for all that you have done in the last 24hrs. I do hope as we near the election that this doesn’t happen again…FINGERS CROSSED AND A PRAYER!!!!
That’s a GOOD weird!!!
I have the CTH website opened and sending replies from INSIDE my wordpress account to see if ANY of MY replies show up…
Heart Felt Thanks for what you, Sundance & others have to do to keep CTH up…Have been where you are and I know the feeling…God Bless!!!
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PLEASE stop the TEST posts and complaining about not being able to “like” comments. It only makes moderating more difficult when there are unnecessary comments about things that we know about.
“TEST” posts drive me BANNANAS!!!!
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.FJHeaBh6wmWLY4b7sASU_AHaDt%26pid%3DApi&f=1
Please don’t yell. You’ll make me feel insecure. I’ll need to find a safe place to hide. Damn – I’m beginning to feel like a DEMOCRAT.
MAGA!
I agree, Stella!
I would however like to report an unexpected positive change that has occurred for me as a non-Word Press user, just in case you are unaware it’s happening and that the information could help in any way?
Today, when I reply to a comment (have not yet tried my own standalone comment), I receive a brand new box that includes a checkbox labelled “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.” I checked the box and it DOES work – my login information appears when replying to a new comment.
Furthermore, it works across two separate iDevices – I turned on the checkbox on my iPhone and the box now appears on my iPad.
I am using the Brave browser.
There are also icons in the new box for WordPress, Google, Twitter, and FaceBook.
Sorry if you already knew this and this wastes your time – I do hope it’s useful.
Thanks….did not know this. 😀
How about we post WordPress sucks?
Spot on! Without @TheLastRefuge2 and #CTH we would not even have an inkling of truth. I am so grateful for all you have done, are doing to save America! God Bless and keep it up! We The American people need your truth. A Grateful American, Joanne Davis who became a citizen at age 9 with her parents who migrated from Canada for a better life long ago!
Just in, the icon for the Treehouse is back! Thank you Sundance!
But still frustrated that no auto fill works, have to fill in the https: address and tho I click ‘save my name etc. but doesn’t save it ?
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