1. Moved to a temporary location the folders wp-content/plugins/js-composer And wp-content/themes/specular
2. Copied the new versions.
3. I got errors on WP.
4. Then, I simply deleted the “plugins/js-composer” directory and installed if from the wp-admin page. But still I got errors (please see below), so I had to revert back to using the old versions of specular and js-composer.
Notice: Wrong name for shortcode:vc_tabs. Name required in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/144109/webspace/httpdocs/solicall.com/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/core/class-wpb-map.php on line 425 Notice: Wrong name for shortcode:vc_tabs. Name required in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/144109/webspace/httpdocs/solicall.com/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/core/class-wpb-map.php on line 425 Notice: Wrong name for shortcode:vc_tabs. Name required in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/144109/webspace/httpdocs/solicall.com/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/core/class-wpb-map.php on line 425 Notice: Wrong name for shortcode:vc_accordion. Name required in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/144109/webspace/httpdocs/solicall.com/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/core/class-wpb-map.php on line 425 Notice: Wrong name for shortcode:vc_accordion_tab. Name required in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/144109/webspace/httpdocs/solicall.com/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/core/class-wpb-map.php on line 425 Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/pem/vhosts/144109/webspace/httpdocs/solicall.com/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/core/class-wpb-map.php:425) in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/144109/webspace/httpdocs/solicall.com/wp-login.php on line 431 Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /usr/local/pem/vhosts/144109/webspace/httpdocs/solicall.com/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/include/classes/core/class-wpb-map.php:425) in /usr/local/pem/vhosts/144109/webspace/httpdocs/solicall.com/wp-login.php on line 444
You must have done something wrong. There is no problem updating visual composer plugin. Please send us your wp credentials in a private reply and we will gladly do it for you.
Hi, Is there any option to help me with my production site ? Again I apologize that we must be very careful with the down-time. Does the error messages that I received indicate on the source of the problem ? Maybe there are some names missing that I need to fill in some table ?
The update process is very strait-forward. You do not need to fill-in any format or tables. Read this article for more detailed information. I will not affect your settings.
If you want to keep the older version too, then just rename it (example: js_composer-old) and then upload the new version. Go to your dashboard > Plugins, there will be the two WP Bakery plugins. You can distinguish them from the version number(screenshot). Activate the one you want.
You can test it out in a local server if you do not want to make the changes directly into the live site.
Let us know how you wish to procced.
What version of Specular do you have? If it is a very old version, it will have issues because there are a lot of important changes made in the latest updates. So basically sooner or later you have to update theme to match all other changes of other plugins and wordpress itself.
For the theme’s security it is always best to have it updated.
Sorry for the late reply.
You have very old versions of both the theme and Visual Composer. Please update theme and install again Visual Composer from theme.
Let us know.
Thank you for getting back to me. The problem is the same. Perhaps Visual Composer does not allow upgrading directly from version 4.4.1 to the current version and we need to upgrade step by step ? Could you please verify ? If I export my site and send it to you, would it be of help ?
There is no problem updating Visual Composer from whatever version to the latest. Follow the steps described in this article to update plugin.
It does not help exporting your site, as all you need it update theme and visual composer.
Thank you again. As I said, I tried this multiple times but it is not working and I keep getting errors. I have no idea why although I followed your instructions. Is there a way to pay for a service and we schedule a time-slot that we do the upgrade together ? Thanks.
Please send us your wp and ftp credentials in a private reply. We can do the upgrade for you. Do not worry for your data safety as a private reply is only visible from you and forum admins.
