Fatal error (eeb_protect_emails function)

  • Resolved la_ri_za

    (@la_ri_za)


    2 months, 2 weeks ago

    After upgrading to 2.3.9 I see this error

    [07-Jan-2026 11:56:50 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method OnlineOptimisation\EmailEncoderBundle\Validate\Validate::filter_content() in .../wp-content/plugins/email-encoder-bundle/core/includes/functions/template-tags.php:155
    Stack trace:
    #0 .../wp-content/plugins/email-encoder-bundle/core/includes/functions/template-tags.php(142): eeb_protect_emails()
    ...
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  • Plugin Author Ivan

    (@ooivan)

    2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hi @la_ri_za

    Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We found a bug that could trigger an error under specific conditions, and it’s been fixed in the latest release.

    Please update the plugin (v2.4.0) and check if everything works as expected now.

    Thread Starter la_ri_za

    (@la_ri_za)

    2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Great, thank you! Everything works now. 🙂

    leanderbraunschweig

    (@leanderbraunschweig)

    2 months, 2 weeks ago

    @ooivan

    The changelog entries for the last five version all state

    Fix: Bug fixes

    As a developer I am relying on a proper changelog in order to determine what every version brings about in terms of code changes and I would appreciate if you could provide us with a more elaborate protocol.

    That said: Thank you very much for providing the plugin and makeing the (WordPress-)web a safer place!

    Plugin Author Ivan

    (@ooivan)

    2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hi @leanderbraunschweig

    That’s a totally fair point, and I agree with you!
    I was (perhaps a bit too much) following the “best practice” you often see from big players, where changes get bundled under vague labels like “bug fixes”, “security update”, or “various improvements”.

    What we’ve been doing recently is modernising the codebase while keeping all existing functionality intact. The plugin has been around for quite a while, and over the years it’s lived through multiple PHP and WordPress versions, along with coding standards and best practices that made sense at the time. Untangling that isn’t trivial.

    A lot of the recent “bug fixes” are actually part of this cleanup work: improving structure, testability, reliability, removing dead code, and addressing issues we uncovered along the way – some of which were genuine bugs. It’s very much a work in progress, but the goal is to move away from just carrying legacy code forward and instead properly clean things up before building further.

    I’ll definitely be more explicit in the changelog going forward. Thanks for calling it out 🙂

    • This reply was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by Ivan.
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