Archive error when Wp-Rocket 3.12 and newer is enabled

[mattmary]

see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-error-with-wp-rocket/
wprocket upgraded in this release Monolog to 2.0. Now we have a conflict.

refs #233
refs matomo-org/matomo#16905

[tsteur]

WP-Rocket is one of the most used WordPress plugins used on millions of sites. It means our plugin will no longer work when they are both installed at the same time.

[mattmary]

Temporary workaround is to fix the wp-rocket version
https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo-for-wordpress/wiki/Downgrade-wp-rocket-to-a-version-compatible-with-the-Matomo-plugin

[NicoHood]

I also ran into this issue since 2 days ago. If I remember correct I've updated Matomo, Rank Math and the WebP Converter Plugin. Something must have caused the issue.

I tried to follow this guide and manually created the archive. The error message is, that matomo could not connect to the database.

Is my issue related to this one?

Edit: It is another issue: #647

[mattmary]

@NicoHood

Yes. I confirm. this is another issue

[ultrazeus]

Any update on this? I'm still on a deprecated version of WP-Rocket. Like @tsteur is mentioning WP-Rocket is one of the most used WordPress plugins used on millions of sites, so I would recommend prioritising this.

[jblecuit]

Everything is back to normal with the latest versions of the Matomo and WP-Rocket plugins

[mattmary]

Hello @jblecuit @ultrazeus

We have published recently a new plugin version with a new Matomo release.
But this release does not embed yet the fix for this problem. The problem still exist.

As I metionned it before, this fix will be included in the next major Matomo release. For now, Matomo 5 is scheduled in 3 months.

Kind regards

Mat

[atom-box]

Today in feature feedback a Matomo user reported the following:

"Still the annoying Error on reporting due to WP-Rocket bug."

[goochj03]

A customer this morning has also brought up the incompatibility issue with WP-Rocket.
"I have a problem with matomo and my plugin wp-rocket isn't compatible!"

[mattmary]

Hello @atom-box, If this user defines the constant explained in this wiki page, he will never have again this problem when we upgrade our plugin:
https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo-for-wordpress/wiki/Downgrade-wp-rocket-to-a-version-compatible-with-the-Matomo-plugin
Indeed, we'll have to notify all of them when the fix will be released to let them remove this constant.

@goochj03 everything is explained here: https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo-for-wordpress/wiki/Downgrade-wp-rocket-to-a-version-compatible-with-the-Matomo-plugin. He should also have this link in his system report.

Can you both of you add in comment the link where these users complained about?

[TibowWebdesign]

Hello @mattmary is the conflict problem fixed now?
Matomo 4.14.2
WP Rocket 3.12.3.3

Thank you for your answer

[mattmary]

Hello @TibowWebdesign

We are testing the beta release of Matomo 5.x.
So for now, no, It's not yet fixed, but it should be soon.
I'll try to notify all of you when we'll publish a plugin release including Matomo 5.x
Thanks for your patience.

Mat

[atom-box]

A user today reported this:

Hello,
Do you know when self-hosted Matomo Analytics will be compatible with WP Rocket?
Indeed, it's becoming very problematic for many sites to use an older version of WP Rocket.

[jblecuit]

Hello, No Idea... De : Evan Genest ***@***.***> Envoyé : dimanche 17 septembre 2023 19:57 À : matomo-org/matomo-for-wordpress ***@***.***> Cc : jblecuit ***@***.***>; Mention ***@***.***> Objet : Re: [matomo-org/matomo-for-wordpress] Archive error when Wp-Rocket 3.12 and newer is enabled (Issue #642) A user today reported this: Hello, Do you know when self-hosted Matomo Analytics will be compatible with WP Rocket? Indeed, it's becoming very problematic for many sites to use an older version of WP Rocket. - Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#642 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A3B7DZNMJEIUS5OPHYLOBCLX242YJANCNFSM6AAAAAAQFI2BKY>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.******@***.***>>

[ramig1thub]

Hello,
This problem with self-hosted Matomo and WP Rocket is really annoying.
It's been more than 1,5 year that we are waiting for a fix...

[diosmosis]

Hi @ramig1thub, I'm working on a fix right now. There were some politics that made it hard to accomplish a year ago but we've found a way around that problem.

[diosmosis]

For anyone following this, it seems like WP-Rocket may have fixed this on their end in wp-media/wp-rocket#6046. I haven't tested whether there are any other incompatibilities, but it may be possible to use the latest version with Matomo for WordPress.

We are still working on applying the same type of fix on our end to solve all our plugin incompatibility issues.

[diosmosis]

Matomo for WordPress 5 now has better compatibility with other WordPress plugins.