Wordpress: how to debug "Do not delete this page. Page content is generated by CiviCRM."

Question

After upgrading Wordpress to 5.8 and CiviCRM to 5.39.0, the event registration page does not work.

This is the url:

These are the symptoms:

the h1 of the page is "CiviCRM"
the body of the page is "Do not delete this page. Page content is generated by CiviCRM."
the title tag in the header contains the title of the event
no profile fields, hence no possibility to register for the event.
no errors in ConfigAndLog
no javascript errors in browser web developer tools
several cache clear had no effect

What could be the cause of this error? What can I do to debug this further?

Thanks!

I'd try flushing WP permalinks first. Go to mysite.org/wp-admin/options-permalink.php Just visiting the page should flush the permalinks. No need to save anything. If that fails, I'd delete the dirctories under templates_c to ensure the CiviCRM cache is fully cleared. — Kevin Cristiano, Commented Aug 3, 2021 at 17:53
One other thought: is the base page set here: mysite.org/wp-admin/admin.php?page=civi_options — Kevin Cristiano, Commented Aug 3, 2021 at 17:54

Tommy B · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-03 20:15:33Z

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You will need to comment out line 526 from /includes/civicrm.basepage.php

remove_filter('the_content', [$this, 'basepage_render']);

That should solve it.

answered Aug 3, 2021 at 20:15

Tommy B

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Thanks a lot, Tommy! Commenting out that line and clearing WP and civi caches solved the problem.
– AlainB
Commented Aug 3, 2021 at 20:31
@AlainB are you using Divi or Avada Theme?
– Tommy B
Commented Aug 4, 2021 at 15:59
@TommyB Are you finding this problematic on all sites or just those using themes like Avada and Divi?
– Kevin Cristiano
Commented Aug 4, 2021 at 19:02
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@KevinCristiano only Divi so far -- I only suspect avada --- This plugin looks like the long term solution github.com/phdccltd/civicrm-539-wp-content-fix
– Tommy B
Commented Aug 4, 2021 at 19:33
@TommyB It seems that the guy who made the site used the Ken theme.
– AlainB
Commented Aug 4, 2021 at 21:09

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