LAYERSLIDER creating issues with plugin updates

I got the same issue, with the error message:
Warning: fopen(/storage/content/35/168735/wpsupport.se/public_html/wp-content/plugins/storage/content/35/168735/wpsupport.se/public_html/wp-content/themes/enfold/config-layerslider/LayerSlider/layerslider.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /storage/content/35/168735/wpsupport.se/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4783 Warning: fread() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /storage/content/35/168735/wpsupport.se/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4786 Warning: fclose() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /storage/content/35/168735/wpsupport.se/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4789

Is this related to the solution “http://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/missing-layerslider-images/”?

Different but still the same ;-)

Also I’m using Wordfence and receives the nag. I’ve also found out that there’s no LAYSERSLIDER update yet.

Also seem to be having an issue tied to Wordfence/LayerSlider.

Yes it does but it seems like more folks are not providing updates for their plugins :-( I don’t care as I am not using it but I don’t like the UPDATE Needed Showing. Maybe I will just do an ftp and remove Layer Slider because I am not using it.
WRONG…it is part of the theme, so now I am afraid to touch it :-(

• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by elames.

There are many customers here that purchased the Enfold Theme, including me.
The WordFence security plugin is alerting us that the Code Canyon Layer Slider Plugin requires an update.
It is not up to the security plugin to fix this, they are alerting us that, there is a problem.

Since we purchased the Enfold Theme with the Code Canyon Layer Slider as part of the theme, it needs to be corrected by Kriesi and the developer of the Layer Slider and whatever arrangements he made with the Layer Slider developer for updates.
Right now, I cannot update it at all. That option is not available in the theme itself.

Now, since we have this Layer Slider as part of the theme, YOU (Kresi) should have given customers the option to remove it – if it is not necessary and if it is necessary.

If it is necessary, for the theme to function, there has to be an update for that slider for security purposes – and that comes from only you. (meaning if we remove the slider files, will that break the site, we don’t know).
Since you are selling a product with someone else’s product – your arrangements should be solid enough to include updates to every part of the theme you are selling.

If this is not the case, then you should instruct the customer up front on your sales page with ENVATO and tell people that.

Further, I don’t need it myself but I would like to know how and where the slider is so I can remove it myself.

This would be the best solution to this problem as it will only get worse as time goes on.
Right now, the slider needs an update and that is critical to the security of the theme and our websites.

Yes, but if we aren’t even using layer slider and clients still are seeing that an update is required and they can’t do anything then it is a real issue that needs solved. Too many are complaining and something must be done quickly.
Any way to just remove it if we aren’t using it?

March 23, 2017
Thank you Basilis for your update and I do hope this fix is in Kresi’s hands
to fix it.
Your suggestion to buy Layer Slider is not a fix.

I see from the support tickets over at Kreatura, who is the developer
of Layer Slider on Envato, that there own customers are asking
for a fix for this update problem.

Wordpress uses changelogs to notify website owners that there is an Update,
so does Wordfence Security Plugin, so there is an update, its just not installed
and/or working and/or available to Kriesi’s customers.

It appears the plugin is not updating for their own paid customers
see their support tickets here:
https://kreatura.ticksy.com/ticket/1109231/
We will wait for the update to be completed by Kreisi, hopefully very soon.

Thank you for your assistance.

Thank you Yigit – that is the most sensible answer I’ve received yet. There should be an “Options Button” on the demo content installs which could have avoided this problem, this is a suggestion. I am not a coder, so I don’t want to mess with php, (as probably 90% of Kriesi customers) so it would be better to offer it as an option, not a coded part of the theme. That is all I am saying.

As far as the alerts from Wordfence Security Plugin, I am glad they alert us to issues with Updates, its part of good security practices to Update WordPress, Plugins and Themes as soon as they are available.
Let’s hope the update comes soon.

Hi Stevo: I updated Wordfence also this morning, there were no issues other than the warning that Layer Slider needed an update. I also use the Enfold Theme.

Wordpress also has a dot for Plugins showing on the left hand column.
You are right, the Layer Slider does not appear in the Plugins sections ( I don’t know why it doesn’t)
so no one can update it.
LayerSlider Support Forum shows even their paid customers are having difficulty trying to update the Layer Sldier Plugin, so its not just us who have, the plugin coded into the Enfold theme – with no way of updating it.
That’s all I got so far. We’re hanging on waiting for Kreisi to updated the Layer Slider Plugin which I believe he is working on right now. Thanks for your input.