Google Analytics Plugin Problem in WordPress 2.8

June 11, 2009 · 21 comments

in Tips,WordPress



WordPress 2.8 “Baker” is now available for download. If your upgrading from a previous version, you should do an Automatic Upgrade from the wp-admin of your WordPress blog or site. WordPress 2.8 looks and feels like 2.7 but with many improvements to themes, widgets, taxonomies, and overall speed. There are over 790 bug fixes. This release is in honor of jazz legend Chet Baker.

Using the Automatic Upgrade is always fast and easy, but this time, it presented me with an error message after upgrading:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_site_admin() in /home2/menoobco/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sem-google-analytics/sem-google-analytics-admin.php on line 20

To fix the error and get back your wp-admin page, you need to go to the File Manager utility of your Web Host, go to your Plugins directory and rename the folder sem-google-analytics to some other name such as sem-google-analytics-orig.

Refresh your wp-admin page and the sem-google-analytics plugin will automatically be deactivated.

Just wait for an upgrade from the Plugin author before activating it again, or simply replace it by a similar plugin.

Enjoy your new WordPress 2.8 “Baker”!


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  • http://stickersanddonuts.com/ Stickers & Donuts

    Ahhh, thank you! I was preparing a freak-out, but this managed it quite quickly.

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  • http://menoob.com menoob

    You're welcome! :-)

  • http://www.grayflannelsuit.net/ GrayFlannelSuit

    Nice find, thanks!

  • http://americanmadness.com/ josh

    An easier way is to ftp in and rename the google analytics plugin file, which breaks the error and lets you into the admin panel. Then you can deactivate it.

  • http://taliacarbis.com/ Talia

    Are there any fixes to this yet? You're like the top google search while I'm trying to find out!! I really want to be able to see my stats again…

  • http://menoob.com menoob

    I have replaced mine with Google Analytics for WordPress by Joost de Valk.

  • http://www.smallrevolutions.co.uk/ Rob

    Thanks for writing this, really saved my bacon!

  • http://www.smallrevolutions.co.uk/ Rob

    Thanks for writing this, really saved my bacon!

  • http://onertipaday.blogspot.com onertipaday

    You save my day! Thanks so much!

  • http://twitter.com/TheWrensNest The Wren's Nest

    Oh man, thanks so much for this explanation. Wahoo! Freedom!

  • Needed Help

    THANKS! I was also starting to freak out!

  • eddiepetosa

    Can one of the reasons this error occurs be the fact that I'm using shared web hosting for my WordPress blog?

  • http://www.joshuagene.com/ Joshua Gene

    Thanks, the explanation was clear. And the solution worked. Cheers

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  • gwenm

    J' ai declenché une autre erreur fatal'Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_site_admin() in /homez.332/logicielll/www/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-related-posts/related-posts.php on line 81'

    j' ai retiré ce plugin de mon ftp et de ma base donnée, mais je ne peut toujours pas m' administrer je declenche toujours cette erreur..

  • Blaise

    Bravo – it worked!!! Many many thanks!

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  • YamiJ

    Just put this small function into your functions.php and you got analytics up and running.

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  • David

    I think you should look at this plugin Pro Google Analytics Tools for WordPress it will be of great help to you in integrating Google Analytics into your wordpress.

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