Language PHP files disappeared from Plugin Editor

[Norm Hamilton]

When I started customizing WP Affiliate Platform the language files (like eng.php) were available through the plugin editor of WordPress. I changed a couple of words in eng.php and now they have disappeared. (The words were text not instruction)

Any ideas how I can get them back? I see that WP eStore displays them with no problem.

[wzp]

Do you mean you can’t find the file, or that your changes have disappeared?

Within the Affiliate Platform plugin directory, navigate to the affiliates/lang folder. You will find the eng.php file there.

If you upgraded the plugin recently, any changes you made would have been overwritten. You should keep a backup of any file changes you make, before applying any upgrades.

[Norm Hamilton]

Thanks wzp.

The changes I made are fine, but the access to the php files via the plugin editor has stopped.

I can still download via FTP of course, but I am curious why they were an option in the plugin editor and now aren’t.

I thought that maybe I did something. I have the backup files on hand.

Thanks for your time.

[wzp]

…the access to the php files via the plugin editor has stopped.

You should be able to select the lower level folders & files in the default WordPress plugin editor. However, some other plugins or themes might be overriding or even disabling editor functions. For instance, I have one site in which the editor was completely disabled by installation of a theme.

[Norm Hamilton]

I found out that if I select one of the files that are in the “affiliates” folder, the option changes to that folder and all the language files are then available in the plugin editor. I then have have to re-select the Affiliate Platform plugin to reach the upper level files again.

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