FG Fix Serialized Strings
Fix the broken serialized strings in the options and postmeta tables
Maintenance 40/100246d since update
Active installs
200
Downloads
11,504
Reviews
3
Age
12.2y
Tagswidgetsfixwp_optionsserializedunserialized
Plugin info
Total downloads: 11,504
Active installs: 200
Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 3.7
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 4/29/2025 (246 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 10/31/2013 (12 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 5.6
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Stale • Last updated 246 days ago • 3 reviews
40/100
Is FG Fix Serialized Strings abandoned?
Likely maintained (last update 246 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.0
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 5.6
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Description
This plugin fixes the serialized strings in the wp_options table. It recalculate the length of each strings.
It can be useful after a migration if you have done a global search/replace in the SQL dump.
Major features include:
- Repair the options table
- Repair the postmeta table
- Restore the lost text widgets
Translations
- English (default)
- French (fr_FR)
- other can be translated
Installation
- Install the plugin in the Admin => Plugins menu => Add New => Upload => Select the zip file => Install Now
- Activate the plugin in the Admin => Plugins menu
- Go to the plugin screen: Tools => Fix serialized strings
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Don’t hesitate to let a comment on the forum or to report bugs if you found some.
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/fg-fix-serialized-strings
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Changelog
1.2.2
- Tested with WordPress 6.8
1.2.1
- Fixed: Replace null by false in the function load_plugin_textdomain()
- Tested with WordPress 6.6
1.2.0
- New: Repair the postmeta table
- New: Tested with WordPress 5.7
1.1.3
- New: Tested with WordPress 5.0
1.1.2
- New: Tested with WordPress 4.7
1.1.1
- New: Change the translation domain according to WordPress translating rules
- New: Tested with WordPress 4.4
1.1.0
- New: Restore the lost text widgets
- New: Tested with WordPress 3.8.1
1.0.0
- Initial version