{"id":175896,"date":"2023-01-30T14:44:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T19:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/?post_type=optinmonster_docs&#038;p=175896"},"modified":"2025-08-02T04:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T08:59:23","slug":"how-to-check-for-wordpress-plugin-conflicts","status":"publish","type":"optinmonster_docs","link":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/docs\/how-to-check-for-wordpress-plugin-conflicts\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Check For WordPress Plugin Conflicts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>OptinMonster uses WordPress best practices to be as compatible as possible with other plugins. But sometimes other developers don\u2019t also follow these standards. As a result, there can be occasional theme or plugin conflicts with OptinMonster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we\u2019ll show you how to determine if the problem you\u2019re experiencing with OptinMonster is caused by a theme or plugin conflict. If you find that your problem persists after following these steps, please <a href=\"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/docs\/getting-support-for-optinmonster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">contact support<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Test for Plugin Conflicts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To test for a plugin conflict, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deactivate all non-OptinMonster plugins.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Switch to a default WordPress theme like <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/twentytwentythree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Twenty Twenty-Three<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Test to see if the problem still exists.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to Do if the Problem No Longer Exists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If deactivating non-OptinMonster plugins resolves the issue, that means you have a plugin conflict between our plugin and something on your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how to find out what\u2019s causing the problem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Activate one deactivated plugin. Test to see if the problem still exists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repeat step 1 for every plugin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Switch back to your theme. Test to see if the problem still exists.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you discover which plugin is causing the issue, you can report the conflict to the developer of the conflicting plugin or theme, and file a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/docs\/how-to-submit-a-bug-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">bug report<\/a>&nbsp;for our development team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to Do if the Problem Remains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please file a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/docs\/how-to-submit-a-bug-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">bug report<\/a>&nbsp;so we&nbsp;can look into the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OptinMonster uses WordPress best practices to be as compatible as possible with other plugins. But sometimes other developers don\u2019t also follow these standards. As a result, there can be occasional theme or plugin conflicts with OptinMonster. In this article, we\u2019ll show you how to determine if the problem you\u2019re experiencing with OptinMonster is caused by&nbsp;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","documentation\/categories":[210],"documentation\/tags":[31420],"class_list":["post-175896","optinmonster_docs","type-optinmonster_docs","status-publish","hentry","categories-platforms"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation\/175896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/optinmonster_docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation\/175896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197728,"href":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation\/175896\/revisions\/197728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation\/categories?post=175896"},{"taxonomy":"internal_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/optinmonster.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documentation\/tags?post=175896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}