Hello,

So I S&F working perfectly on a production site I built. However, now my client wants me to make their site multi-lingual. So I copied the site over to a directory in the root of the production site WordPress install and setup a sub-domain.

I’ve done all the normal steps to have the site use the staging sub-domain, and everything else on the site is working as expected.

However, with the S&F forms, I noticed how only the search form displays, the results no longer display and are giving me the “Notice: This Search Form has not been configured to use a shortcode” message.

However, now when I go to the forms Settings and Defaults it no longer has my original options selected (the type of posts to search, the display method, …etc). I know the settings I need, but it just won’t let me save now. Anytime I make a setting change, and hit update, it reverts it back to what I’m guessing are the default settings.

Just to give you a little more info. The configuration settings and limits in the user.ini file are set high enough that the limits should not be an issue.

I have a custom template for each of the search form results I have via a php file named using the ID of the form, and is in a directory called /search-filter/ in my theme root. The template I’m displaying these in are using the shortcodes, with the correct form ID’s for both the form and results.

I’ve tried deactivating all other plugins and switched the theme to the Twenty Sixteen theme, and still does not let me save any options in the form settings.

So like I said, I have all this working on the production site, and it will let me save new settings. The only things different about the copy in the staging environment are:

• URL (sub-domain of production domain)
• Install locations – in a folder in the root of the production WP install
• The addition of WPML plugin and couple add-ons (even though I deactivated while trying to troubleshoot)

Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks