PHP 8.4 broke my WordPress + TNG site (Bridge theme) – help recovering and seeking developer

[Nims]

Hello,

I run sussexjewishrecords.org.uk, a WordPress site with TNG integrated. After my host (GoDaddy) upgraded my PHP to 8.4 at the start of May, the site has been down. I'd be very grateful for two kinds of help.

The technical situation:

• WordPress now updated to 6.8.5
• Bridge theme (Qode Interactive) with bundled js_composer / WPBakery, LayerSlider, Revolution Slider, Qode plugins, all old
• TNG integrated via WPTNG-meta.php (Darrin flagged this file as failing on PHP 8 and in need of developer attention)
• Currently on PHP 7.4 (downgraded by GoDaddy) and still getting a fatal error: Cannot redeclare addslashes_gpc() ... in /wp-includes/deprecated.php on line 6503. Looks like a mismatch of WordPress core files between versions

Has anyone else hit this combination? If so, what was your fix path?

Can anyone recommend a developer who understands both WordPress and TNG and could do the proper updates (theme, bundled plugins, the WPTNG-meta.php fix, and a clean WordPress core reinstall)? Happy to pay a reasonable rate. I'm UK-based but the work can be done remotely from anywhere.

Many thanks,
Naomi

[RickM]

Can you get to TNG directly?

I have just looked at your site and the error messages are different.

Warning: require(/home/naomileon2211/public_html/wp-includes/compat-utf8.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/naomileon2211/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 35

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/home/naomileon2211/public_html/wp-includes/compat-utf8.php' (include_path='.:/opt/alt/php74/usr/share/pear') in /home/naomileon2211/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 35

Have you made some further changes??

I'm not sure I can help but I am happy to have a look and see what I might..