Child Theme Generator Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function imagettftext()

i.perez 2021-02-20 00:53:59 UTC #1

Keywords: WordPress - Other - Technical issue - Other
Description:
I am trying to create a theme child with Child Theme Generator but I having this error:

WordPress Error: There has been a critical error on your website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.

In the email I got this information:

An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 453 of the file /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/child-theme-generator/includes/class-child-theme-generator-functions.php. Error message: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function imagettftext() in /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/child-theme-generator/includes/class-child-theme-generator-functions.php:453
Stack trace:
#0 /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/child-theme-generator/includes/class-child-theme-generator-functions.php(287): Ch_Th_Gen_Functions::create_screenshot_png()
#1 /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/child-theme-generator/admin/class-child-theme-generator-admin.php(197): Ch_Th_Gen_Functions::files_generation()
#2 /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/child-theme-generator/admin/partials/child-theme-generator-admin-display.php(61): Ch_Th_Gen_Admin->section_create()
#3 /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/child-theme-generator/admin/class-child-theme-generator-admin.php(133): include_once('/opt/bitnami/ap...')
#4 /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(287): Ch_Th_Gen_Admin->display_options_page()
#5 /opt/bitnami/ap

When seeking help with this issue, you may be asked for some of the following information:
WordPress version 5.6.1
Current theme: Newses (version 1.2.9.11)
Current plugin: Child Theme Generator (version 2.2.6.1)
PHP version 7.4.14

jota 2021-02-22 10:30:08 UTC #2

Hi @i.perez,

As you can see in this ticket in Stack Overflow, gd and freetype need to be enabled for that function to work

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7290958/php-fatal-error-call-to-undefined-function-imagettftext

However, the freetype extension is not enabled by default in the Bitnami solution. That issue was reported in the past and I'm going to increase the priority of that task

https://community.bitnami.com/t/php-7-4-isn-t-set-up-with-freetype-correctly/88014

Sorry for the inconvenience

walid37391 2021-02-28 16:06:35 UTC #3

Hi, I'm also experiencing this issue with a plugin on Wordpress. Was working before

michiel 2021-03-01 13:09:46 UTC #4

Hi @walid37391,

Can you create a new post for your issue? Can you also run the bnsupport tool and post the output ID there?

sudo /opt/bitnami/bnsupport-tool

Regards,
Michiel

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