Update 2024-07-21

Despite updating WordPress to the new version, and updating the plugin, the problem still exists…

As an interim, I temporarily disabled the guilty plugin, and manually ran the Apply for Awards script – which means many of our newer members now have the Apply for Awards privilege! If your account still doesn’t have the privilege, please check your profile to ensure that your name, primary callsign, continent and home DXCC are populated.

I will endeavour to run a manual update on a weekly-ish basis, until a more permanent fix can be found…

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For reasons that I have not yet determined, one of the plugins required for this site is causing a failure in the overnight “batch” job that generates the Reference Statistics and Top Operators content. Amongst other things, this batch job also monitors registrations, and controls the Apply for Awards site privilege that allows users to (surprisingly enough) apply for awards.

The work-around involves disabling much of WordPress’s functionality during the batch jobs… however this means that the Apply for Awards task doesn’t work! This means that, for the time being, new users will not be able to apply for any awards.

This is (in my opinion) the lessor of two evils, as many users refer to the statistics…

Please bear with me, while I try and work out a better fix…