Bug Report: Database Error when saving long UTF-8/Georgian post titles (wpy2_fcom_posts)
Hello FluentCommunity Support Team,
I am experiencing a critical database error when trying to create or update a post using the Georgian language (UTF-8 characters). The issue specifically occurs when the post title is relatively long.
Here is the error logged by WordPress:
WordPress database error: Invalid data. (SQL: update wpy2_fcom_posts set title = 'ααααα£α α‘αα‘ ααααααα αααͺαααα αααα‘ αααα£ααα ααααͺαα α€αα αα α‘ααααααααααα¨α, α‘αα₯?', meta = 'a:0:{}', wpy2_fcom_posts.updated_at = '2026-06-14 23:42:40' where id = '5')
Observations:
- The error only triggers with long titles in Georgian. Short Georgian titles or English titles work fine.
- Looking at the SQL query, it appears the title string is getting abruptly truncated (ending with a
?), which results in the invalid data error. - This strongly suggests an issue with how the plugin handles multibyte character length validation before inserting/updating, or a potential issue with the database column length/collation not fully supporting the required string size for multibyte characters.
Could you please look into this bug and let me know if there is a quick filter/hook or a patch available to bypass this truncation issue?
Thank you
Tawsif Ahmed RiyadΒ Thank you
To help your development team debug this faster, I suspect this is a multibyte string truncation issue.
If the plugin is using standard PHP functions like substr() instead of mb_substr() for title length validation, it will cut Georgian (UTF-8) characters mid-byte. This creates an invalid character (the ? at the end of the query), which the database subsequently rejects. Alternatively, it might be related to the VARCHAR byte limit for multibyte characters.
Since I am preparing to present this platform to investors very soon, this is a critical blocker for our content team. Could you please provide a quick PHP snippet or filter to temporarily bypass this truncation while your team works on a permanent update?
Thanks for your prompt help!
Fixed in dev. Thanks
Md. Ariful IslamΒ Thank you so much. May I update a plugin?
Anri MaglakelidzeΒ It will be update in the next release soon. Stay tuned. Thanks.
Anri Maglakelidze, for an immediate fix, please update the following code lines of app/Services/FeedsHelper.php.
Code lines 560 to 563,
// trim the title if it's too long to 192 chars (multibyte-safe; column is VARCHAR(192) characters)
if (mb_strlen($processedData['title']) > 192) {
$processedData['title'] = mb_substr($processedData['title'], 0, 192, 'UTF-8');
}
Tawsif Ahmed RiyadΒ Thank you sooo much
Tawsif Ahmed RiyadΒ Hi there, is this fixed within v.2.7. version? Thanks
Anri Maglakelidze, yes, fixed.
Tawsif Ahmed RiyadΒ Thank youu