Plugin throwing TypeError after WordPress 4.5 update

Question

I\'m debugging a visual composer plugin that broke after I updated WordPress to 4.5 and I can\'t figure out why it is throwing a TypeError.

The error message in the

Answer 1

@Ben This works perfect!

Cause: Admin was not loading the correct visual editor for js_composer plugin after updatethis plugins.

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Error:

Error: TypeError: $template.get is not a function Source File: wp-content/plugins/js_composer_salient/assets/js/dist/backend.min.js?ver=4.10 Line: 4047

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Solution Goto file /wp-content/plugins/js_composer_salient/assets/js/dist/backend.min.js around line 4045:

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    html2element: function(html) {
        var $template, attributes = {};
        _.isString(html) ? (this.template = _.template(html), $template = $(this.template(this.model.toJSON(), vc.templateOptions["default"]).trim())) : (this.template = html, $template = html), _.each($template.get(0).attributes, function(attr) {
            attributes[attr.name] = attr.value
        }), this.$el.attr(attributes).html($template.html()), this.setContent(), this.renderContent()
    },

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    html2element: function(html) {
        var $template, attributes = {},
        template = html;
        $template = $(template(this.model.toJSON()).trim()), _.each($template.get(0).attributes, function(attr) {
                attributes[attr.name] = attr.value}), 
                this.$el.attr(attributes).html($template.html()), this.setContent(), 
                this.renderContent()
    },