got him!
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https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-post-ads/
Insert Post Ads
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Allows you to insert ads after paragraphs of your post content
Version 1.1.1 | By WPBeginner | View details
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This is the culprit! when this plugin is active your slider doesnt work. they dont like each other it seems.
awesome thank you! i actually am not really using this plug in much anyway so i will just delete it however this may be a issue u might want to look into. the reason why they dont work together may crop up with other plug ins. anyway i dont know enough about this stuff to understand so ill leave that up to you.
i dont know why it would work for some time then stop. also if i went back to the catch themes options and clicked on my selection for the sliders images again, and then clicked save again, it would start working again for a week or two. then stop.
totally weird but anyhow. when i turn this on the slider stops, when i turn it off it starts again. only on the post pages. the top page was fine! no effect. thats all the info i can tell you.
hopefully this resolves the issue for me permanently!
Thank you again!
gareth