nginx mariadb error

I am getting a 500 error for GD

the following errors seem to be what is causing it

PHP message: WordPress database error You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 1 for query SELECT * FROM wp_term_taxonomy WHERE taxonomy IN () made by require('wp-blog-header.php'), require_once('wp-includes/template-loader.php'), include('/plugins/geodirectory/geodirectory-templates/geodir-location.php'), do_action('geodir_location_content'), call_user_func_array, geodir_action_home_content, do_action('geodir_home_content_inside'), call_user_func_array, geodir_action_home_content_inside, dynamic_sidebar, call_user_func_array, WP_Widget->display_callback, geodir_popular_postview->widget, geodir_popular_postview_output, include('/plugins/geodirectory/geodirectory-templates/widget-listing-listview.php'), setup_postdata, WP_Query->setup_postdata, do_action_ref_array, call_user_func_array, create_marker_jason_of_posts, geodir_get_term_icon

Could you advise anything to try pls. is this a gd code error or a setting somewhere? or does it look like a server error you have seen before?