Cannot Reactivate Plugin – Fatal Error – Parse Error

  • Resolved ToasterBoy

    (@toasterboy)


    5 years, 10 months ago

    I recently had an issue with a rogue plugins that made my WordPress install not work correctly. I renamed my plugins folder, created a new one and was slowly adding plugins them back in to find the culprit. When I moved Powerpress back in and attempted to activate it, I got this error:

    Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /home5/doctorf1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpress.php on line 3073

    I then downloaded a fresh copy of Powerpress and installed that but when I activated it, I got the same error:

    Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /home5/doctorf1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpress.php on line 3073

    The only think I didn’t try was deleting the plugin via the plugin manager because it said I’d lose all my data as well. I have hundreds of podcast episodes, I’d rather not lose the data. Right now my episodes are not available on my site because I can’t reactivate the plugin.

    Site – https://www.doctorfloyd.com
    I’m using WordPress 5.1.1
    PHP 7.2.17
    Apache 2.4.39
    MySQL 5.6.41-84.1

    Currently hosting with Bluehost.

    • This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by ToasterBoy.

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  • Plugin Support Shawn

    (@shawnogordo)

    Deactivate PowerPress and reinstall it (it’s OK to do this; PowerPress keep its settings in your WordPress database, the settings won’t be lost).

    If the error persists, deactivate all plugins and then activate PowerPress first. If the error doesn’t come up, then the problem is due to a conflict with a plugin outside of PowerPress. If it does come up again, please let us know.

    Thread Starter ToasterBoy

    (@toasterboy)

    Thanks Shawn.

    I deleted the plugin. Deactivated all the other plugins (I only have 4). Installed PowerPress new and went to activate JUST Powerpress and still received this error:

    Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /home5/doctorf1/public_html/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpress.php on line 3073

    I also completely reinstalled WordPress 5.1.1 and still received the same error when activating PowerPress by itself.

    Plugin Support Shawn

    (@shawnogordo)

    WordPress 7.4.2 was just released. Please install this version of the plugin and try activating it. If the problem doesn’t go away, please respond back here and let us know.

    Thread Starter ToasterBoy

    (@toasterboy)

    That’s fixed it. Thanks!

    Plugin Support Shawn

    (@shawnogordo)

    Excellent! Glad to see that fixed the problem.

    If you’ve found the support we’ve provided here to be of value, please consider leaving a review for PowerPress.

    These reviews help us with future development of the plugin, and we’d really appreciate it!

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