Fatal error: Call-time pass-by-reference has been removed in ….plugins/insta

Hi – I have exactly the same problem (and also didn’t get any response when I posted on the forum).

Just wondered if you’d managed to resolve the issue and if so how? I’m really at a loss as I can’t get onto my site at all …

I have the same problem ??

Hi Socalpolak –

I really struggled with this – no reply on these forums. I asked a friend with coding/design skills and he logged into my hosting account and sorted it for me. In his email, he said:

“The only way to get around these problems is if you log into your FTP account and delete the files affecting the issue, or fix the issue.”

I think the files in this instance were the Instapress plugin. Hope this helps.

Since PHP v5.4+ “pass-by-reference” got removed and was deprecated/unneeded since a while. This is why your site might whitescreen as long as the plugin is activated in your site.

The plugin author needs to fix this to make the plugin work on more recent versions of PHP (read not outdated/unsupported once like v5.3).

Until then you need to delete the plugin to make your site work again (or fix the problem if you’re a develop).

Cheers!