Title: Cannot activate Cloudfare plugin
Last modified: March 22, 2017

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# Cannot activate Cloudfare plugin

 *  Resolved [gunnsr42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunnsr42/)
 * (@gunnsr42)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/)
 * when I upload the zip file to my wp plugins, it uploads and installs fine, but
   won’t activate.

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 *  [jwineman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwineman/)
 * (@jwineman)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8945676)
 * Hi [@gunnsr42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunnsr42/),
 * What error is are you getting when you try to activate it?
 * Thanks,
    John
 *  Thread Starter [gunnsr42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunnsr42/)
 * (@gunnsr42)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8945687)
 * “Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.”
 *  [jwineman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwineman/)
 * (@jwineman)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8945827)
 * If you look in your PHP error log which fatal errors do you see?
 *  Thread Starter [gunnsr42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunnsr42/)
 * (@gunnsr42)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8945912)
 * I don’t know how to find the error log. at the top after trying to activate it
   just says
    “Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.”
 *  [jwineman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwineman/)
 * (@jwineman)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8945962)
 * In order to debug further we need to see the PHP error log. You can ask your 
   web host where to find it.
 *  Thread Starter [gunnsr42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunnsr42/)
 * (@gunnsr42)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8946130)
 * The Cloudflare plugin requires a PHP version of at least 5.3.10; you have 5.2.17.
 *  [jwineman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwineman/)
 * (@jwineman)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8946267)
 * Okay, that makes sense. You’ll need to upgrade the version of PHP you’re using
   in order to use the plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [gunnsr42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunnsr42/)
 * (@gunnsr42)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8946454)
 * shouldn’t the latest WP update be running the latest PHP?
 *  [jwineman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwineman/)
 * (@jwineman)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8946460)
 * The version of PHP you run is independent of the version of WordPress you’re 
   running. To upgrade the version of PHP on your server you’ll need to open a support
   ticket with your web host.
 *  Thread Starter [gunnsr42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gunnsr42/)
 * (@gunnsr42)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8946663)
 * ok, figured that out. A lot easier than I expected.
 * If theres a php 7.1, is there a legitimate reason godaddy only lets me upgrade
   to 5.4?
 * Thanks so much for all the help.
 *  [jwineman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwineman/)
 * (@jwineman)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8946676)
 * Web hosts often limit the versions of PHP that are available because they have
   software that only works on specific versions so those are the ones they let 
   people choose from.

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 * Last reply from: [jwineman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwineman/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-cloudfare-plugin/#post-8946676)
 * Status: resolved