Title: Can't Activate Plugin — Parse error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Can't Activate Plugin — Parse error

 *  Resolved [Farcioch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/farcioch/)
 * (@farcioch)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin-parse-error/)
 * I’m getting this error when trying to activate:
 * `Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE
   or '$' in /wp-content/plugins/wpcustom-category-image/WPCustomCategoryImage.php
   on line 29`.
 * What can i do to fix it?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcustom-category-image/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcustom-category-image/)

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 *  [rackoni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rackoni/)
 * (@rackoni)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin-parse-error/#post-5948119)
 * I have the same problem!
 *  Plugin Author [E.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pyro3x/)
 * (@pyro3x)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin-parse-error/#post-5948139)
 * What’s your PHP Version?
 *  Thread Starter [Farcioch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/farcioch/)
 * (@farcioch)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin-parse-error/#post-5948140)
 * PHP Version 5.2.17
 *  Plugin Author [E.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pyro3x/)
 * (@pyro3x)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin-parse-error/#post-5948161)
 * You need at least PHP 5.3 and WordPress 3.0
 * [http://d.pr/i/OwfV](http://d.pr/i/OwfV)

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wpcustom-category-image_e7b785.svg)
 * [WPCustom Category Image](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcustom-category-image/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcustom-category-image/#faq)
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 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcustom-category-image/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcustom-category-image/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcustom-category-image/reviews/)

 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [E.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pyro3x/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin-parse-error/#post-5948161)
 * Status: resolved