Title: Can’t activate plugin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Can’t activate plugin

 *  [soobass](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soobass/)
 * (@soobass)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin/)
 * popularity-contest
 *  i download this plugin yesterday but when i am activating it . i says
 * { Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error }
 * when i download it i get two files what do i do with the sidebar.php
 * please help.

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 *  [technologiy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/technologiy/)
 * (@technologiy)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin/#post-795948)
 * Theres a fatal error in the Plugin – it wont work without checking the errors
   😛
 *  Thread Starter [soobass](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soobass/)
 * (@soobass)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin/#post-795957)
 * how to check that. Sorry i am a newbie for wordpress.
 *  [Abid Omar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/omarabid/)
 * (@omarabid)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin/#post-795977)
 * check the compatibility of the plugin with your wordpress version

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 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Abid Omar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/omarabid/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin/#post-795977)
 * Status: not resolved

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