Title: Deprecated Warning Message
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Deprecated Warning Message

 *  [shirleycarolan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shirleycarolan/)
 * (@shirleycarolan)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-warning-message/)
 * I keep getting the following message when I try to log in to my website. For 
   2 weeks I’ve tried to correct this issue to no avail:
 * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /
   home/content/O/u/r/OurShirley/html/wp-settings.php on line 389
 * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /
   home/content/O/u/r/OurShirley/html/wp-settings.php on line 404
 * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /
   home/content/O/u/r/OurShirley/html/wp-settings.php on line 411
 * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /
   home/content/O/u/r/OurShirley/html/wp-settings.php on line 446
 * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /
   home/content/O/u/r/OurShirley/html/wp-includes/cache.php on line 99
 * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /
   home/content/O/u/r/OurShirley/html/wp-includes/query.php on line 21
 * Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /
   home/content/O/u/r/OurShirley/html/wp-includes/theme.php on line 576
 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at /home/content/O/u/r/OurShirley/html/wp-settings.php:389) in /home/content/
   O/u/r/OurShirley/html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 689
 * How can I correct this to access my website? Many tks.

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-warning-message/#post-3066384)
 * Can you try upgrading your WordPress version, or is it already upgraded?
 *  Thread Starter [shirleycarolan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shirleycarolan/)
 * (@shirleycarolan)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-warning-message/#post-3066502)
 * Andrew:
 * Tx for your message. I can’t figure out what my version is. I’ve tried repeatedly
   to find out. This is very frustrating!
    ShirleyCarolan

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [shirleycarolan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shirleycarolan/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-warning-message/#post-3066502)
 * Status: not resolved

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