Title: error!
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# error!

 *  [saja wata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saja-wata/)
 * (@saja-wata)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-774/)
 * Please help! Freaking out! I just updated several plug-ins, and now my website
   is down, and I can’t access wordpress. This is the error message up on my page:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION, expecting…. /home/……../webapps/
   wp/wp-content/plugins/video-embed-thumbnail-generator/video-embed-thumbnail-generator.
   php on line 1639
 * I don’t know what to do! I can’t un-install or update video embed plug-in b/c
   I can’t access my site!!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/video-embed-thumbnail-generator/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/video-embed-thumbnail-generator/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-774/#post-7355303)
 * That’s not good. I’ll work on fixing whatever is causing this bug ASAP, but in
   the meantime you should be able to access your site via FTP or your web host’s
   file manager. Delete the folder wp-content/plugins/video-embed-thumbnail-generator
   and that will deactivate the plugin. You can replace it with the old version 
   if you want [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/video-embed-thumbnail-generator.4.5.5.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/video-embed-thumbnail-generator.4.5.5.zip)
 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-774/#post-7355309)
 * Is that the full error? Instead of telling you what it’s expecting it just has….?
 *  Thread Starter [saja wata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saja-wata/)
 * (@saja-wata)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-774/#post-7355313)
 * Thanks for your help Kyle! It says
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION, expecting ‘)’ in /home/sarahjane/
   webapps/wp/wp-content/plugins/video-embed-thumbnail-generator/video-embed-thumbnail-
   generator.php on line 1639
 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-774/#post-7355319)
 * I think you have an older version of PHP running on your server. Anonymous functions
   were introduced in PHP version 5.3 and WordPress recommends 5.6. I’m going to
   fix this anyway because it’s not necessary for me to use anonymous functions.
   Unfortunately you’ll still have to manually deactivate the plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [saja wata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saja-wata/)
 * (@saja-wata)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-774/#post-7355325)
 * Soooo I’ve never accessed my site via FTP. And I need to log-in to wordpress 
   in order to register with site manager, huh? I can’t login to wordpress. YIKES!
 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-774/#post-7355330)
 * FTP is very simple. Now is a great time to learn. If you don’t want to do that,
   you should not need to log in to WordPress to access your web host’s file manager.
   You should have access to some sort of control panel or something that is unrelated
   to WordPress. I don’t know the specifics because web hosts are configured in 
   many different ways, but if you need help you should be able to ask your host
   for support, or find information on their website.
 *  Thread Starter [saja wata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saja-wata/)
 * (@saja-wata)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-774/#post-7355333)
 * Thanks Kyle!

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 * Last reply from: [saja wata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saja-wata/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-774/#post-7355333)
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