Title: Error in Website
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Error in Website

 *  [jrahma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrahma/)
 * (@jrahma)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-website/)
 * Hi,
 * I have just copied my weordpress website to another webhost but getting the following
   error:
 * > Fatal error: Call-time pass-by-reference has been removed in /home/meskholdings/
   > meskholdings.com/wp-content/plugins/instapress/instagram.php on line 306
 * Kindly help…

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 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-website/#post-5516164)
 * There is an error in one of your plugins called “instapress”.
    The last update
   to this plugin was 14 months ago. The support forum has one reply in the last
   month.
 * First disable this plugin by renaming its directory using either FTP or your 
   website management console file manager. This will get you going again.
 * I googled “Call-time pass-by-reference has been removed” and find that this is
   about a feature that was in php ver 5.3 but removed in 5.4
    If you can revert
   to php ver 5.3 then you could still run your website.
 * OR If you want to hack your plugin, this article shows you that the trick is 
   to remove the `&` in an argument to a function on line 306
    [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8971261/php-5-4-call-time-pass-by-reference-easy-fix-available](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8971261/php-5-4-call-time-pass-by-reference-easy-fix-available)
   There may be other lines too, 306 is just the first one.
 *  [geraintp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geraintp/)
 * (@geraintp)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-website/#post-5516166)
 * The configuration of your new web host is breaking the plugin Instapress which
   if you look on its support forum:
    [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/instapress](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/instapress)
 * looks like its a compatibility problem with PHP5 see:
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1173?replies=8](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1173?replies=8)

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 * Last reply from: [geraintp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geraintp/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-website/#post-5516166)
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