Title: error when activating pods Last modified: April 3, 2021 --- # error when activating pods * Resolved [nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * (@nathanssimpson) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/) * Freemius SDK couldn’t find the plugin’s main file. Please contact _email deleted_ with the current error. - This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/). - This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/). Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [Jory Hogeveen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/) * (@keraweb) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14259829) * Hi [@nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * This is most likely an error during installation. Please try to re-install Pods! * Cheers, Jory * Thread Starter [nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * (@nathanssimpson) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14262061) * i have reinstalled several times? * Thread Starter [nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * (@nathanssimpson) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14267104) * Warning: Attempt to assign property ‘plugins’ of non-object in /var/web/staging/ public_html/wp-content/plugins/pods/vendor/freemius/wordpress-sdk/start.php on line 74 Warning: Attempt to assign property ‘abspath’ of non-object in /var/web/ staging/public_html/wp-content/plugins/pods/vendor/freemius/wordpress-sdk/start. php on line 86 Warning: Attempt to modify property ‘plugins’ of non-object in/ var/web/staging/public_html/wp-content/plugins/pods/vendor/freemius/wordpress- sdk/start.php on line 144 Notice: Trying to get property ‘plugins’ of non-object in /var/web/staging/public_html/wp-content/plugins/pods/vendor/freemius/wordpress- sdk/start.php on line 158 Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /var/web/staging/public_html/wp-content/plugins/pods/vendor/freemius/ wordpress-sdk/start.php on line 158 Notice: Trying to get property ‘plugin_path’ of non-object in /var/web/staging/public_html/wp-content/plugins/pods/vendor/ freemius/wordpress-sdk/start.php on line 158 Notice: Trying to get property ‘ plugins’ of non-object in /var/web/staging/public_html/wp-content/plugins/pods/ vendor/freemius/wordpress-sdk/includes/fs-essential-functions.php on line 340 Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /var/web/staging/ public_html/wp-content/plugins/pods/vendor/freemius/wordpress-sdk/includes/fs- essential-functions.php on line 340 * Thread Starter [nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * (@nathanssimpson) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14267105) * reinstalled and still errors * Thread Starter [nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * (@nathanssimpson) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14270642) * I know it is easter – but man – this is 1 bug… Wish someone knew something * Thread Starter [nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * (@nathanssimpson) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14270713) * why was this marked resolved? * Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * (@jdembowski) * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14271190) * It’s your topic. While the plugin author or support can mark it resolved, you as the original poster of this topic can change the status back to “not resolved”. It’s a drop down in the right column. * Plugin Author [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) * (@sc0ttkclark) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14295661) * Thanks for your patience here, I’m looking into the issue but it looks like at first glance that there’s a problem with the Freemius SDK included from another plugin possibly. * What other plugins are you running? * Thread Starter [nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * (@nathanssimpson) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14295708) * It only displayed error when pods was active – i downgraded php from 7.4 to 7.3 and downgraded pods to previous version before current and everything works great… * Plugin Author [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) * (@sc0ttkclark) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14296101) * I looked at the code to see what might have triggered that series of warnings in the Freemius library we include. It looks like the option they use for the active plugins appears to be not coming through as the proper value in your case. * I put together a fix for their library here: [https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk/pull/487](https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk/pull/487) * There’s no ETA on their fix, but I will attempt to fix it on our code (note: any plugins that call a newer version of Freemius will get used and won’t have the temporary fix) * Thread Starter [nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * (@nathanssimpson) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14349788) * i just tried updating pods this morning and error pops up and now i’m having to go and manage files and rename plugin / delete it and reinstall old version again… argh… thanks for the help but as of right now – i’m stuck with older version. * Thread Starter [nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * (@nathanssimpson) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14349799) * the fix you created – what do i do with it – is is a file i save as start.php and upload or is it a plugin i install – i’m not sure how to apply the fix * Thread Starter [nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * (@nathanssimpson) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14349813) * version 2.7.1 works perfect… no issues… just can’t upgrade . * Plugin Author [Jory Hogeveen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/) * (@keraweb) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14351339) * Hi [@nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * Could you try to install our latest version? If you can’t using the WordPress interface you can do so manually: [https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/manually-update-wordpress-plugin/](https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/manually-update-wordpress-plugin/) * Cheers, Jory * Thread Starter [nathanssimpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nathanssimpson/) * (@nathanssimpson) * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/#post-14354123) * thank you – i will try the update this saturday and hopefully all is resolved… Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘error when activating pods’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/pods/assets/icon.svg?rev=3286397) * [Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/reviews/) * 25 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Jory Hogeveen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/) * Last activity: [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-pods/page/2/#post-14730327) * Status: resolved