Title: Errors activating the plugin
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Errors activating the plugin

 *  [awelsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awelsh/)
 * (@awelsh)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-activating-the-plugin/)
 * Using a fresh install of wordpress 4.0 on a testing site on my local computer
   using XAMPP with default wordpress plguins and Twenty Fourteen theme. After installing
   this plugin, I get the following error message:
 * “The plugin generated 292 characters of unexpected output during activation. 
   If you notice “headers already sent” messages, problems with syndication feeds
   or other issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin.”
 * At the top of all my pages I also get the following warning:
 * “Warning: session_start(): open(/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/temp//sess_4lpnict5qgip8om04ka6jmb6p7,
   O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /Users/adrian/Sites/dev/www.test.dev/
   wp-content/plugins/testimonial-basics/testimonial-basics.php on line 38”
 * I’ve given the entire wordpress folder and its contents read/write permission,
   so don’t know where to go from here. Is this a compatability issue with wordpress
   4.0 or some other issue.
 * Thanks,
    Adrian
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonial-basics/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonial-basics/)

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 *  Thread Starter [awelsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awelsh/)
 * (@awelsh)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-activating-the-plugin/#post-5292181)
 * Don’t worry, I found the problem. There must be a conflict with accessing the
   tmp directiory on my XAMPP install. Since it is a testing server, I just set 
   all the permissions to read/write.
 *  [sarah.perry68](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahperry68/)
 * (@sarahperry68)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-activating-the-plugin/#post-5292576)
 * Is there another option to fixing this problem? I am having the same problem 
   on a 4.1 wordpress site with the 4.0.8 testimonial version.
 * I am unfamiliar with the method described by awelsh.
 * Suggestions?
 *  Plugin Author [kevinhaig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinhaig/)
 * (@kevinhaig)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-activating-the-plugin/#post-5292577)
 * Sara, did you solve your problem?

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 * Last reply from: [kevinhaig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinhaig/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-activating-the-plugin/#post-5292577)
 * Status: not resolved