Title: Fatal Error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Fatal Error

 *  [sandrakerns](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sandrasandrakernscom/)
 * (@sandrasandrakernscom)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1224/)
 * This morning when I opened my internet (which automatically opens to my website,
   this is what I found: Fatal error: Call-time pass-by-reference has been removed
   in /home/sskerns1st/sandrakerns.com/wp-content/plugins/like-button-plugin-for-
   wordpress/include/fb_meta.php on line 169
 * I can’t even get to my dashboard to fix anything. If I can’t get there, how am
   I supposed to fix a problem?

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 *  [Craig Ralston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/craig-ralston/)
 * (@craig-ralston)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1224/#post-4993215)
 * Try deactivating that plugin (like button for wordpress) via FTP. You can simply
   rename the plugin folder to deactivate it.
 *  Thread Starter [sandrakerns](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sandrasandrakernscom/)
 * (@sandrasandrakernscom)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1224/#post-4993230)
 * How do I do that? I can’t log into my WordPress dashboard and I don’t understand
   code.
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1224/#post-4993258)
 * Try this:
    1. Using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management
       tools your host has provided you with navigate to the `wp-content/plugins` directory.
    2. Once there locate and delete the `like-button-plugin-for-wordpress` directory.
       Just that one directory and nothing else.
    3. Try and re-login to your WordPress dashboard.
 * **Edit:** FTP or file management is something outside and not dependent on the
   WordPress dashboard working.

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## Tags

 * [can't log in](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cant-log-in/)
 * [fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal-error/)
 * [pass-by-reference](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pass-by-reference/)
 * [removed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/removed/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-1224/#post-4993258)
 * Status: not resolved

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