Title: Fatal Error
Last modified: October 6, 2016

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# Fatal Error

 *  Resolved [Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scooter1/)
 * (@scooter1)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2288/)
 * The latest update is causing a fatal error:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘)’, expecting :: (T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM)
   in /*****/********/public_html/**************.com/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-
   optimizer/common.php on line 1764
 * Thanks for your prompt attention to this. Have this plugin installed on over 
   60 sites :-O

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 *  [PegWeb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pegweb/)
 * (@pegweb)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2288/#post-8261022)
 * Same issue on all my sites with this plugin. Having to go through and manually
   disable each one.
 *  [mizzemily](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mizzemily/)
 * (@mizzemily)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2288/#post-8261029)
 * I have had the same experience, except I don’t know how to fix it. My whole site
   is down because of this update. Help.
 *  Thread Starter [Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scooter1/)
 * (@scooter1)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2288/#post-8261032)
 * Delete the plugin file from the server side.
 *  [Clickfinity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clickfinity/)
 * (@clickfinity)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2288/#post-8261034)
 * Same here too:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘)’, expecting :: (T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM)
   in /xxxxx/xxxxx/xxxxx/wp-content/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/common.php on line
   1764
 *  [David Cameron Law](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seo-dave/)
 * (@seo-dave)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2288/#post-8261125)
 * Might have the solution [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ewww-image-optimizer-parse-error-expecting-t_paamayim_nekudotayim-v3-0-0-fix/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ewww-image-optimizer-parse-error-expecting-t_paamayim_nekudotayim-v3-0-0-fix/)
 * David Law
 *  Plugin Author [Shane Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2288/#post-8261573)
 * fix just released in 3.0.1
 *  Plugin Author [Shane Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/)
 * (@nosilver4u)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2288/#post-8261625)
 * or 3.0.2 rather…
 *  Thread Starter [Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scooter1/)
 * (@scooter1)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2288/#post-8262343)
 * [@nosilver4u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nosilver4u/):
 * Thank you very much, and thank you for being prompt.

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 * Last reply from: [Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scooter1/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2288/#post-8262343)
 * Status: resolved