Title: fatal error
Last modified: January 12, 2017

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# fatal error

 *  Resolved [desynk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desynk/)
 * (@desynk)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2407/)
 * hey,
 * i’m getting this error:
 * ###
 * Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
 * Warning: require_once(/home/xxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/dashboard/classes/
   list.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/webmedia/
   public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-script-optimizer/wp-script-optimizer.php on
   line 1261
 * Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required ‘/home/xxx/public_html/wp-
   content/plugins/dashboard/classes/list.class.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/
   usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/webmedia/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-script-
   optimizer/wp-script-optimizer.php on line 1261
 * ###
 * i researched for an hour and couldn’t find a solution anywhere.
 * also deactivated various plugins to see if there was a conflict but no joy.
 * i’m on wp 4.7.1 and php 5.5.38

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 *  Plugin Author [Hendrik Lersch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riddler84/)
 * (@riddler84)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2407/#post-8648393)
 * Hi, i’m unable to reproduce this error and it’s curious that it try to load the
   file from the “dashboard” plugin folder. Do you have a plugin of this name installed
   or is there a folder with this name in the plugins-folder?
 * You could firstly try to delete the plugin and then reinstall it. Make sure that
   the “wp-script-optimizer” folder is completely deleted out of the “wp-content/
   plugins/” folder, before you reinstall it. Maybe it will work then.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [Hendrik Lersch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riddler84/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [Hendrik Lersch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/riddler84/).
 *  Thread Starter [desynk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desynk/)
 * (@desynk)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-2407/#post-8648997)
 * hi hendrik,
 * thanks for your speedy reply!
 * i somehow overlooked that ‘dashboard’ was another plugin. i deactivated it and
   your plugin works fine now. i was only checking against things like w3cache, 
   minify and wp defer javascript… didn’t occur to me that a simple plugin to show
   my reseller account backend would affect it.
 * it’s all good now 🙂 take care!

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