Title: Fatal error
Last modified: July 29, 2020

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# Fatal error

 *  [dundeeuniversity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dundeeuniversity/)
 * (@dundeeuniversity)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-3574/)
 * Hi
 * We recently uploaded the Hide/Remove Metadata plugin: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/hide-metadata/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hide-metadata/)
   to our multisite network and were unable to enable the plugin.
 * The error is:
 * Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
    Fatal error:
   Can’t use method return value in write context in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/
   hide-metadata/hide-metadata.php on line 217′
 * Can you let me know what is causing the error?
 * Thanks
    Caroline
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ffatal-error-3574%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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