Title: "Fatal Error" after wordpress update?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# "Fatal Error" after wordpress update?

 *  Resolved [Alex Seaman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alex-seaman/)
 * (@alex-seaman)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-wordpress-update/)
 * While the WP Notes Widget looked great on my website over the last few days, 
   after updating to WordPress 4.1.1 and the version 0.2.0 of WP Notes widget (not
   sure if this is cause or coincidence), upon trying to activate the plugin I receive
   the following message:
    ” Plugin could not be activated because it triggered 
   a fatal error. Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /hermes/bosoraweb184/
   b2236/nf.alexseaman/public_html/alexseaman.com/wp- content/plugins/wp-notes-widget/
   admin/class-wp-notes-admin.php on line 211″
 * Consequently, the plugin does not activate or display on website.
    I have downloaded
   the notes widget wrapper which works in some cases, though I enjoyed the WP Notes
   Widget when it was working…
 * Thank you!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-notes-widget/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-notes-widget/)

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 *  [Steve Puddick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_silver/)
 * (@_silver)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-wordpress-update/#post-5809539)
 * Hi Alex,
 * Thanks for the message. I have an idea as to what may be causing the problem.
   Just to confirm, is your web hosting package running something lower than PHP
   version 5.3? I may need to adjust some code since I am using Namespaces, which
   is a coding technique not supported in versions of PHP lower than 5.3.
 *  [Steve Puddick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_silver/)
 * (@_silver)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-wordpress-update/#post-5809648)
 * Hi again,
 * Haven’t heard back but I assume that was the problem. I just released a new version
   which fixes this problem since regardless, this issue will affect other users.
   You should see a new update is available from your WordPress plugin administration
   page.
 *  Thread Starter [Alex Seaman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alex-seaman/)
 * (@alex-seaman)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-wordpress-update/#post-5809672)
 * That is perfect! Just tried it and looks great! Thank you so much for your quick
   and efficient help!
 *  [Steve Puddick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_silver/)
 * (@_silver)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-wordpress-update/#post-5809689)
 * Your Welcome!

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## Tags

 * [fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal-error/)
 * [parse-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error/)
 * [T_STRING](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/t_string/)

 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Steve Puddick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_silver/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-after-wordpress-update/#post-5809689)
 * Status: resolved