Title: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare automatic_feed_links()
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Fatal error: Cannot redeclare automatic_feed_links()

 *  Resolved [formica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/formica/)
 * (@formica)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-automatic_feed_links/)
 * Just a had a very scary wordpress fatal error:
 * “Fatal error: Cannot redeclare automatic_feed_links() (previously declared in…”
 * Still don’t know how this happened, and couldn’t find any solutions or other 
   occurrences online so thought I’d post.
 * Site was completely down only giving the above error. Was just about to revert
   to a month old backup but first removed this function from the general-includes.
   php file and re-uploaded it.
 *     ```
       /**
        * Enable/disable automatic general feed link outputting.
        *
        * @since 2.8.0
        *
        * @param boolean $add Add or remove links. Defaults to true.
        */
       function automatic_feed_links( $add = true ) {
           if ( $add )
               add_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links', 2 );
           else {
               remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links', 2 );
               remove_action( 'wp_head', 'feed_links_extra', 3 );
           }
       }
       ```
   
 * WordPress then worked in a very strange way, throwing up errors, loosing all 
   styling but allowed me to access the updates page where i could re-install my
   version of wordpress successfully.
 * Everythings back to normal – just considering I couldn’t find this error anywhere
   else, thought i’d share.

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 * Last reply from: [formica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/formica/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-automatic_feed_links/)
 * Status: resolved

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