Title: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare stats_activate()
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Fatal error: Cannot redeclare stats_activate()

 *  [osuchon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/osuchon/)
 * (@osuchon)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-stats_activate/)
 * I recently tried to update all of the plugins on my wordpress site as it was 
   notifying me that they are out of date. I pressed update all, but as soon I tried
   to refresh the page, or access any part of the dashboard or the site itself, 
   I get the following error:
 * Fatal error: Cannot redeclare stats_activate() (previously declared in /hermes/
   waloraweb092/b2017/pow.esscoca/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/stats/stats.php:839)
   in /hermes/waloraweb092/b2017/pow.esscoca/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/wp-stats/
   wp-stats.php on line 905
 * I have no experience with websites at all really, so I have no idea how to fix
   this at all. I know it has something to do with renaming the folders using FTP,
   but I’m not sure how to do that. If someone could please explain, it would be
   much appreciated.

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 *  [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * (@chubbycrow)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-stats_activate/#post-6050110)
 * If you can’t access your admin pages, you’ll need to use an [FTP client](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients)(
   like FileZilla), or your host’s cPanel (or File Manager) and navigate to the 
   plugin on the server.
 * In your WP installation there, find `wp-content/plugins` and rename the `stats`
   plugin folder to `stats-hold`. Hopefully that should allow you to get back into
   WP admin. Then you can try re-installing or updating it again.
 * If this isn’t something you’re comfortable doing yourself, your web-host support
   would probably do this for you, or at least help you set up FTP access. Most 
   of them also have help docs to walk you through how to use both FTP (or SFTP)
   and their FIle Manager.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Bill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chubbycrow/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-stats_activate/#post-6050110)
 * Status: not resolved

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