Title: Fatal error: Cannot use string offset
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Fatal error: Cannot use string offset

 *  Resolved [Don](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdbellent/)
 * (@tdbellent)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-use-string-offset/)
 * If I have more than one theme in the wp-content/themes directory I get this error
   in the design page:
 * Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /data/12/0/152/152/804152/
   user/824646/htdocs/dbblog/wp-admin/themes.php on line 96
 * I’m betting it’s a site config issue, or missing something on my site, but how
   do I fix it?
 * Don

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 *  Thread Starter [Don](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdbellent/)
 * (@tdbellent)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-use-string-offset/#post-835318)
 * Added complications, if I only have one theme in the wp-content/themes directory,
   I still don’t see it in the dashboard, nor can I edit via the dashboard. (I’m
   using 2.6.1 of WP!)
 * DOn
 *  Thread Starter [Don](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdbellent/)
 * (@tdbellent)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-use-string-offset/#post-835356)
 * No matter how much digging I do, I’m not finding a resolution to this, Any help
   out here?
 * Don
 *  Thread Starter [Don](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdbellent/)
 * (@tdbellent)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-use-string-offset/#post-835380)
 * Ok, got it fixed. Had to remove ALL plugins, then make sure that the original
   default and classic where the only two themes in the themes directory, then I
   was able to get more added. What a pain!!

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 * Last reply from: [Don](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tdbellent/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-use-string-offset/#post-835380)
 * Status: resolved

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