Title: Fatal Error Message on WordPress
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Fatal Error Message on WordPress

 *  [jjory7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jjory7/)
 * (@jjory7)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-message-on-wordpress/)
 * Hi All,
 * I’m trying to login to access my dashboard for the site [http://www.justinmjory.com](http://www.justinmjory.com).
 * When I enter my login information, I then receive the following message:
 * Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_rtl() in /home/justinmjory/justinmjory.
   com/wp-includes/general-template.php on line 2102
 * Can anyone help me troubleshoot this problem?
 * Justin

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 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-message-on-wordpress/#post-2513100)
 * The [`is_rtl()`](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_rtl) function
   was introduced in WordPress version 3.0. What version of WordPress are you using?
 *  Thread Starter [jjory7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jjory7/)
 * (@jjory7)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-message-on-wordpress/#post-2513101)
 * Thanks for the reply. I believe it’s 3.0, but I can’t be certain because there’s
   no way to access my dashboard or any information related to the WordPress install.
 * What are you thinking?
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-message-on-wordpress/#post-2513103)
 * > What are you thinking?
 * One of two things:
 * 1) Incomplete WordPress install (or upgrade)
    2) An older version of WordPress,
   with a Plugin that expects `is_rtl()` to be defined.
 * I would first try a complete re-install of WordPress, just to make sure all the
   files are there. Then, see if the problem persists.
 *  Thread Starter [jjory7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jjory7/)
 * (@jjory7)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-message-on-wordpress/#post-2513107)
 * If I do a complete re-install of WordPress, will I need to do that via my Dreamhost
   1-click install? Could that screw my sight up?
 * I’m in the middle of grad school applications, and if that information isn’t 
   there, that wouldn’t be good.
 * Thanks for the insights.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [jjory7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jjory7/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-message-on-wordpress/#post-2513107)
 * Status: not resolved

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