Title: Fatal error on wp website
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Fatal error on wp website

 *  [kenocreative](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenocreative/)
 * (@kenocreative)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-wp-website/)
 * Hi,
 * Just checked my domain [http://www.aerocover.co.uk](http://www.aerocover.co.uk)
   and the following message comes up and will not show the site or let me login
   to the wp-admin panel.
 * Fatal error: Namespace declaration statement has to be the very first statement
   in the script in /www/sites/039/1f0/www.aerocover.co.uk/web/wp-content/plugins/
   backupwordpress/classes/class-plugin.php on line 3
 * Any suggestions?
 * Cheers
 * Ken
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [cuvelier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cuvelier/)
 * (@cuvelier)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-wp-website/#post-6193214)
 * Hi Ken,
 * Thanks for getting in touch.
 * Can you try FTP’ing into your server an deleting the BackUpWordPress plugin, 
   and then try reinstalling it?
 * Let me know how you get on from there.
 * Cheers!
    Owain
 *  Thread Starter [kenocreative](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenocreative/)
 * (@kenocreative)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-wp-website/#post-6193216)
 * Hi Owain,
 * Can I and should I grab a back up before I delete the plugin? Or will it just
   have the same issue within the backup?
 * One thing that has changed since it last worked was we have had an SEO person
   add all-in-one-seo-pack plugin. Maybe it clashes with your plugin?
 * Cheers
 * Ken
 *  Plugin Author [cuvelier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cuvelier/)
 * (@cuvelier)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-wp-website/#post-6193242)
 * I don’t think a backup will be necessary if you’re just deleting the BackUpWordPress
   Plugin from your site. It’s not going to break anything else.
 * The error doesn’t appear to be related to the SEO plugin 🙂
 * I still recommend deleting the BWP via FTP, then reinstalling it to your site
   from the WordPress Dashboard.
 * Cheers!
    Owain

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-on-wp-website/#post-6193242)
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