Title: MailChimp plugin crashes WordPress site
Last modified: December 23, 2016

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# MailChimp plugin crashes WordPress site

 *  [crackajack](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crackajack/)
 * (@crackajack)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-plugin-crashes-wordpress-site/)
 * After updating MailChimp plugin, Inget the following error message:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /home/kinkiepi/public_html/goodies/
   plugins/mailchimp/lib/mailchimp/mailchimp.php on line 21
 * Now the entire site is down as well as my landing page.
 * Respectfully,
    Ivan

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Tracy Levesque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liljimmi/)
 * (@liljimmi)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 YIKES, Inc. Co-Owner
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-plugin-crashes-wordpress-site/#post-8585038)
 * Hello Ivan,
 * I’m very sorry that happened. Our plugin’s folder is not named “mailchimp” and
   it doesn’t have a file called “mailchimp.php”
 * I did a search and it looks like this is the plugin you are using:
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp/)
 * Try posting your issue there any hopefully they will be able to help you.
 * In the meantime, if you have FTP access to your account, you can
    - go into /wp-content/plugins/
    - Look for the “mailchimp” folder
    - Rename it “mailchimp-bkp”
 * That will deactivate the plugin and get your site back online. After the authors
   of the other plugin help you, you can rename the folder back to “mailchimp” and
   activate it again.
 * I hope this is helpful!
    -Tracy

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 * Last reply from: [Tracy Levesque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liljimmi/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-plugin-crashes-wordpress-site/#post-8585038)
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