Title: need help with this error
Last modified: August 2, 2022

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# need help with this error

 *  [insurancesnearme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/insurancesnearme/)
 * (@insurancesnearme)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-this-error-4/)
 * Deprecated: Function _register_controls is deprecated since version 3.1.0! Use
   Elementor\Controls_Stack::register_controls() instead. in
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fneed-help-with-this-error-4%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-this-error-4/#post-15879541)
 * That’s a problem with Elementor. You’ll need to ask them.
 * As a bit more, it seems like your theme or a plugin that uses Elementor is using
   an old function that it shouldn’t be with the newer version of Elementor. This
   could be as easy as jsut updating your theme (assuming that an update is available).
   If it’s not then you’ll need to figure out between Elementor and your themes 
   author as to who needs to figure out what needs to be fixed.
 *  [Punit Trivedi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pintutrivedi/)
 * (@pintutrivedi)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-this-error-4/#post-15883119)
 * Hello (@insurancesnearme)
 * You are using a plugin that extends Elementor functionality the old way.
 * Deactivate the plugin one-by-one until you find the plugin. Contact the plugin
   author and ask him to update the code.
 * The plugin author should to replace the _register_controls() method with register_controls()
   removing the _ prefix (this was changed in Elementor 3.1.0).`

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Punit Trivedi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pintutrivedi/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-with-this-error-4/#post-15883119)
 * Status: not resolved

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