Title: New version creates fatal error
Last modified: June 7, 2026

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# New version creates fatal error

 *  Resolved [Steve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aksteve/)
 * (@aksteve)
 * [1 day, 23 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-version-creates-fatal-error/)
 * I am just a website user. I am not a coder, but your latest update is giving 
   my site a fatal error. It shuts down my entire site. The plugin won’t even activate
   anymore.
   Here is the error. I hope you can help, as we have been faithfully using
   SEO Press and SEO Press Pro for over five years. We have installed on probably
   80+ websites, so we rely on you for a lot of stuff anyway. Here is the error 
   I’m getting. What do you make of it?
    - **Error Level:** E_ERROR
    - **Message:** Uncaught Error: Failed opening required ‘/home/web9076/public_html/
      wp-content/plugins/wp-seopress/seopress-functions.php’ (include_path=’.:/opt/
      cpanel/ea-php83/root/usr/share/pear’) in /home/web9076/public_html/wp-content/
      plugins/wp-seopress/seopress.php:59
      Stack trace:#0 /home/web9076/public_html/
      wp-admin/includes/plugin.php(2381): include_once()#1 /home/web9076/public_html/
      wp-admin/includes/plugin.php(673): plugin_sandbox_scrape(‘wp-seopress/seo…’)#
      2 /home/web9076/public_html/wp-admin/plugins.php(60): activate_plugin(‘wp-
      seopress/seo…’, ‘[https://web907.](https://web907./)…’, false)#3 {main}thrown
    - **File:** wp-content/plugins/wp-seopress/seopress.php
    - **Line:** 59
    - **URL:** [https://web907.com/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=wp-seopressseopress.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=49e0ba40a3](https://web907.com/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=wp-seopressseopress.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=49e0ba40a3)
    - **Referrer:** [https://web907.com/wp-admin/plugins.php](https://web907.com/wp-admin/plugins.php)
    - **User:**

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 *  Plugin Author [Benjamin Denis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainbowgeek/)
 * (@rainbowgeek)
 * [1 day, 17 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-version-creates-fatal-error/#post-18930950)
 * Hi,
 * it seems some files are missing in your installation.
 * Delete the plugin.
 * And add it again.
 * Make sure you have at least these PHP variables higher than 20MB:
    - PHP post max size
    - Upload max filesize
 * Check this from your WP administration, Tools, Site Health, Info tab, Server 
   accordion.

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 * Last activity: [1 day, 17 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-version-creates-fatal-error/#post-18930950)
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