Title: PHP Fatal error
Last modified: August 19, 2019

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# PHP Fatal error

 *  [herbertbrandt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/herbertbrandt/)
 * (@herbertbrandt)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-182/)
 * Hi I see this error below.
 * I do not think it would help to reinstall the theme – as it’s the code itself
   that’s causing the error.
 * Any help ?
 * PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function get_header()
   in /home/wp_tyb4yq/netspirit.dk/wp-content/themes/sela/index.php:8
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fphp-fatal-error-182%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Velda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supernovia/)
 * (@supernovia)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-182/#post-11846492)
 * Please do reinstall the theme just in case it’s corrupted, as we aren’t normally
   seeing this error in other installations.
 *  Thread Starter [herbertbrandt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/herbertbrandt/)
 * (@herbertbrandt)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-182/#post-11856017)
 * Hi
 * I did try a reinstall – Same problem. Also I see that the Sela theme is no longer
   supported – That it is being outfaced. So anyone have an idea about what theme
   to use instead? I see that Stow looks a lot like Sela.
 * Any ideas about what theme to use instead of Sela
    Any comments about why they
   do not want to support Sela any longer? I think it is a great theme – expect 
   the error (PHP error) that started the hole issue, started my tread.
 *  [KokkieH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kokkieh/)
 * (@kokkieh)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-182/#post-11866786)
 * Hi there,
 * Sela has been retired on WordPress.com, yes, but that’s not in any way related
   to the error you’re seeing. I’m able to install and use Sela without any problems
   on my own site, so whatever is going wrong here is specific to your site.
 * When reinstalling, did you completely delete the Sela folder from your site via
   FTP? Or did you just delete it in WP-Admin? Please delete the folder completely
   before you try reinstalling.
 * If reinstalling the theme did not help, the error might be caused by a conflict
   with something else on your site. Please see if disabling all your plugins make
   any difference. If it does, reactivate your plugins one at a time until the error
   returns to determine which plugin is the problem.
 * > Any ideas about what theme to use instead of Sela
 * Sela has been replaced with Stow. Stow has the same design, but has been rebuilt
   completely for the block editor. You can find a download link for the self-hosted
   version of Stow on that theme’s page on WordPress.com:
 * [https://wordpress.com/theme/stow](https://wordpress.com/theme/stow)
 * > Any comments about why they do not want to support Sela any longer? I think
   > it is a great theme
 * Themes are regularly retired when they become too old to maintain. And in this
   case we’re replacing the theme with one following the same design, but optimized
   for the block editor, and it’s too much overhead to continue maintaining the 
   original version of this theme along with the updated version.

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 * Last reply from: [KokkieH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kokkieh/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-182/#post-11866786)
 * Status: not resolved