Title: Plugin Activation: Fatal Error
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Plugin Activation: Fatal Error

 *  [prettymaryk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prettymaryk/)
 * (@prettymaryk)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-fatal-error/)
 * Brand new to WordPress.org…
 * I’ve tried to activate several plugins after manually copying the files onto 
   my server and they always say “Plugin could not be activated because it triggered
   a fatal error.”
 * This is the third time it’s happened. Am I copying them wrong? Whenever I can
   upload a zip file of the plugin and unzip it in my server, they’re fine… but 
   when I copy them manually they get errors.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-fatal-error/#post-577392)
 * WHat does it mean “copy manually”? How do you do that? We usually say that we
   upload a plugin (and any other files) via FTP.
 * What I always do:
    – download – unzip – read the README – upload via FTP (what
   is instructed) – activate
 *  [jbonewald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbonewald/)
 * (@jbonewald)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-fatal-error/#post-577607)
 * I’m having this issue as well. I have attempted to activate three different plugins
   that give me this same message. “plugin could not be activated because it created
   a fatal error”
 * They are:
 * “now reading”
    “wp-postrating” “post star rating”
 * All other plugins I’ve activated since upgrading to WP2.2 have worked without
   a hitch.
 *  [Nickswife2004](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickswife2004/)
 * (@nickswife2004)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-fatal-error/#post-577608)
 * I’m having this issue as well with the Kimili flash plugin
 *  [apronstringsaflutter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apronstringsaflutter/)
 * (@apronstringsaflutter)
 * [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-fatal-error/#post-577774)
 * Same problem here! Anyone find any solutions?

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## Tags

 * [activate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/activate/)
 * [fatal+error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatalerror/)

 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [apronstringsaflutter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apronstringsaflutter/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-fatal-error/#post-577774)
 * Status: not resolved

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