Title: plugin could not be activated
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# plugin could not be activated

 *  Resolved [testingwp777](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testingwp777/)
 * (@testingwp777)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-could-not-be-activated-18/)
 * Hello,
 * The plugin could not be activated due to:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in …../wp-content/plugins/autodescription/
   inc/classes/init.class.php on line 437
 * It looks like a great plugin so I’d like to get it to work!
 * Thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/autodescription/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autodescription/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
 * (@cybr)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-could-not-be-activated-18/#post-6928188)
 * Oh dear, an Eastern Egg (which isn’t even run) prevents you from using my plugin!
   🙁
 * The reason for this is because your server’s PHP version is probably below the
   minimum required for WordPress!
    **You should really push your server administrator**
   to update to the latest version. The version of PHP you’re using also doesn’t
   receive any more security patches. Later PHP versions are also much, much faster.
   With 5.6 being about 2x as fast and PHP7 at least 4x as fast compared to the 
   current running version.
 * Please refer to [https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
   and [http://php.net/supported-versions.php](http://php.net/supported-versions.php)
   for more information.
 * As you can see there, the minimum required version for this plugin (PHP 5.3) 
   is actually 2 years overdue on security patches!
 * Either way, I’ll make sure the plugin will support 5.2 and higher in the next
   update, I can’t promise long term support as I’d really like to move forward 
   to the new caching features that are planned for PHP 7.1+ and at least support
   PHP 5.6 until 2018.
 * I hope this helps! Thank you very much for considering this plugin :). The SEO
   Framework 2.5.2 should be able to run on your server, I’ll keep you posted when
   it’s released!
 *  Thread Starter [testingwp777](https://wordpress.org/support/users/testingwp777/)
 * (@testingwp777)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-could-not-be-activated-18/#post-6928196)
 * Thank you so much for the fast answer! I was able to upgrade Php version and 
   it is now activated!
 * 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
 * (@cybr)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-could-not-be-activated-18/#post-6928197)
 * That’s great to hear!
 * Let me know if you find any more issues, I’ll be sure to address them 🙂
 * Thanks and enjoy your day!

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Sybre Waaijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybr/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-could-not-be-activated-18/#post-6928197)
 * Status: resolved