Title: [Plugin: Members] Warning message on first install
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Members] Warning message on first install

 *  [Ben Huson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/husobj/)
 * (@husobj)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-warning-message-on-first-install/)
 * Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /homepages/44/d100305517/
   htdocs/site2.co.uk/staging/dacbeachcroft250/site/wp-content/plugins/members/includes/
   functions.php on line 21
 * Think it because get_option( ‘members_settings’ ) is not set
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members/)

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 *  [Dewey Bushaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/styledev/)
 * (@styledev)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-warning-message-on-first-install/#post-2640261)
 * Bump, just got this too. Weird because I have used this plugin numerous times,
   this version too…
 *  [Dewey Bushaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/styledev/)
 * (@styledev)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-warning-message-on-first-install/#post-2640262)
 * I forgot I did see this before and even commented on this other thread:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-in-functionsphp?replies=5](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-in-functionsphp?replies=5)
 * >  I managed to fix this error by adding in the line In /web/wp-content/plugins/
   > members/includes/functions.php
   >     ```
   >     if(!is_object($members))
   >     	    $members = new stdClass;
   >     just above if ( !isset( $members->settings ) )
   >     ```
   > 

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/members/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3508404)
 * [Members - Membership & User Role Editor Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/)
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 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Dewey Bushaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/styledev/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-members-warning-message-on-first-install/#post-2640262)
 * Status: not a support question