Title: [Plugin: Video Thumbnails] Cannot activate
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Video Thumbnails] Cannot activate

 *  [jakeyboy1989](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakeyboy1989/)
 * (@jakeyboy1989)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-cannot-activate/)
 * Are there any specific plugins this plugin is not compatible with?
 * I can get video thumbnails plugin to install, but it will not activate…
 * My site is progressivetalks.com
 * Any ideas?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-thumbnails/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-thumbnails/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Sutherland Boswell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sutherlandboswell/)
 * (@sutherlandboswell)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-cannot-activate/#post-2727127)
 * Does it give you an error when trying to activate?
 *  Thread Starter [jakeyboy1989](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakeyboy1989/)
 * (@jakeyboy1989)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-cannot-activate/#post-2727326)
 * Unfortunately not.. It just stays inactive.. Ive tried uninstalling.. uploading..
 * It shows no error installing but just won’t activate… has this happened ever 
   before?
 * thanks for the help!
 *  Plugin Author [Sutherland Boswell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sutherlandboswell/)
 * (@sutherlandboswell)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-cannot-activate/#post-2727327)
 * The plugin currently requires cURL to be enabled on your server and performs 
   a check when activating. If cURL isn’t enabled it will deactivate itself when
   you try activating, but it should give you an error message telling you to enable
   cURL.
 *  Thread Starter [jakeyboy1989](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakeyboy1989/)
 * (@jakeyboy1989)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-cannot-activate/#post-2727328)
 * hmmm, yeh its really strange.. because i have other plugins that are using cURL
   I’m sure, so it shouldn’t be a problem..
 * even stranger I’m not getting any errors..
 *  Thread Starter [jakeyboy1989](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakeyboy1989/)
 * (@jakeyboy1989)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-cannot-activate/#post-2727330)
 * I did just notice though that it is throwing this error in the hyperlinkaddress
 * /wp-admin/plugins.php?error=true&plugin=video-thumbnails%2Fvideo-thumbnails.php&
   _error_nonce=6577119321

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/video-thumbnails_3e6f7f.svg)
 * [Video Thumbnails](https://wordpress.org/plugins/video-thumbnails/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/video-thumbnails/#faq)
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 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/video-thumbnails/unresolved/)
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 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [jakeyboy1989](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakeyboy1989/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-cannot-activate/#post-2727330)
 * Status: not resolved