Title: [Plugin: WP Dummy Content] Fatal error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP Dummy Content] Fatal error

 *  [cydward](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cydward/)
 * (@cydward)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-dummy-content-fatal-error/)
 * I installed it, set some reasonable settings and hit the engage button. This 
   is what I got:
 * Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘Exception’ with message ‘DateTime::__construct()[
   [datetime.–construct](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-dummy-content-fatal-error/datetime.--construct?output_format=md)]:
   Failed to parse time string (1286985876) at position 8 (7): Unexpected character’
   in /home4/erinhyde/public_html/store/wp-includes/formatting.php:1582 Stack trace:#
   0 /home4/erinhyde/public_html/store/wp-includes/formatting.php(1582): DateTime-
   >__construct(‘1286985876’) #1 /home4/erinhyde/public_html/store/wp-content/plugins/
   wp-dummy-content/lib.php(294): get_gmt_from_date() #2 /home4/erinhyde/public_html/
   store/wp-content/plugins/wp-dummy-content/lib.php(251): insert_post(1286985876)#
   3 /home4/erinhyde/public_html/store/wp-content/plugins/wp-dummy-content/wp-dummy-
   content.php(42): create_blog_stuff(‘Mississippi Riv…’, ‘SATURDAY mornin…’, ‘-
   1’, 1286985876, ‘publish’, Array) #4 /home4/erinhyde/public_html/store/wp-includes/
   plugin.php(395): dummy_content_admin(Array) #5 /home4/erinhyde/public_html/store/
   wp-admin/admin.php(138): do_action(”) #6 /home4/erinhyde/public_html/store/wp-
   a in /home4/erinhyde/public_html/store/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 1582

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 * Last reply from: [cydward](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cydward/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-dummy-content-fatal-error/)
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