Title: Plugins crashed on old version
Last modified: February 6, 2020

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# Plugins crashed on old version

 *  Resolved [bloubby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloubby/)
 * (@bloubby)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-crashed-on-old-version/)
 * I updated to the latest version of the plugins but I didn’t know it was required
   to update to PHP more recent version.
 * So i got this error:
 * `Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in /wp/wp-content/plugins/hummingbird-
   performance/core/api/service/class-uptime.php on line 149`
 * I fixed the issue by replacing by this code:
 * `public function update_recipients( array $recipients = array() ) {`

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 *  Plugin Support [Laura – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support8/)
 * (@wpmudev-support8)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-crashed-on-old-version/#post-12407827)
 * Hi [@bloubby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloubby/)
 * I hope you’re well today!
 * It’s never recommended to make changes in plugin’s code directly as results might
   be unexpected in a long run and also those changes will be erased upon the nearest
   update.
 * However, while we always encourage to keep PHP at the newest versions we do our
   best to keep our plugins as much backwards compatible as possible without sacrificing
   their features/performance. We might not be able to guarantee proper performance
   with older PHP releases tho.
 * That said, would you tell me please what version are you using? I’d like to pass
   that over to our developers for consultation.
 * Best regards,
    Adam
 *  Plugin Support [Imran – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support9/)
 * (@wpmudev-support9)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-crashed-on-old-version/#post-12571655)
 * Hello [@bloubby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloubby/)
 * I hope you are doing well!
 * We haven’t heard back from you for a while now so we’ve marked this ticket as
   resolved. If you do have any followup questions or require further assistance
   feel free to reopen it and let us know here.
 * Kind regards,
    Nastia

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 * Last reply from: [Imran – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support9/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-crashed-on-old-version/#post-12571655)
 * Status: resolved