Title: Syntax Error, WordPress-23-Related-Posts
Last modified: June 14, 2020

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# Syntax Error, WordPress-23-Related-Posts

 *  [gttmovies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gttmovies/)
 * (@gttmovies)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-wordpress-23-related-posts/)
 * I was recently making a post on my site, which I do not use frequently, and it
   told me I had a bunch of updates to make so I just accepted them all (whoops).
   Now the site will not load and I get the following error related to a plugin:
 * `Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[', expecting ')' in /home/content/49/
   7274949/html/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-23-related-posts-plugin/config.php 
   on line 130`
 * I thought this maybe was something that could be easily corrected by changing
   that line of code. My site is hosted by GoDaddy. I found the code on the File
   Manager and this is what line 130 reads:
 * `$wprp_mp->create_profile([], "wprp");`
 * Changing the ‘[‘ to an ‘)’ in that line of code does not make sense. I reached
   out to GoDaddy support and they suggested disabling the plugin by renaming it.
   When I do that, it creates additional errors. I reached out to WordPress support
   and they gave me the same advice, but it has not been helpful. Apparently this
   plugin is no longer being updated. What should I do? At this time, I cannot access
   my website at all due to the error.
 * Would it be safe to delete the plugin entirely – would that correct the problem?
   I think I don’t need it but I don’t want to do something that cannot be reversed
   if that is unlikely to correct the issue. Your help is greatly appreciated.
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress
      topic
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsyntax-error-wordpress-23-related-posts%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-wordpress-23-related-posts/#post-12981360)
 * Delete the plugin, then post a question here: [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-23-related-posts-plugin/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-23-related-posts-plugin/)
   to contact the plugin’s developers. However, it looks like they’re not providing
   support or updates, so consider a different related posts plugin. _“We regret
   to post that, as of August 14, 2017, the sovrn plugin suite, including WordPress
   Related Posts, will no longer be developed upon or supported by our staff.”_
 *  Thread Starter [gttmovies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gttmovies/)
 * (@gttmovies)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-wordpress-23-related-posts/#post-12983686)
 * Deleting the plugin seems like it made things worse. The error message is now:
 * Warning: require_once(__DIR__/scb/load.php) [function.require-once]: failed to
   open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/49/7274949/html/wp-content/
   plugins/wp-pagenavi/wp-pagenavi.php on line 12
 * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘__DIR__/
   scb/load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php’) in /home/content/49/
   7274949/html/wp-content/plugins/wp-pagenavi/wp-pagenavi.php on line 12
 * Nevertheless, I went ahead and posted my question about this *new* issue in a
   different “related posts” plugin forum. Hopefully somebody will be able to give
   me guidance on how to get my website functional again there.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-wordpress-23-related-posts/#post-12983707)
 * Try reinstalling the plugin “wp page navi”.
 *  Thread Starter [gttmovies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gttmovies/)
 * (@gttmovies)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-wordpress-23-related-posts/#post-13016479)
 * Cool. I’d love to, if that would fix the problem. How do I do that?
    I don’t 
   know what I’m doing at all.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-wordpress-23-related-posts/#post-13016653)
 * via FTP or the file manager app in your hosting control panel, delete the directory
   wp-content/plugins/wp-page-navi. You can then install it again via the normal
   method.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-wordpress-23-related-posts/#post-13016653)
 * Status: not resolved

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