Title: Warning: Creating default object from empty value
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Warning: Creating default object from empty value

 *  Resolved [Touda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/touda/)
 * (@touda)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-36/)
 * We’ve found this error:
 * `Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/upbpfeul/public_html/
   d-3/democraciadirecta/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/classes/download_taxonomies.
   class.php on line 156`
 * on this site: [http://www.d-3.info/democraciadirecta/](http://www.d-3.info/democraciadirecta/)
 * We thought it was due to an old version of the plugin but it was updated. We 
   also upgraded WP to 4.3 from 4.2.4 where we first found this error, and it keeps
   on showing up.
 * Could someone help us? Thanks in advance.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-monitor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-monitor/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Barry Kooij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrykooij/)
 * (@barrykooij)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-36/#post-6459935)
 * Hey Touda,
 * It looks like your on the old Download Monitor (3.x), the latest version is 1.8.0.
   You can use our Legacy Importer to move your website to the new version: [https://www.download-monitor.com/extensions/dlm-legacy-importer/](https://www.download-monitor.com/extensions/dlm-legacy-importer/)
 * Kind Regards,
 * Barry Kooij
 *  Thread Starter [Touda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/touda/)
 * (@touda)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-36/#post-6459937)
 * Yes, that seemed strange to me. That 1.8.0 was newer than 3.x! 😀 Thanks. We’ll
   try that importer.
 *  Thread Starter [Touda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/touda/)
 * (@touda)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-36/#post-6459938)
 * Isn’t it available at WordPress plugin repository? Must we go through the “add
   to cart” process? :-/
 *  Thread Starter [Touda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/touda/)
 * (@touda)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-36/#post-6459940)
 * `Please de-activate the old Download Monitor plugin and activate the new Download
   Monitor plugin before continuing with the import. This will ensure the required
   post types and taxonomies exist prior to the migration.`
 * I understand that we must we have the new plugin installed?
 *  Thread Starter [Touda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/touda/)
 * (@touda)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-36/#post-6459941)
 * When trying to install the new plugin (downloaded via the blue button under the
   cat picture) we get an error:
 * telling that /home/upbpfeul/public_html/d-3/democraciadirecta/wp-content/plugins/
   download-monitor/ directory already exist.
 * then we proceed to deactivate the old plugin, but we get the same error message
   and installation fails.
 * Are we supposed to delete the old plugin? Won’t it delete the tables we want 
   to import from the new plugin?
 * This process is very confusing! :-/ Shouldn’t it all be automatically done?
 *  Thread Starter [Touda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/touda/)
 * (@touda)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-36/#post-6459943)
 * It was solved just renaming the old directory without having to delete the old
   plugin. You might want to be clearer instructions for this import process. Thank
   you!
 * New plugin is working OK and warnings have disappeared.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Barry Kooij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrykooij/)
 * (@barrykooij)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-36/#post-6459956)
 * Hey Touda,
 * Yes the old plugin should be removed and the new one should be installed. I agree
   that this whole process is very confusing and I’m looking into creating an update
   that will get everyone on the same version again.
 * Sorry about the confusion, glad to hear you’ve figured it out.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-creating-default-object-from-empty-value-36/#post-6459956)
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