Woocommerce plugin fatal error while trying to activate plugin

  • Resolved anaahatconsultancy

    (@anaahatconsultancy)


    4 years, 11 months ago

    I’m having an issue with the woocommerce plugin. There was an update available and when I tried to update it multiple times, it gave me the error message that the update failed.

    After trying this 3-4 times eventually I got the message there was a critical error on this website after which I logged in through the recovery mode and deactivated the plugin and tried to activate it again and got this message:

    Fatal error: Uncaught RuntimeException: Failed to locate plugin /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/vendor/jetpack-autoloader/class-plugin-locator.php:47 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/vendor/jetpack-autoloader/class-autoloader.php(46): Automattic\Jetpack\Autoloader\jpfd0d177b2d8140b4b20d4474b07b8ed7\Plugin_Locator->find_current_plugin() #1 /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/vendor/autoload_packages.php(13): Automattic\Jetpack\Autoloader\jpfd0d177b2d8140b4b20d4474b07b8ed7\Autoloader::init() #2 /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Autoloader.php(37): require('/var/www/wp-con...') #3 /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce.php(27): Automattic\WooCommerce\Autoloader::init() #4 /var/www/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php(2300): include('/var/www/wp-con...') #5 /var/www/wp-admin/plugins.php(191): plugin_sandbox_scrape('woocommerce/woo...') #6 {main} thrown in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/vendor/jetpack-autoloader/class-plugin-locator.php on line 47

    These are the details for the website where the plugin is being used:
    WordPress version 5.7.2
    Current theme: Hello Elementor (version 2.3.1)
    Current plugin: WooCommerce (version 5.3.0)
    PHP version 7.3.12

    Error Details
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An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 47 of the file /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/vendor/jetpack-autoloader/class-plugin-locator.php. Error message: Uncaught RuntimeException: Failed to locate plugin /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce in /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/vendor/jetpack-autoloader/class-plugin-locator.php:47
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/vendor/jetpack-autoloader/class-autoloader.php(46): Automattic\Jetpack\Autoloader\jpfd0d177b2d8140b4b20d4474b07b8ed7\Plugin_Locator->find_current_plugin()
#1 /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/vendor/autoload_packages.php(13): Automattic\Jetpack\Autoloader\jpfd0d177b2d8140b4b20d4474b07b8ed7\Autoloader::init()
#2 /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/src/Autoloader.php(37): require('/var/www/wp-con...')
#3 /var/www/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/woocommerce.php(27): Automattic\WooCommerce\Autoloader::init()
#4 /var/www/wp-settings.php(391): include_once('/var/www/wp-con...')
#5 /var/www/wp-config.php(91): require_once('/var/www/wp-set...')
#6 /var/www/wp-load.php(37): require_once('/var/www/wp-con...')
#7 /var/www/wp-admin/admin.php(34): require_once('/var/www/wp-

    I’ve tried activating the plugin outside recovery mode and in recovery mood, it hasn’t worked and I haven’t been able to find any other solution through forums either. This is a website for a client so I need it up and running soon again, would appreciate any help on how to fix this! Thank you

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  • Plugin Support abwaita a11n

    (@abwaita)

    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi @anaahatconsultancy,

    It seems that there was a glitch during the update and in this case, you will want to manually update the plugin.
    You can do so by deleting the existing WooCommerce plugin via FTP or cPanel from /wp-content/plugins/. You can then download and install the most up to date version here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/

    If you have any challenges with this, you may request your host to assist.

    Note:
    * Deleting the plugin from the plugins folder should only remove the plugin and its files. Your settings, orders, products, pages, etc… will still exist in the database.
    * It’s recommended to take a backup of your site before carrying out the above action. (You can use UpdraftPlus for creating a backup)

    I hope this helps.

    Thread Starter anaahatconsultancy

    (@anaahatconsultancy)

    4 years, 11 months ago

    Hi, thank you for all the information and the solution.

    Since I use managed WordPress hosting, deleting the plugin files through FTP on filezilla worked perfectly. I downloaded and uploaded it and activated it and had no issues and no loss of files or previous data.

    Thanks for the help! Appreciate it!

    Plugin Support Gabriel – a11n

    (@gabrielfuentes)

    4 years, 11 months ago

    We are happy to help 😃

    Great! I’m going to mark this as resolved – if you have any further questions, you can start a new thread.

    Cheers!

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