Title: WordPress 4.3 update showing error
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# WordPress 4.3 update showing error

 *  [emilysmithNGN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilysmithngn/)
 * (@emilysmithngn)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-43-update-showing-error/)
 * After updating to the latest version of wordpress, I’m seeing this error at the
   top of every page:
 * “The called constructor method for WP_Widget is deprecated since version 4.3.0!
   Use
    __construct() instead. in /home/vascuv0/public_html/wp-includes/functions.
   php on line 3457″
 * Then, when I take a look at the file mentioned, this is what I find:
 * ” if ( WP_DEBUG && apply_filters( ‘deprecated_constructor_trigger_error’, true)){
   
   if ( function_exists( ‘__’ ) ) { trigger_error( sprintf( __( ‘The called constructor
   method for %1$s is **deprecated** since version %2$s! Use %3$s instead.’ ), $
   class, $version, ‘
 *     ```
       __construct()
       ```
   
 * ‘ ) );
    } else { trigger_error( sprintf( ‘The called constructor method for %
   1$s is **deprecated** since version %2$s! Use %3$s instead.’, $class, $version,‘
 *     ```
       __construct()
       ```
   
 * ‘ ) );
    } }
 * }”
 * I don’t know what wordpress is trying to tell me. Any ideas?
 * Thanks!

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-43-update-showing-error/#post-6450768)
 * This indicates your theme or plugin need to be updated. As a temporary work around
   look for define( ‘WP_DEBUG’ true ); in your wp-config.php file and set that to
   false.
 * That only causes the warning to not be displayed, [the theme or plugin should be updated. ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/07/02/deprecating-php4-style-constructors-in-wordpress-4-3/)

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 * [php-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-error/)
 * [version 4.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/version-4-3/)
 * [WordPress update](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-update/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-43-update-showing-error/#post-6450768)
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