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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Vertical Menu Widget] [Plugin: Vertical Menu Widget] plugin cannot be activated because of a fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vertical-menu-widget-plugin-cannot-be-activated-because-of-a-fatal-error/)
 *  [tchagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tchagan/)
 * (@tchagan)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-vertical-menu-widget-plugin-cannot-be-activated-because-of-a-fatal-error/#post-2714348)
 * on the first line we have :
 * <?
 * instead of this short hand put in
 * <?php
 * seems to fix it!
 * you could also set short_open_tag = true in the php.ini but I believe this may
   be frowned upon!
 * rgds

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