Title: Cannot Activate
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot Activate

 *  Resolved [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-12/)
 * I get the following error when I try to activate the plugin:
 * > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/
   > ruven-themes-social-widget/ruven-themes-social-widget.php on line 175
 * Just thought you should know.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ruven-themes-social-widget/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ruven-themes-social-widget/)

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 *  [aleflocco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aleflocco/)
 * (@aleflocco)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-12/#post-5096205)
 * Same error here…
    Thanks Ale
 *  Thread Starter [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-12/#post-5096207)
 * An update: I deactivated ALL plugins and reverted to twenty fourteen. The exact
   error still shows up when I activate the plugin.
 * Which is weird, because I looked at the code yesterday, and everything seems 
   fine – the “}” that’s at the indicated line *should* be there (as it closes out
   the post function). Very strange. If I remove it, the error message shows up 
   for line 225.
 *  [aleflocco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aleflocco/)
 * (@aleflocco)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-12/#post-5096208)
 * yes, I also checked the code, and it seems ok…
    maybe some func has changed in
   WP update, and somewhere something wrong is returned. I don’t know Ale
 *  [aleflocco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aleflocco/)
 * (@aleflocco)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-12/#post-5096209)
 * Strange thing… On a local clean install, I get no error
 *  [aleflocco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aleflocco/)
 * (@aleflocco)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-12/#post-5096334)
 * [@doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/): Hi, could you reactivate
   this plugin somehow?
    Thanks Ale
 *  Thread Starter [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-12/#post-5096357)
 * I’ve reactivated it, but I still get the same error. I haven’t been able to find
   what the issue is.
 *  Thread Starter [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-12/#post-5096358)
 * I figured it out. Your plugin file starts with <?. When I change that to <?php
   it works/activates perfectly fine.
 *  [aleflocco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aleflocco/)
 * (@aleflocco)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-12/#post-5096360)
 * yeah!!!
    Great, thanks a lot Ale

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 * Last reply from: [aleflocco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aleflocco/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-12/#post-5096360)
 * Status: resolved