Title: Cannot activate plugin, error
Last modified: September 13, 2016

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# Cannot activate plugin, error

 *  [wesley.morales](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wesleymorales/)
 * (@wesleymorales)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-error-2/)
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION on line 18

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 *  [oscarmiguelbandin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarmiguelbandin/)
 * (@oscarmiguelbandin)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-error-2/#post-8182054)
 * Hi Wesley,
 * please try to be more specific about your issue. WordPress and plugin versión?
 *  Thread Starter [wesley.morales](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wesleymorales/)
 * (@wesleymorales)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-error-2/#post-8182632)
 * Sorry…
 * My WP version: 4.6.1
    Plugin version: 3.1.2
 * When a click in activate plugin, show the error:
 * Não foi possível ativar o plugin porque ele gerou um erro fatal.
    Parse error:
   syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /var/www/html/orlandoterapia.com.br/web/
   wp-content/plugins/fb-instant-articles/facebook-instant-articles.php on line 
   18
 *  [oscarmiguelbandin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarmiguelbandin/)
 * (@oscarmiguelbandin)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-error-2/#post-8182682)
 * It seems that plugin is not really compatible with WP 4.6.1.
 * If you open the file mentioned on error, you could see on line 18 a function 
   to show an error message. Are you using PHP under version 5.4? You should use
   a more recent version of PHP 5…Instant Articles for WP requires PHP 5.4 to function
   properly.
 *  Thread Starter [wesley.morales](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wesleymorales/)
 * (@wesleymorales)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-error-2/#post-8183274)
 * I’m using PHP version 5.2. I’ll change in the host.
    TKS
 *  [anderfisio82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anderfisio82/)
 * (@anderfisio82)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-error-2/#post-9067928)
 * Thanks Oscar!!!

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 * Last reply from: [anderfisio82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anderfisio82/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-activate-plugin-error-2/#post-9067928)
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