Title: Critical Error – syntax error
Last modified: July 27, 2025

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# Critical Error – syntax error

 *  Resolved [pcmdv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcmdv/)
 * (@pcmdv)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-syntax-error/)
 * [WP Random Post Thumbnails] is suddenly causing a critical error on my site.
 * An error of type E_PARSE was caused in line 267 of the file /home/***/public_html/
   wp-content/plugins/wp-random-post-thumbnails/classes/class-wprpt.php. Error message:
   syntax error, unexpected ‘|’, expecting variable (T_VARIABLE)

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 *  Plugin Author [Brianna Deleasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdeleasa/)
 * (@bdeleasa)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-syntax-error/#post-18572821)
 * Thanks for reporting this and sorry for the error! I patched the issue and this
   should be resolved now in the latest version 2.6.3.
 *  Thread Starter [pcmdv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcmdv/)
 * (@pcmdv)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-syntax-error/#post-18574084)
 * Amazing thank you!!

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 * Last reply from: [pcmdv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcmdv/)
 * Last activity: [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/critical-error-syntax-error/#post-18574084)
 * Status: resolved