Title: Deprecated constructor method Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # Deprecated constructor method * [hxxrmonkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hxxrmonkey/) * (@hxxrmonkey) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method/) * Catablog is using a deprecated constructor method, throwing errors all over my logs. Would be nice to get that fixed, shouldn’t take much effort. * [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget in CataBlogWidget is **deprecated** since version 4.3.0! Use * ``` __construct() ``` * instead. in /public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3722 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP Stack trace: [Sun Apr 24 07: 35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 1. {main}() /public_html/index. php:0 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 2. require()/ public_html/index.php:17 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 3. require_once() /public_html/wp-blog-header.php:13 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 4. require_once() /public_html/wp-load. php:37 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 5. require_once()/ public_html/wp-config.php:101 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 6. do_action() /public_html/wp-settings.php:393 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016][ error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 7. call_user_func_array:{/public_html/wp-includes/ plugin.php:525}() /public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php:525 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 8. wp_widgets_init() /public_html/wp- includes/plugin.php:525 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 9. do_action() /public_html/wp-includes/widgets.php:1475 [Sun Apr 24 07:35: 04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 10. call_user_func_array:{/public_html/ wp-includes/plugin.php:525}() /public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php:525 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 11. __lambda_func() /public_html/ wp-includes/plugin.php:525 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 12. register_widget() /public_html/wp-content/plugins/catablog/lib/CataBlog. class.php(126) : runtime-created function:1 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error][ client 142.4.217.162] PHP 13. WP_Widget_Factory->register() /public_html/wp-includes/ widgets.php:113 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 14. CataBlogWidget->CataBlogWidget() /public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-widget- factory.php:57 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 15. WP_Widget->WP_Widget()/public_html/wp-content/plugins/catablog/lib/CataBlogWidget. class.php:15 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 16. _deprecated_constructor() /public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-widget.php:181 [Sun Apr 24 07:35:04 2016] [error] [client 142.4.217.162] PHP 17. trigger_error() / public_html/wp-includes/functions.php:3722 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/catablog/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catablog/) Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * (@mbrsolution) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method/#post-7320317) * Hi, thank you for reporting this issue. I have submitted a message to the plugin developer to investigate further your finding. * Regards * [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * (@mbrsolution) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method/#post-8814501) * Hi, have you resolves your issue? What PHP version is your server running? - This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/). * Thread Starter [hxxrmonkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hxxrmonkey/) * (@hxxrmonkey) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method/#post-8816624) * No we ended up turning off error reporting. * [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * (@mbrsolution) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method/#post-8819006) * Do you know what PHP version your server is running? * Thread Starter [hxxrmonkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hxxrmonkey/) * (@hxxrmonkey) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method/#post-8819799) * 5.6 * [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * (@mbrsolution) * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method/#post-8820861) * That is a good PHP version. What version of WordPress are you running? Did you ever try the following. Disable all of your other plugins except this one and carrying out a test? Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Deprecated constructor method’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/catablog_f7f6f7.svg) * [CataBlog](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catablog/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catablog/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catablog/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catablog/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catablog/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catablog/reviews/) ## Tags * [deprecated](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/deprecated/) * [wp_widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_widget/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deprecated-constructor-method/#post-8820861) * Status: not resolved