Title: E_ERROR when updating plugin Last modified: June 28, 2024 --- # E_ERROR when updating plugin * Resolved [BrianFB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianfb/) * (@brianfb) * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-when-updating-plugin/) * When applying the latest update (3.21.1) I received the following error on all 4 of my sites: * An error of type E_ERROR was caused in line 140 of the file /home/X/public_html/ blog/wp-content/plugins/simple-tags/inc/class.admin.php. * Error message: Uncaught Error: Failed opening required ‘/home/X/public_html/blog/ wp-content/plugins/simple-tags/inc/taxonomies.php’ (include_path=’.:/opt/cpanel/ ea-php82/root/usr/share/pear’) in /home/X/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/ simple-tags/inc/class.admin.php:140 Stack trace: #0 /home/X/public_html/blog/ wp-content/plugins/simple-tags/inc/functions.inc.php(156): SimpleTags_Admin-> __construct() #1 /home/X/public_html/blog/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): init_simple_tags(”) #2 /home/X/public_html/blog/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php( 348): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array) #3 /home/X/public_html/blog/wp-includes/ plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #4 /home/X/public_html/blog/wp-settings. php(550): do_action(‘plugins_loaded’) #5 /home/X/public_html/blog/wp-config.php( 89): require_once(‘/home/X/…’) #6 /home/X/public_html/X/wp-load.php(50): require_once(‘/ home/X/…’) #7 /home/X/public_html/blog/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php(22): require_once(‘/ home/X/…’) #8 {main} thrown Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/) * (@stevejburge) * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-when-updating-plugin/#post-17856686) * Hi [@brianfb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianfb/) * Thanks for using TaxoPress. We’ve not had any more reports of this error. Let’s see if we can find what’s going on: - Are all these sites hosted on the same server? - What PHP version are you running? - Which screen do you visit to trigger this error? * Thread Starter [BrianFB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianfb/) * (@brianfb) * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-when-updating-plugin/#post-17856752) * Steve, * Thanks for the prompt reply. Yes, they are all on the same server, Apache Version 2.4.59. Regarding what triggered the error, I was updating the plugin on the plugin page. I had to disable the plugin to recover my sites. * Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/) * (@stevejburge) * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-when-updating-plugin/#post-17856754) * [@brianfb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianfb/) Sorry, not what server version, but what PHP version are you running? * Thread Starter [BrianFB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianfb/) * (@brianfb) * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-when-updating-plugin/#post-17856757) * Sorry forgot to include that I am using PHP 8.2 (ea-php82) * Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/) * (@stevejburge) * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-when-updating-plugin/#post-17856767) * Thanks [@brianfb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianfb/) - Does it help to install an earlier version of the plugin? - Can you replicate the issue on another site outside of this server? * Thread Starter [BrianFB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianfb/) * (@brianfb) * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-when-updating-plugin/#post-17856772) * I don’t have access to another site/server, but I will try an earlier version of the plugin and let you know if it works. Thanks. * Thread Starter [BrianFB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianfb/) * (@brianfb) * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-when-updating-plugin/#post-17856796) * Steve, * Installed 3.21.0 and received the same error. * Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/) * (@stevejburge) * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-when-updating-plugin/#post-17856799) * OK, thanks. Let’s continue the process of elimination: - Does it help to disable the other plugins on one of those sites? - Please do test on a site outside of this server. * Plugin Author [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/) * (@stevejburge) * [1 year, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-when-updating-plugin/#post-17874393) * Thanks for using TaxoPress. We’ve not heard from you in 10 days so are closing this for now. Please follow up if this remains an issue. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘E_ERROR when updating plugin’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-tags/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2853049) * [Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager - Autotagger Automatically Add Terms](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-tags/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-tags/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-tags/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-tags/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-tags/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-tags/reviews/) * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Steve Burge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevejburge/) * Last activity: [1 year, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/e_error-when-updating-plugin/#post-17874393) * Status: resolved