Title: Empty Needle Error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Empty Needle Error

 *  Resolved [mchelles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mchelles/)
 * (@mchelles)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error/)
 * Hi,
 * I updated this plugin to the latest version and am now getting this error on 
   the homepage and in the WP dashboard:
 * Warning: strpos(): Empty needle in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/minimal-coming-
   soon-maintenance-mode/minimal-coming-soon-maintenance-mode.php on line 221
 * I will try to troubleshoot & see if I can find a fix but just wanted to let you
   know of it in case it affects anyone else – will update here if I find a solution.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/minimal-coming-soon-maintenance-mode/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/minimal-coming-soon-maintenance-mode/)

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 *  [Akshit Sethi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akshitsethi/)
 * (@akshitsethi)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error/#post-5227338)
 * Hi,
 * I have released an update which has fixed this issue. Please update the plugin
   and let me know if the issue is fixed.
 * Hope this helps 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [mchelles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mchelles/)
 * (@mchelles)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error/#post-5227352)
 * Wow are you fast! Thank you so much, that fixed it! 🙂 Great plugin by the way,
   it is my favorite for coming soon pages so far! 🙂
 *  [Akshit Sethi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akshitsethi/)
 * (@akshitsethi)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error/#post-5227353)
 * I am glad that you like the plugin. It will be great if you can spare a minute
   to leave a review about the plugin.
 * Thanks for using the plugin 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [mchelles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mchelles/)
 * (@mchelles)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error/#post-5227355)
 * Will do!
 *  [AnthonyMorrey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthonymorrey/)
 * (@anthonymorrey)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error/#post-5227548)
 * Hi, this is caused by having an empty line in the exclude list.
    Remove empty
   line and error goes away.
 * Nice plugin 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [AnthonyMorrey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthonymorrey/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-needle-error/#post-5227548)
 * Status: resolved