Title: Error activating plugin
Last modified: December 7, 2017

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# Error activating plugin

 *  [piroska4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/piroska4/)
 * (@piroska4)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-activating-plugin-33/)
 * I am running WordPress 4.9.1 with the Mikmag theme on a server that runs PHP 
   5.2.
    I installed the Read Offline plugin, but when I try to activate it, it 
   says “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /usr/www/virtual/blushing/
   bethanyswoodshed.com/wp-content/plugins/read-offline/read-offline.php on line
   39”
 * I was able to install and activate it just fine when I was working on the site
   locally using DesktopServer, and it’s perfect for what I need it to do, so I’m
   really hoping it will work on the live site – any ideas? Do I need an older version
   of the plugin because the live server is using an old version of PHP?

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 * Last reply from: [piroska4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/piroska4/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-activating-plugin-33/)
 * Status: not resolved