Title: Error After WordPress Transfer
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Error After WordPress Transfer

 *  Resolved [Sinisa Bajic – bajs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bajsolinowich/)
 * (@bajsolinowich)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-after-wordpress-transfer/)
 * Hello Joe.
 * We are running Genesis Child on ricksmith.me.
    Your plugin worked great on test
   environment but after we transferred the installation the plugin gave us an error.
   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in …/wp-content/plugins/genesis-
   variable-footer-widgets/plugin.php on line 1 which is <?php namespace JD_Genesis_Simple_Footer_Widgets;
   Can you help us solve this one?
 * Tnx
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-variable-footer-widgets/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-variable-footer-widgets/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Joe Dooley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joedooley/)
 * (@joedooley)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-after-wordpress-transfer/#post-8138323)
 * Hi [@bajsolinowich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bajsolinowich/). I apologize
   for the late reply. I must have deleted the email notification by accident.
 * I checked ricksmith.me and saw that your still using Genesis Simple Footer Widgets
   so I’m assuming you got everything figured out?
 * I haven’t seen this error before and there are a lot of active users. Nonetheless,
   isolated or a major problem I’m more than happy to help. Let me know if there
   is still a problem?
 * Thanks a lot!
    Joe Dooley
 *  Plugin Author [Joe Dooley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joedooley/)
 * (@joedooley)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-after-wordpress-transfer/#post-8138363)
 * Hi Sinisa,
 * Actually, I think I know what this is and I’m sure you figured this out already
   but Genesis Simple Footer Widgets uses namespaces to avoid class collisions with
   other libraries/frameworks/dependencies/etc. Namespaces are supported in PHP 
   versions >= 5.3.
 * What version of PHP are you running on the [ricksmith.me](http://ricksmith.me)?
   If its PHP 5.2.x or less you’ll have to upgrade to 5.3.x or better yet PHP 7.
   x.x for full plugin support.
 * If you can’t upgrade your PHP I can help you modify the plugin to remove the 
   namespaces if you still need help.
 * Thank you,
    Joe Dooley
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by [Joe Dooley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joedooley/).
 *  Plugin Author [Joe Dooley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joedooley/)
 * (@joedooley)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-after-wordpress-transfer/#post-8168704)
 * Hi Sinisa,
 * I am going to close this thread because the plugin seems to be working fine on
   [ricksmith.me](http://ricksmith.me) . If I’m jumping the gun and there is a problem
   feel free to reach out to me directly by [email](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-after-wordpress-transfer/hello@developingdesigns.com?output_format=md)
   or leave a message on [my site](https://www.developingdesigns.com/contact-us/).
 * Thank you,
    Joe

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Joe Dooley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joedooley/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-after-wordpress-transfer/#post-8168704)
 * Status: resolved