Title: Error: Warning: Illegal string offset ‘preset’
Last modified: January 3, 2017

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# Error: Warning: Illegal string offset ‘preset’

 *  [evileu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evileu/)
 * (@evileu)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-warning-illegal-string-offset-preset/)
 * Hi,
 * I upgraded to wordpress 4.7 and tried to use WP custom field search plugin with
   it.
    I put the shortcode in a new page. But on top of the search form an error
   shows up, here it is in full length:
 * Warning: Illegal string offset ‘preset’ in C:\xampp\htdocs\000_LocalTest\wp-content\
   plugins\wp-custom-fields-search\wp-custom-fields-search.php on line 401
 * I’m reluctant to edit the plugin code, as I really don’t know how. The search,
   by the way, works just fine, I just need to get rid of the error.
    Does anybody
   have an idea?
 * Best Regards,
    Evi
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [evileu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evileu/).

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 *  [beppe65](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beppe65/)
 * (@beppe65)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-warning-illegal-string-offset-preset/#post-8943067)
 * Same error on my website:
    [http://www.animazionesociale-archivio.it/](http://www.animazionesociale-archivio.it/)
 * How is it possible to solve this? THanks

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-warning-illegal-string-offset-preset/#post-8943067)
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