Title: Fatal Error activating plugin
Last modified: September 21, 2017

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# Fatal Error activating plugin

 *  [Jim Grant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimgrant/)
 * (@jimgrant)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-activating-plugin-13/)
 * Receiving this error in the dashboard after deactivating plugin via ftp and trying
   to reactivate it:
 * Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /home/content/69/12063869/html/blog/
   wp-content/plugins/above-the-fold-optimization/admin/admin.class.php on line 
   1118
 * WP 4.8.2 All plugins up to date, no recent changes except for updating this plugin.

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 *  [orgassist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/orgassist/)
 * (@orgassist)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-activating-plugin-13/#post-9522000)
 * Got the same error after updating plugin via WP dashboard.
 *  Plugin Author [optimalisatie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimalisatie/)
 * (@optimalisatie)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-activating-plugin-13/#post-9523649)
 * Thank you for reporting the issue!
 * The error is related to an old PHP version PHP 5.3. We will resolve the issue
   in the next update.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by [optimalisatie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimalisatie/).

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 * Last reply from: [optimalisatie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimalisatie/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-activating-plugin-13/#post-9523649)
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