Title: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class phpmailerException
Last modified: February 18, 2017

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# Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class phpmailerException

 *  [JapeNZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/)
 * (@japenz)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-class-phpmailerexception-2/)
 * Hi there,
    I receiving the following error when trying to use your plugin:
 * Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class phpmailerException
 * The plugin won’t allow me to preview, send test emails or send emails.
 * I’ve tested Mailpoet 3 and don’t receive any errors but unfortunately the designer
   area doesn’t allow me to create the newsletter how I would like it (no custom
   featured image width).
 * Any help you can suggest would be very much appreciated 🙂
 * Kind regards,
    JP
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [JapeNZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/).

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 *  [rajaman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajaman/)
 * (@rajaman)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-class-phpmailerexception-2/#post-8825553)
 * I have the same problem with the newest plugin version 2.7.7.
 * Trying to send a test email yields the following error:
 * _Request error not JSON:
    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class phpmailerException
   in […]/httpdocs/wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php on line 4040
 * Trying to subscribe to the newsletter on the frontend doesn’t work either.
 * When reverting back to plugin version 2.7.5 everything works fine again.
 * Please fix the issue in the next plugin update.
 *  [Wysija](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wysija/)
 * (@wysija)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-class-phpmailerexception-2/#post-8830585)
 * Downgrading to version 2.7.6 should fix the issue.
 *  Thread Starter [JapeNZ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/)
 * (@japenz)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-class-phpmailerexception-2/#post-8946841)
 * Hi there,
    Where can download version 2.7.6 from please? I’m getting the same
   error with 2.7.8. Thank you!
 * JP
 *  [rajaman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajaman/)
 * (@rajaman)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-cannot-redeclare-class-phpmailerexception-2/#post-9151526)
 * [@mailpoet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mailpoet/): Even with the newest
   plugin version 2.7.10 I still have the same problem as mentioned above. I’m using
   version 2.7.5 to avoid the issue, but I really hope the problem will be fixed
   in an upcoming version.
 * [@japenz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japenz/): You can download older
   plugin versions at:
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/advanced/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/advanced/)

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