Title: Fatal Error – Codepress Admin Columns help needed
Last modified: July 13, 2021

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# Fatal Error – Codepress Admin Columns help needed

 *  Resolved [Steve Glick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve729/)
 * (@steve729)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-codepress-admin-columns-help-needed/)
 * **Fatal error: Cannot use AC\Admin as Admin because the name is already in use
   in /home/content/08/6136008/html/wp-content/plugins/codepress-admin-columns.disabled/
   classes/Admin/WpMenuFactory.php on line 5
    There has been a critical error on
   this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.
 * [NOTE: I don’t see this site admin email anywhere. Not in spam or junk mail folder.]
 * Site had spammy keywords malware but it was cleaned up with GoDaddy. Most plugin
   directories were renamed to troubleshoot. No change in the issues. Deleted Codepress
   Admin Columns and reinstalled latest version. — No change.
 * HELP PLEASE.
 * Cannot access WP dashboard.
 * Cannot create or edit pages, posts, and most anything else. Can edit pages and
   posts that were pre-existing and created with Beaver Builder (i.e., not Gutenberg
   posts).
 * Cannot reconnect site in ManageWP (GoDaddy Pro).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ffatal-error-codepress-admin-columns-help-needed%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Stefan van den Dungen Gronovius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dungengronovius/)
 * (@dungengronovius)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-codepress-admin-columns-help-needed/#post-14654841)
 * Thanks for your feedback.
    Do you have a second version of Admin Columns or Admin
   Columns Pro installed on your website? If you have the pro version installed,
   you’ll need to disable the free version. I highly doubt that there is another
   plugin that uses the same namespace, but you can perform a search on your codebase
   for that specific namespace. Or you could remove the plugin, flush the cache 
   and install the plugin again. The cache might also be the issue here.
 *  Thread Starter [Steve Glick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve729/)
 * (@steve729)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-codepress-admin-columns-help-needed/#post-14661377)
 * Thanks for the reply. But after finally getting the right help person at my hosting
   provider, I was able to determine it was a hosting problem even though the error
   message pointed to the Admin Columns plugin as the issue.
 * It had something to do with incorrect cPanel and/or firewall settings pointing
   to the wrong server IP address and the .htaccess file having entries set by a
   security plugin and blocking access. In other words, not an issue with your plugin.
   Glad to know that because I have it on multiple websites.
 * Once those issues were addressed, I was able to access the dashboard, reactivate
   Codepress Admin Columns, and get back to business. GREAT PLUGIN. Keep up the 
   good work!

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 * Last reply from: [Steve Glick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve729/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-codepress-admin-columns-help-needed/#post-14661377)
 * Status: resolved