Title: Fatal Error in widgets.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Fatal Error in widgets.php

 *  [superlearn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superlearn/)
 * (@superlearn)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-widgetsphp-1/)
 * hello,
 * after install wordpress 2.5 on an new website i have become a fatal error when
   i click to “widgets”. the announcement is:
 * _Fatal error: Cannot redeclare register\_sidebars() (previously declared in /
   www/htdocs/w009cf4e/wp-includes/widgets.php:13) in /www/htdocs/w009cf4e/wp-content/
   plugins/widgets.php on line 42_
 * i`m not a programmer. what is the problem?
 * regards tobias

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 *  Thread Starter [superlearn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superlearn/)
 * (@superlearn)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-widgetsphp-1/#post-747304)
 * ok, the problem is over. for other people: you must delete the file widgets.php
   in yourdomain.com/wp-content/plugins
 * thats it! i think it is a problem for only wordpress 2.5 or 2.3 user, but i`m
   not shure.
 * regards tobias

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