Title: Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]

 *  Resolved [TarikBaad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tarikbaad/)
 * (@tarikbaad)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require_once-functionrequire-5/)
 * Hi brothers,
 * I gotta an problem, when I try to access the site adnetworksblog.com I get this
   error message at the bottom. I couldn’t identify where the glitch is as I’m not
   a coder at all.
 * —
    Warning: require_once(/home3/tarik/public_html/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php)[
   function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /
   home3/tarik/public_html/wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-manager/useful-banner-
   manager.php on line 53
 * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home3/
   tarik/public_html/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/
   usr/local/lib/php’) in /home3/tarik/public_html/wp-content/plugins/useful-banner-
   manager/useful-banner-manager.php on line 53
    —
 * Please help.
 * Thank you so much in advance.

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 *  [shadez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadez/)
 * (@shadez)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require_once-functionrequire-5/#post-4793694)
 * ask here:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/useful-banner-manager](http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/useful-banner-manager)
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require_once-functionrequire-5/#post-4793700)
 * Log into your site via FTP or SSH and manually remove or rename the “useful-banner-
   manager” plugin directory. This will remove or deactivate the plugin that is 
   causing the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [TarikBaad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tarikbaad/)
 * (@tarikbaad)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require_once-functionrequire-5/#post-4793736)
 * Thanks mate.
 * There was no way to work it out so yea I just removed it as you suggested.
 * Thanks once again.

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 * [function.require](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/function-require/)
 * [plugin issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/plugin-issue/)

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 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [TarikBaad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tarikbaad/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require_once-functionrequire-5/#post-4793736)
 * Status: resolved

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