Title: Fatal error when accessing wp-admin
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Fatal error when accessing wp-admin

 *  ["First Coast" J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnjnet/)
 * (@johnjnet)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-accessing-wp-admin/)
 * When ever I try to login to my site I get this error:
 * Fatal error: Function name must be a string in /home/content/b/i/g/bigboyz/html/
   sundeimage/wp-admin/includes/comment.php on line 1
 * I have tried checking it in Dreamweaver but I don’t see the error.. Anyone had
   this issue before?

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 *  [UseShots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/useshots/)
 * (@useshots)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-accessing-wp-admin/#post-5121827)
 * Make sure all core WordPress files are intact. There is currently a massive attack
   that corrupts WordPress files
    [http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/malware-infection-breaking-wordpress-sites.html](http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/07/malware-infection-breaking-wordpress-sites.html)
 *  [JHester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhester/)
 * (@jhester)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-accessing-wp-admin/#post-5122026)
 * I just noticed that when I tried to log in to my admin page, I get this error
   message:
 * Fatal error: Cannot re-assign auto-global variable _POST in /home/jameshester/
   appliedhistory.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/vr-visitas/includes/vr-visitas-admin.
   php on line 364
 * Is this related?
 * I’m at a loss as to what needs doing to sort this, so any help would be greatly
   appreciated.
 *  Thread Starter ["First Coast" J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnjnet/)
 * (@johnjnet)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-accessing-wp-admin/#post-5122210)
 * *LONG POST*
 * > When ever I try to login to my site I get this error:
   > Fatal error: Function name must be a string in /home/content/b/i/g/bigboyz/
   > html/sundeimage/wp-admin/includes/comment.php on line 1
   > I have tried checking it in Dreamweaver but I don’t see the error.. Anyone 
   > had this issue before?
 * My apologies, for a late post. I have since resolved this issue. It required 
   me contacting my hosting provider and they couldn’t figure it out either.
 * Even deleting the file and replacing it with a default one DIDN’T help. I had
   to delete all plugins and then replace them. In another case, shortly after fixing
   that site, another site began having the same issue across three sites, same 
   hosting space! I would fix one and the next one would crash. Made me wonder if
   the server had become compromised. Turns out there was a brute force attack on
   my sites! (Crazy..) I was surprised but either way that was what I ended up doing
   for them.
 * After I got the sites up and running, I was told about Word Fence and since there
   have been 0 infractions and I can see which IPs are accessing or being blocked.
   GREAT protection! Along with changing the passwords of all major users, so far
   so good… I hope this helps someone out there and you ‘JHester.’
 * Thanks for the tip ‘UseShots’

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: ["First Coast" J](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnjnet/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-when-accessing-wp-admin/#post-5122210)
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