Fatal error with version 1.6.7 on plugin activation

P.S. To see the text of the message, scroll the box in which WordPress says that there was a fatal error.

David

Strange. Do you get a message if you turn WP_DEBUG in wp-config.php to true?

Failing that, you could try selectively de-activating other plugins, to see if that then reveals a clash with one in particular. (It’ll probably activate if you de-activate WooCommerce, but that’s a red-herring – if WooCommerce is not active, then it deliberately puts itself into an inactive mode).

David

Hi John,

Weird indeed!

I think if you de-activate WooCommerce, then activate WooCommerce EU VAT Compliance, and then activate WooCommerce, then it’s possible that you’ll then be able to read an error message – especially if you set WP_DEBUG in your wp-config.php to true. Possibly, though, it’ll instead refuse to activate WooCommerce instead. In that case, you could force-activate it by editing the ‘active_plugins’ option in your options table, if you’re confident enough to edit serialized strings – then, with WP_DEBUG on, you should get to see what the fatal error actually is by visiting the front page. (But make sure you edit the serialized string correctly – otherwise it’ll effectively have no plugin activated).

David