Title: Fix for PHP 7.2 Error
Last modified: December 12, 2019

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# Fix for PHP 7.2 Error

 *  [kingofmycastle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kingofmycastle/)
 * (@kingofmycastle)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fix-for-php-7-2-error/)
 * To fix the “create_function() is deprecated” error you need to change some lines
   in the plugins’ index.php file.
 * Remove:
    `add_action('widgets_init', create_function('', 'return register_widget("
   wp_tweets");'));`
 * Add:
 *     ```
       function new_twitter_init_widget () {
         return register_widget("wp_tweets");
       }
       add_action ('widgets_init', 'new_twitter_init_widget');
       ```
   
 * This plugin hasn’t been update for years but I’ve yet to find another which is
   so simple. If you have recommendations then please let me know.

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