Title: Getting "illegal string offset 'primary'" error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Getting "illegal string offset 'primary'" error

 *  [BattleandBrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/battleandbrew/)
 * (@battleandbrew)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-illegal-string-offset-primary-error/)
 * I deactivated my plugins and re-activated them one by one and found the problem
   with woo commerce. the error is showing on on the front page of my website as
   
   Illegal string offset ‘primary’ in /home/gresap1/battleandbrew.com/wp-content/
   themes/espresso/_theme_settings/theme-functions.php on line 49
 * I have the plugin deactivated now so it isn’t displaying the error, but the [website is here.](http://battleandbrew.com)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/)

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 *  [vark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vark/)
 * (@vark)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-illegal-string-offset-primary-error/#post-5784459)
 * As the error is appearing in the theme, that would indicate that the theme is
   not Woo 2.3 ready. Contact the theme authors …
 *  Plugin Contributor [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
 * (@mikejolley)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-illegal-string-offset-primary-error/#post-5784544)
 * Yep, its the theme. Check for updates from the theme developer.
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-debug-issues-after-updates?replies=1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-debug-issues-after-updates?replies=1)

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 * Last reply from: [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-illegal-string-offset-primary-error/#post-5784544)
 * Status: not resolved