Title: Massive Problem
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Massive Problem

 *  [Booka800](https://wordpress.org/support/users/booka800/)
 * (@booka800)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/massive-problem/)
 * I upgraded core and I’m getting this erroe:
    Notice: The called constructor method
   for WP_Widget is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use __construct() instead. in/
   home/mytown5/public_html/bookreviewrequest.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line
   3457
 * Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget is deprecated since version
   4.3.0! Use
    __construct() instead. in /home/mytown5/public_html/bookreviewrequest.
   com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3457 Cheatin’ uh?
 * All over the place. I’ve tried using another theme, nothing. I’m running a business
   here so I’m really going crazy.
 * Site is: bookreviewrequest.com
 * Changing theme doesn’t work. I can’t find wp_widget in that functions file. I’m
   at a loss. HELP

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 *  [Melissa_McWilliams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melissa_mcwilliams/)
 * (@melissa_mcwilliams)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/massive-problem/#post-6484718)
 * Give this a read– lots of helpful info here: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-this-first-%E2%80%93-wordpress-43-master-list?replies=4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-this-first-%E2%80%93-wordpress-43-master-list?replies=4)
 * The first thing I tried was this (copy-pasted from the linked post):
 * “As a temporary work around look for define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true ); in your wp-config.
   php file and set that to false.
 * If you look in the wp-config.php file and find that WP_DEBUG is already set to
   false, then please contact your hosting service, and ask them for the proper 
   way for you to disable the PHP display_errors setting on your website. The display_errors
   setting is a developer mode setting, and it should never be enabled for a live
   website.”
 * To get to the wp-config.php file, you will need to access your file manager through
   your host.
 * (Apologies for any mangled lingo or lack of clarity… I’m very new to WP myself
   and am just going by little snippets I’ve learned here and there.)
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/massive-problem/#post-6484737)
 * That error will be coming up more and more, thanks to the move to deprecate PHP4-
   style class constructors.
 * What it means is that in either your theme or one of your plugins, there’s a 
   widget that’s been made the “old-school” way and won’t work when the PHP version
   is updated to (I believe) 6 later on, so it’s throwing these warnings to give
   you enough time to find and fix the problems.
 * The way to find out what’s the cause is to disable all (yes _all_) plugins, and
   switch to a default theme. Then, re-enable the plugins and the theme one-by-one
   until you find out which one is causing the problem. Then you’ll at least know
   where the problem is coming form, and you’ll be able to report back to the author
   of the plugin/theme for the correct support.
 *  Thread Starter [Booka800](https://wordpress.org/support/users/booka800/)
 * (@booka800)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/massive-problem/#post-6484738)
 * Thanks. I’ve done this and it was two plugins. But both plugins say that they
   have fixed the issue in their own updates. But I’ve updated the plugins and the
   issue is still occurring. I’ll have to hash it out with them.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Booka800](https://wordpress.org/support/users/booka800/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/massive-problem/#post-6484738)
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