Title: MBString Fail
Last modified: October 27, 2025

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# MBString Fail

 *  [migster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/migster/)
 * (@migster)
 * [7 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mbstring-fail/)
 * I’m getting the error –
 * **TranslatePress** requires **[Multibyte String PHP library](http://php.net/manual/en/book.mbstring.php)**.
   Please contact your server administrator to install it on your server.
 * I have full access to PHP module settings, and mbstring is already activated.
   I have even tried toggling it off/on, but the error persists

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 *  Plugin Support [Anghel Emanuel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anghelemanuel99/)
 * (@anghelemanuel99)
 * [7 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mbstring-fail/#post-18698334)
 * Hello there,
 * Thank you for reaching out to us!
 * It’s possible the detection doesn’t work correctly in your server. This is the
   code TranslatePress uses to detect the library:
   `function trp_missing_mbstrings_library(
   $allow_to_run ){if ( ! extension_loaded('mbstring') ) {add_action( 'admin_menu','
   trp_mbstrings_notification' );return false;}return $allow_to_run;}You can create
   a new php file on your server with justvar_dump(extension_loaded('mbstring'));
   and see what it returns. Then see if you can debug it from there.
 * Let me know about this!
 * Kind Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [migster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/migster/)
 * (@migster)
 * [7 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mbstring-fail/#post-18698554)
 * [@anghelemanuel99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anghelemanuel99/) thank
   you, I ran the script and it returns a false boolean value, so I have raised 
   a ticket with the host

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 * Last reply from: [migster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/migster/)
 * Last activity: [7 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mbstring-fail/#post-18698554)
 * Status: not resolved