Title: Parse Error?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Parse Error?

 *  Resolved [glproducts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glproducts/)
 * (@glproducts)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-174/)
 * Was trying to add a map plugin, and somehow did something that caused this:
    
   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/content/g/r/e/gree0138/html/
   wp-content/themes/glptheme/functions.php on line 484
 * I can’t access admin or even the main website, buysoapnuts.com
 * What can I do??

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-174/#post-3617122)
 * You can use FTP to deactivate that theme and/or plugins –
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Login_Trouble](http://codex.wordpress.org/Login_Trouble)
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-174/#post-3617154)
 * Second theme `functions.php` file issue this evening…
 * It’s this file that’s causing the problem for you.
 * `/home/content/g/r/e/gree0138/html/wp-content/themes/glptheme/functions.php`
 * I’m not sure how adding a plugin would mung that file, did you edit it? If you
   have backup of that theme and all the files then you can try restoring it. From
   your site’s `style.css` it looks like a nice custom theme.
 * If it is that theme file then you can get back into your WordPress installation
   by using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management
   tool your host has provided you and make a backup copy of that `glptheme` directory.
 * Once you have that copy safely stored somewhere delete the one `glptheme` directory.
   Just that one and nothing else.
 * _Please make sure you do have a backup copy of that file **first**._ Deleting
   that directory should let you back into the WordPress dashboard. But if you don’t
   make a copy you’ll regret it. 😉
 * Then you’d visit [http://www.buysoapnuts.com/wp-admin/themes.php](http://www.buysoapnuts.com/wp-admin/themes.php)
   login and hopefully you’ll get a message about switching to Twenty Eleven or 
   Twenty Twelve.
 * From there you can deactivate that recent plugin and/or re-install that theme.
 *  Thread Starter [glproducts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glproducts/)
 * (@glproducts)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-174/#post-3617163)
 * Thanks.

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 * Last reply from: [glproducts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glproducts/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-174/#post-3617163)
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