Title: Parse error
Last modified: October 21, 2020

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# Parse error

 *  [Jack Yan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack-yan/)
 * (@jack-yan)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-533/)
 * Hi there: as of today, our site (despite not having any updates) says ‘Parse 
   error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /vol/medinge.org/medinge/wp-content/plugins/
   codepress-admin-columns/classes/Dependencies.php on line 28’. Our dashboard is
   gone. The problem: when I go through all our plug-ins via FTP, I find no sign
   of codepress-admin-columns. I don’t fully understand this bug since I can’t see
   your plug-in at all.
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by [Jack Yan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack-yan/).
      Reason: Specificity
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fparse-error-533%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Stefan van den Dungen Gronovius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dungengronovius/)
 * (@dungengronovius)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-533/#post-13565873)
 * That is really strange. If the plugin is not available on the FTP server, then
   it might be cache related. You could try to clear the cache on your server to
   see if the problem goes away.
 *  Thread Starter [Jack Yan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack-yan/)
 * (@jack-yan)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-533/#post-13566041)
 * Hi Stefan, thank you. I don’t know how to do that unfortunately. I know how to
   clear a WordPress cache but that requires the dashboard. I have Telnet access.
   Is there a command I can type into that to clear a server cache? I believe it’s
   Nginx. (I’m not a tech person, so my expertise is extremely limited.)
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by [Jack Yan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack-yan/).
 *  Plugin Author [Stefan van den Dungen Gronovius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dungengronovius/)
 * (@dungengronovius)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-533/#post-13581580)
 * Sorry for the late response. I was not noticed about updates on this topic. I
   don’t know how you can clear the cache on your server as this might be different
   on every environment. Most of the time the cache can be cleared from an admin
   area on your hosting environment.
 *  Thread Starter [Jack Yan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack-yan/)
 * (@jack-yan)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-533/#post-13588224)
 * Thank you, Stefan, I completely understand. It’s a real mystery since, to my 
   knowledge, we’ve not had your plug-in on there. I tried uploading it just to 
   see if it would make a difference but it hasn’t. I was able to see a ‘Delete 
   Cache’ in the top bar since I last messaged you but that didn’t do anything; 
   I presume it wasn’t for the server itself but for one of the plug-ins (I think
   W3 Cache).
 * The guy hosting the site has disappeared because of a COVID-19 lockdown in his
   country but I’ll ask around to see if anyone knows how to do this.

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 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Jack Yan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jack-yan/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-533/#post-13588224)
 * Status: not resolved