Title: Parse error: syntax error. Last modified: January 8, 2022 --- # Parse error: syntax error. * [mariofer2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariofer2005/) * (@mariofer2005) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-179/) * Hello, * After updating the Widget Visibility Time Scheduler to 5.3.12 I the website went down and I received this error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘:’, expecting‘;’ or ‘{‘ in /home2/arcadiay/public_html/wp-content/plugins/widget-visibility-time- scheduler/includes/class-Hinjiwvts.php on line 171. Once the Plug-In was deactivated, the website came back up. We deleted the plug-in and reinstalled it,but get the same error when trying to activate it. We are running older versions of PHP ( 5.6) and WP (5.4.9) due to the Theme being used not supporting anything higher. According to the details on the Plug-In page these versions seem to be supported. This is volunteer organization and upgrading the site will take a while, is there a workaround in order to keep using the plug in? Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Plugin Author [Kybernetik Services](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kybernetikservices/) * (@kybernetikservices) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-179/#post-15232549) * Thank you [@mariofer2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariofer2005/) for reaching out, I could reproduce this error and fixed it right away. Please update to version 5.3.13, which was published right now. * Thread Starter [mariofer2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariofer2005/) * (@mariofer2005) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-179/#post-15232814) * Hello. Thank you for your quick reply. I updated it to 5.3.13 and I am able to activate the plug in but the moment I activate it, the website goes down showing“ There has been a critical error on your website” * Plugin Author [Kybernetik Services](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kybernetikservices/) * (@kybernetikservices) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-179/#post-15232827) * Because I can not reproduce this error, please disable the fatal error handler as it is [described here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-the-fatal-error-handler/) and provide the full error message, Thank you. * Thread Starter [mariofer2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariofer2005/) * (@mariofer2005) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-179/#post-15232886) * Added define( ‘WP_DISABLE_FATAL_ERROR_HANDLER’, true ); to wp-config.php and now I don’t get any errors but the page will not load while the plug-in is active. Is there any timeline of the versions of your plug-in? Maybe if I go back to a previous version I can restore the functionality. It worked before I updated it last night. * Thanks again * Plugin Author [Kybernetik Services](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kybernetikservices/) * (@kybernetikservices) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-179/#post-15233086) * Please add debugging to your website ([https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/)) and let me know what kind of message you can see in the _debug.log_ file located in the _uploads_ folder. I do not recommend to roll back to a previous version but you can find it on this page: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-visibility-time-scheduler/advanced/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-visibility-time-scheduler/advanced/). * Thread Starter [mariofer2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariofer2005/) * (@mariofer2005) * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-179/#post-15233136) * We tried previous versions and it seems the issue started with 5.3.10. All previous versions seem to work fine. * Unfortunately, we are in the middle of Rodeo season and the site needs to be up for members to enroll on the events. We left the site running the 5.3.9 version of the plug in for now. We will try adding the debug at a later date when there are no scheduled events and will convey the results to you. * Thanks again for all your help. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Parse error: syntax error.’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/widget-visibility-time-scheduler/assets/icon-256x256.png? rev=2478534) * [Widget Visibility Time Scheduler](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-visibility-time-scheduler/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-visibility-time-scheduler/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-visibility-time-scheduler/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-visibility-time-scheduler/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-visibility-time-scheduler/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-visibility-time-scheduler/reviews/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [mariofer2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariofer2005/) * Last activity: [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-179/#post-15233136) * Status: not resolved