Title: Parse error: syntax error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error

 *  Resolved [incubator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/incubator/)
 * (@incubator)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-53/)
 * Hi i cannot install the seo ultimate plugin because i get a syntax error.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IF in /home * /public_html/wp-content/
   plugins/seo-ultimate/modules/author-links/author-links.php on line 1
 * Any ideas?
 * Looks like an awesome plugin
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-ultimate/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-ultimate/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnlamansky/)
 * (@johnlamansky)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-53/#post-3258064)
 * It looks like the plugin didn’t install correctly. Try deleting the folder via
   FTP and then reinstalling the plugin using WordPress’s built-in plugin installer.
 * If you tried installing it via FTP, note that some FTP programs will remove all
   the line breaks from the file (so that all the code in the file will be on one
   line — hence the “on line 1” from the error message). If you are using FTP, try
   toggling the ASCII/binary transfer mode setting on your FTP program.
 *  [coolcat7fl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coolcat7fl/)
 * (@coolcat7fl)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-53/#post-3258067)
 * which should it be? AScii OR bINARY?

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 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-53/#post-3258067)
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