Title: “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected”
Last modified: September 3, 2019

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# “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected”

 *  [asbrycllgn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asbrycllgn/)
 * (@asbrycllgn)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-247/)
 * The website and account are for our school paper. When we try to access it, we
   get an error that reads “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘)’, expecting::(
   T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM) in /home4/asbrycllgn/public_html/wp-content/plugins/blog2social/
   includes/System.php on line 123.”
 * As someone who hasn’t used our paper’s wordpress.org account, I have no idea 
   what this means or how to fix it. If you know how, please provide specific and
   detailed instructions.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fparse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-247%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-247/#post-11892124)
 * Try [manually resetting your plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-troubleshooting/#how-to-deactivate-all-plugins-when-not-able-to-access-the-administrative-menus)(
   no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, access your server via [SFTP or FTP](https://wordpress.org/support/article/ftp-clients/),
   or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel (consult your hosting
   provider’s documentation for specifics on these), navigate to /wp-content/themes/
   and rename the directory of your currently active theme. This will force the 
   default theme to activate and hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme
   functions can interfere like plugins).

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 * [parse-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error/)
 * [site error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/site-error/)
 * [syntax error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/syntax-error/)
 * [Unexpected](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/unexpected/)

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-247/#post-11892124)
 * Status: not resolved

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