Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING – preventing login
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING – preventing login

 *  Resolved [EmKayEm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emkayem/)
 * (@emkayem)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-preventing-login/)
 * Hi,
    I have a site for our volunteer organization running on twentythirteen. 
   It’s been going find and I haven’t made any updates in months, but all of a sudden
   I get that error when I try to access the login. I need to update the food bank
   hours as soon as possible and am pretty stuck. Does anyone have any suggestions?
   Thanks!

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-preventing-login/#post-6801756)
 * Try [manually resetting your plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)(
   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 [FTP or SFTP](https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients),
   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).
 *  Thread Starter [EmKayEm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emkayem/)
 * (@emkayem)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-preventing-login/#post-6801759)
 * Thank you for the quick response!
 * From what I know, I *do* need to log in to reset the plugins. Can you point me
   to the process you’re referring to?
 * Thanks again!
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-preventing-login/#post-6801760)
 * No, you don’t need to log in to the site to reset the plugins. As stated, “no
   Dashboard access required.” Please follow the guide linked to for instructions.
 *  Thread Starter [EmKayEm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emkayem/)
 * (@emkayem)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-preventing-login/#post-6801837)
 * Thank you James –you’re a life saver!
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-preventing-login/#post-6801845)
 * You’re welcome!

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 * [login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/login/)
 * [parse-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error/)
 * [T_STRING](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/t_string/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-preventing-login/#post-6801845)
 * Status: resolved

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