Title: Parse error with Ocean-Extra Plug in
Last modified: April 2, 2018

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# Parse error with Ocean-Extra Plug in

 *  Resolved [mvpinfl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvpinfl/)
 * (@mvpinfl)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-with-ocean-extra-plug-in/)
 * I have just downloaded WordPress and am trying to see if I can use it to replace
   Muse. I was following a video tutorial that recommended the OceanWP theme, so
   I installed it and the Ocean Extra Plug In. Once I installed the plug in, I got
   the below error message and could no longer get into WordPress.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /home/thepre6/public_html/wp_site/
   wp-content/plugins/ocean-extra/includes/dashboard.php on line 49
 * I uninstalled it and tried again. All was well until I activated the plug in.
   Should I just give up on that plug in, or is there a way to fix the problem?
 * I was hoping that WordPress would be the solution to my website software replacement;
   but totally losing the site and having to reinstall with a simple error like 
   this does concern me. Is this a common problem with WordPress?

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 *  Plugin Author [oceanwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oceanwp/)
 * (@oceanwp)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-with-ocean-extra-plug-in/#post-10142333)
 * Hello, you have this problem because you are on a very old PHP version, upgrade
   to at least PHP 7.0, that will fix the issue 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [mvpinfl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvpinfl/)
 * (@mvpinfl)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-with-ocean-extra-plug-in/#post-10142385)
 * Thank you so much for your reply. I am on WP 4.9.4, the latest version. Yesterday,
   I downloaded Oceanwp version 1.5.10 and Ocean Extra plugin version 1.4.10. Should
   I have downloaded something different; and if so, where can I get it?
 * I apologize for being ignorant on a PHP version; but I have been using Dreamweaver
   for my site and had just started using Muse, before it was cancelled. I am assuming
   that the dashboard.php file is what you are talking about; but I would have thought
   that the latest version would have been included in the plugin download. Any 
   help would be most appreciated. I really want to like WordPress and this has 
   been most frustrating.
 *  Thread Starter [mvpinfl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvpinfl/)
 * (@mvpinfl)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-with-ocean-extra-plug-in/#post-10142570)
 * By the way, I did find that I was able to use WP after just deleting the plugin;
   which was much better than what I thought was happening. So I can use WP, just
   not the Oceanwp theme that I need with the tutorial.
 *  Thread Starter [mvpinfl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvpinfl/)
 * (@mvpinfl)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-with-ocean-extra-plug-in/#post-10143398)
 * I have found that my hosts PHP is Running PHP version: 5.3.27. That apparently
   is my problem. I have asked that they update it.
 * Over time, I am learning. Thanks for letting me know what the problem was.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by [mvpinfl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvpinfl/).
 *  Plugin Author [oceanwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oceanwp/)
 * (@oceanwp)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-with-ocean-extra-plug-in/#post-10146154)
 * Hello, yes the PHP version is the problem 🙂
    Tell your host to upgrade to the
   latest version and everything will work perfectly 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [mvpinfl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvpinfl/)
 * (@mvpinfl)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-with-ocean-extra-plug-in/#post-10146188)
 * They are moving me to a different server today that has version 7 on it. Thank
   you so much for your assistance on this. If I hadn’t asked, I never would have
   known what the problem was. I am looking forward to using Oceanwp.
 *  Plugin Author [oceanwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oceanwp/)
 * (@oceanwp)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-with-ocean-extra-plug-in/#post-10146195)
 * You’re welcome 🙂

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