Title: Plugin Activation Error
Last modified: November 16, 2020

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# Plugin Activation Error

 *  Resolved [tompkinsjournal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tompkinsjournal/)
 * (@tompkinsjournal)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-27/)
 * I get a fatal error whenever I try activating Editor Plus v2.2.0. The error:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘:’, expecting ‘;’ or ‘{‘ in editorplus/
   Extensions/register_blocks/index.php on line 14
 * Thanks for any help.

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 *  Plugin Author [Munir Kamal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/munirkamal/)
 * (@munirkamal)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-27/#post-13666711)
 * Hi [@tompkinsjournal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tompkinsjournal/)
 * That shouldn’t happen, I’ve just tested it again. Activated perfectly fine.
 * Could you please confirm if you are trying it on a localhost or a live server?
 * Also, please try to deactivate all other plugins to make sure this is not due
   to another plugin.
 * Let me know.
 *  Thread Starter [tompkinsjournal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tompkinsjournal/)
 * (@tompkinsjournal)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-27/#post-13669374)
 * I am testing on a live server. I’ve tried disabling all plugins and switching
   to the default theme. Still won’t activate. I’ve also tried deleting the plugin
   and re-installing a fresh copy. No luck.
 *  Thread Starter [tompkinsjournal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tompkinsjournal/)
 * (@tompkinsjournal)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-27/#post-13679021)
 * Fixed: I needed to install the Gutenberg plugin to activate Editor Plus. Apparently
   it is now compatible with the core Gutenberg.
 *  Plugin Author [Munir Kamal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/munirkamal/)
 * (@munirkamal)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-27/#post-13681351)
 * Hi [@tompkinsjournal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tompkinsjournal/)
 * Thanks for the update. This is still odd though. 😀
 * The plugin normally works perfectly without the Gutenberg Plugin. Anyway, I will
   keep an eye on this.
 * Glad it is resolved for you.
 * Regards,
    Munir
 *  [thugcee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thugcee/)
 * (@thugcee)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-activation-error-27/#post-14064069)
 * I had exactly the same problem. It was caused by very old version of PHP (5.4).
   After changing to 7.4 problem is gone.

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