Title: Plugin cannot activate
Last modified: April 12, 2026

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# Plugin cannot activate

 *  [Travis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lowburn88/)
 * (@lowburn88)
 * [1 month, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cannot-activate-3/)
 * This plugin seems to be perfect for my workflow, but I cannot get it to activate
   on the latest version of wordpress (6.9.4). The follow error is returned: “Plugin
   could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.”

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 * Last reply from: [Travis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lowburn88/)
 * Last activity: [1 month, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cannot-activate-3/)
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