Title: Plugin causing critical error on website
Last modified: September 13, 2022

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# Plugin causing critical error on website

 *  [b-webdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blacklotuswebdev/)
 * (@blacklotuswebdev)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-causing-critical-error-on-website/)
 * I’m getting the dreaded critical error on the page that I’m using this plugin:“
   There has been a critical error on this website.”
 * If I disable the Blighty Explorer plugin the error goes away.
 * Is the plugin still compatible with the latest version of WordPress (6.0.2)?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fplugin-causing-critical-error-on-website%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [b-webdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blacklotuswebdev/)
 * (@blacklotuswebdev)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-causing-critical-error-on-website/#post-16007401)
 * An update on this issue. After some additional troubleshooting I found that the
   problem is with the version of PHP I was using. With PHP 8 or PHP 8.1 it cause
   the critical error. I switched back to PHP 7.4 and the problem is _resolved_.
 * It would be great if the plugin gets updated to be compatible with PHP 8.x.
 * Thanks.
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by [b-webdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blacklotuswebdev/).
 *  [melliff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melliff/)
 * (@melliff)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-causing-critical-error-on-website/#post-16122058)
 * I have found the same problem. If I use PHP 8.0 it doesn’t display the Dropbox
   files and folders. I have had to drop back to PHP 7.4.
    Is the an alternative
   to Blighty Explorer with simlar functionality?

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## Tags

 * [critical error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/critical-error/)

 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [melliff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melliff/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-causing-critical-error-on-website/#post-16122058)
 * Status: not resolved