Title: Plugin installation error
Last modified: January 4, 2017

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# Plugin installation error

 *  Resolved [mistyfog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mistyfog/)
 * (@mistyfog)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-installation-error-13/)
 * When I try to activate the plugin, I get this error:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /….mydomain.org/wordpress/wp-content/
   plugins/pdf-thumbnails-support-test/src/PdfThumbnailsTest/Admin/Admin.php on 
   line 7
 * any thoughts on this?
 * thx, misty

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 *  [MauriceB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mauriceb/)
 * (@mauriceb)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-installation-error-13/#post-8940612)
 * I’ve just tried installing this plug-in – same proble.
 * Any support
 *  Plugin Author [eclev91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eclev91/)
 * (@eclev91)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-installation-error-13/#post-9455803)
 * Oh no, I haven’t received alerts for any of these.
 * This error is due to using an outdated version of PHP. It’s technically end-of-
   life and I don’t plan on supporting it. You should talk to your host about upgrading
   to 5.6 or even 7 if possible. The performance benefits will be well worth it.

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 * Last reply from: [eclev91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eclev91/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-installation-error-13/#post-9455803)
 * Status: resolved