Title: Plugin messes up my theme
Last modified: June 25, 2017

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# Plugin messes up my theme

 *  Resolved [skgreaves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skgreaves/)
 * (@skgreaves)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-messes-up-my-theme/)
 * Hello,
 * I’ve been working with my theme developer for the past few days after updating
   your theme on my website. My theme was fine until I updated your plugin and got
   this message:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in /home/content/
   27/6777627/html/theeverythinghub/wp-content/plugins/kirki/core/class-kirki-modules.
   php on line 88
 * Tried updating it a few times and each time it breaks my website. It’s really
   important that I get this fixed as soon as possible since the theme requires 
   this plugin to work properly. If not, there are certain features that become 
   unavailable which makes things extremely frustrating. He’s on vacation and recommended
   that I submit s support ticket since he wouldn’t see the response in time. Can
   someone assist me with this please?? Sooner than later would be amazing!
 * Thank you.

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 *  [Ari Stathopoulos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aristath/)
 * (@aristath)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-messes-up-my-theme/#post-9260249)
 * Hey there!
 * The `T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM` error is an indication that your server is running
   a pretty old version of PHP.
    Perhaps you are using PHP 5.2? If this is the case,
   you should update your server to PHP 5.3 minimum. [WordPress recommends PHP 7](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/),
   but if you can’t use that and you’re limited by your host to PHP 5.x versions,
   then PHP 5.6 is recommended. Usually you can switch PHP version from your cPanel(
   or any alternative management environment provided by host). If you don’t have
   access to something like that, then you could contact your host and they can 
   switch the PHP version for you.
 *  [Ari Stathopoulos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aristath/)
 * (@aristath)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-messes-up-my-theme/#post-9260276)
 * UPDATE: Version 3.0.5 which will be released in a few minutes includes a fix 
   that adds compatibility with PHP 5.2, so as soon as you update it you should 
   be fine.
    If for some reason the error prevents you from logging-in on your website
   you can access your server via FTP to update the plugin manually, or simple delete
   the plugin from wp-content/plugins, and then install the new version from your
   dashboard.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [Ari Stathopoulos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aristath/).
 *  [ruipedrola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruipedrola/)
 * (@ruipedrola)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-messes-up-my-theme/#post-9260364)
 * Hi Aristeides, same problem here and i have PHP7.0. Thanks for your work
 *  [Ari Stathopoulos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aristath/)
 * (@aristath)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-messes-up-my-theme/#post-9260378)
 * > Hi Aristeides, same problem here and i have PHP7.0. Thanks for your work
 * Are you sure it’s the same issue?
    I do all my tests in PHP7, and never saw the
   message in the original post.
 * The message described in the original message was **Parse error: syntax error,
   unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM** which can only happen in PHP 5.2, anything
   above 5.3 has no issues whatsoever.
    3.0.6 fixes a typo, perhaps that’s what 
   you’re seeing. SVN in wordpress.org is simply a bit slow so even though I fixed
   the issue seconds after 3.0.5 was uploaded, it takes a while to upload a new 
   version. Try in a few minutes
 *  [ruipedrola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruipedrola/)
 * (@ruipedrola)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-messes-up-my-theme/#post-9260463)
 * Hi Aristeides. I deactivate kirki and all work fine. Now i see new version 3.0.6,
   i update and activate again and it´s all ok.
 *  Thread Starter [skgreaves](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skgreaves/)
 * (@skgreaves)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-messes-up-my-theme/#post-9261389)
 * Thank you. I will try reuploading and will see if it works and will let you know.
   Thank you for replying so soon!

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