Title: Plugin not active! Error Ver 4.0
Last modified: May 31, 2017

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# Plugin not active! Error Ver 4.0

 *  Resolved [tuanlm1989](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tuanlm1989/)
 * (@tuanlm1989)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-active-error-ver-4-0/)
 * Error Ver 4.0
    Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context 
   in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/shortcoder/admin/sc-admin.php on line 248
 * Wait for fix!
    How to go back old ver?
    -  This topic was modified 9 years ago by [tuanlm1989](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tuanlm1989/).

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 *  Plugin Author [vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/)
 * (@vaakash)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-active-error-ver-4-0/#post-9182201)
 * Hi,
 * There is bug, I am making a fix ASAP.
    Can you please try this workaround temporarily?
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/last-updated-1-year-ago-2/#post-9181933](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/last-updated-1-year-ago-2/#post-9181933)
 * Fix:
 *     ```
       FILE:    shortcoder/admin/sc-admin.php
       LINE:    248
       	public static function save_shortcode(){
       -		if( empty( trim( $p[ 'sc_name' ] ) ) ){
       +		if( ! trim( $p[ 'sc_name' ] ) ){
       ```
   
 * Thanks to [@megamurmulis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megamurmulis/)
    -  This reply was modified 9 years ago by [vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/).
 *  Thread Starter [tuanlm1989](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tuanlm1989/)
 * (@tuanlm1989)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-active-error-ver-4-0/#post-9182295)
 * Fixed
    Thanks [@megamurmulis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megamurmulis/)
   [@vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/)
 *  [muddymoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muddymoose/)
 * (@muddymoose)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-active-error-ver-4-0/#post-9182948)
 * Hello,
    I just updated and the same thing happened…it is not fixed 🙁
 *  [Sabinooo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sabinooo/)
 * (@sabinooo)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-active-error-ver-4-0/#post-9182961)
 * Coming to report, I had the same error, and your temporary fix resolved the problem,
   thank you Vaakash 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/)
 * (@vaakash)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-active-error-ver-4-0/#post-9184340)
 * [@muddymoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muddymoose/), can you please
   update to 4.0.1 and try again ?
 *  [Sabinooo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sabinooo/)
 * (@sabinooo)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-active-error-ver-4-0/#post-9185228)
 * Just to report, 4.0.1 doesn’t break anything anymore 😉
 *  Plugin Author [vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/)
 * (@vaakash)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-active-error-ver-4-0/#post-9192035)
 * Thank you very much !

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