Title: Plugin won’t activate
Last modified: December 14, 2017

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# Plugin won’t activate

 *  Resolved [marcelle42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcelle42/)
 * (@marcelle42)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-activate-26/)
 * I’ve installed the ShareThis Share Buttons plugin, but when I try to activate
   it, I get the following error:
 * “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘[‘ in /var/www/html/uploads/dpt/unilife/
   campusclimate.gmu.edu/plugins/sharethis-share-buttons/php/class-share-buttons.
   php on line 702 ”
 * I’ve tried deactivating all the other plugins and switching to the Twenty Seventeen
   theme and then activating the ShareThis plugin, but still got the same message.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fplugin-wont-activate-26%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [ShareThis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharethis/)
 * (@sharethis)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-activate-26/#post-9898825)
 * Hi [@marcelle42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcelle42/),
 * Thanks for reaching out and apologies for the late reply here! We’ve been busy
   fixing this issue and have now updated our plugin to accept registration within
   WordPress. I recommend updating to the latest version and re-registering. If 
   you still run into this issue please let us know here or reach out to us directly
   at [support@sharethis.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-activate-26/support@sharethis.com?output_format=md).
 * Thanks and hope to help you soon!
 *  [Jason Lefkowitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jalefkowit/)
 * (@jalefkowit)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-activate-26/#post-9979290)
 * I’m getting this same error with the latest version of the plugin (1.1.5).
 * My guess is that the problem due to the plugin needing access to syntax improvements
   that are only available in relatively recent versions of PHP — the server where
   I hit this error is running PHP 5.3.3. If that’s the case you may want to put
   up a minimum required PHP version on the plugin’s installation documentation.
 *  [Andres (ShareThis Support)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andressharethis/)
 * (@andressharethis)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-activate-26/#post-10374965)
 * Hi there Jason,
 * Thanks for reaching out and apologies if you have had an issue with our plugin.
   I’m happy to announce that we’ve released a fresh update that should fix any 
   issue with the plugin.
 * You can update within your WordPress dashboard or feel free to download the update
   directly on our main portal: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/sharethis-share-buttons/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sharethis-share-buttons/)
 * If you have any questions or still have an issue on your end, please don’t hesitate
   to let us know!
 * Cheers,
    Andrés
 *  [endriankolopaking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/endriankolopaking/)
 * (@endriankolopaking)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-activate-26/#post-10800945)
 * Hi Andres,
 * I’m running PHP 5.3 and see this error. Do I need to upgrade to remove the issue?
   Please advice.
 * Thanks,
    Endrian

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 * 4 replies
 * 5 participants
 * Last reply from: [endriankolopaking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/endriankolopaking/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-activate-26/#post-10800945)
 * Status: resolved