Title: [Plugin: WP-reCAPTCHA] recaptcha cannot activate on WP
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP-reCAPTCHA] recaptcha cannot activate on WP

 *  [valeriu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valeriu/)
 * (@valeriu)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-recaptcha-recaptcha-cannot-activate-on-wp/)
 * Hi folks,
 * I try to activate the plugin (3.1.3) and get this error:
 * ===================
    Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal
   error.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION
   or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /home/……/wp-content/plugins/wp-recaptcha/recaptcha.php on 
   line 8
    ==================
 * Any help pls???! I’m using WordPress 3.1.2
 * Val

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 *  [rageratwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rageratwork/)
 * (@rageratwork)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-recaptcha-recaptcha-cannot-activate-on-wp/#post-2074165)
 * I had this same problem. You need PHP5.
 *  Thread Starter [valeriu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/valeriu/)
 * (@valeriu)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-recaptcha-recaptcha-cannot-activate-on-wp/#post-2074173)
 * Hi!
 * I have PHP version 5.2.17.
 *  [rageratwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rageratwork/)
 * (@rageratwork)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-recaptcha-recaptcha-cannot-activate-on-wp/#post-2074181)
 * Hmmm… interesting. The only other thing I did was to move the wp-recaptcha directory
   out of the plugins directory to let WP think it was deleted and disable it. Once
   the upgrade was done I put the wp-recaptcha directory back and enabled it from
   the Dashboard and it worked.
 *  [Joshua McCoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/j1980mac/)
 * (@j1980mac)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-recaptcha-recaptcha-cannot-activate-on-wp/#post-2074192)
 * Sorry, but can you explain that a little further please **rageratwork**?
 * thanks
 *  [rageratwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rageratwork/)
 * (@rageratwork)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-recaptcha-recaptcha-cannot-activate-on-wp/#post-2074197)
 * When I upgraded the recaptcha plugin to 3.1.3 it fubared my WP giving me the 
   error discussed in the first post of this thread. I could not even get to the
   Dashboard anymore to disable it. Instead of deleting the wp-recaptcha directory,
   I moved it out of the plugins directory: `mv wp-recaptcha ..` Once it was no 
   longer in the plugins directory I could get to the WP Dashboard. WP noticed it
   was no longer in the plugins directory and disabled it. Once I completed my upgrade
   to PHP5, I moved the wp-recaptcha directory back to the plugins directory. `mv../
   wp-recaptcha .` Once it was moved back, it was listed again in the WP Dashboard
   as disabled. I enabled it and it worked fine.

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 * Last reply from: [rageratwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rageratwork/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-recaptcha-recaptcha-cannot-activate-on-wp/#post-2074197)
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