Title: SyntaxError: Unexpected token Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # SyntaxError: Unexpected token * [Ash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashmetry/) * (@ashmetry) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-5/) * In Developers tools I get the error “SyntaxError: Unexpected token < line 1” when I visit the “Other Options” page in the admin section. It doesn’t affect anything on that page however it does if I try to insert a gallery in a post. Clicking the SAVE button does nothing: [http://cl.ly/image/1N3M311p022F](http://cl.ly/image/1N3M311p022F) and I see the error in the developer tools: [http://cl.ly/image/0j2N1R3q2G11](http://cl.ly/image/0j2N1R3q2G11) * I don’t believe there is a conflict with the theme since I have the same theme running on another install and I am not getting any problems. * The error does not appear if I go to “Gallery Settings” but it does on “Other Options” or when adding a gallery in the body of a post. * Is there something special in these pages that show the js error? * I scanned log files and I even added error_reporting(-1); in the core plugin file to attempt to trouble shoot and get more details but nothing. * Please advise. Thanks! * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/) Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-5/#post-5572721) * [@ash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ash/) – Have you tried re-installing the plugin on that particular site? There could be a corrupted file in the installation… * – Cais. * Thread Starter [Ash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashmetry/) * (@ashmetry) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-5/#post-5572722) * Hi Cais, * Yes. I’ve tried that. I’ve uninstalled, deleted, and reinstalled and the error remains. * I am wondering what’s so special about these calls? I even have CDN which I disabled just in case any cross domain references in css/js is causing it. but nothing… * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-5/#post-5572727) * [@ash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ash/) – Although you do not believe it is the theme, have you tried deactivating *all* plugins, temporarily switching to a default WordPress Twenty series theme and reactivating NextGEN Gallery only? Does the issue still persist? * – Cais. * Thread Starter [Ash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashmetry/) * (@ashmetry) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-5/#post-5572728) * Unfortunately that is not an option since this is a production website with 1000s of daily visitors. The theme is genesis based. * I am trying to clone the website elsewhere and do what you recommended on another server. Hopefully I can duplicate the issue * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-5/#post-5572738) * [@ash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ash/) – I don’t suspect a Genesis based theme to cause issues, it’s just a SOP for troubleshooting to use a default WordPress Twenty series theme as a baseline. * Let us know what you find with the clone site. * Thanks! * – Cais. * Thread Starter [Ash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashmetry/) * (@ashmetry) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-5/#post-5572757) * I did more troubleshooting. The problem seems to be in the call to /photocrati_ajax, it seems to return extra text from the wp_footer section defined in Genesis after the json string being returned which causes parse error in JSON.parse(…). * I am still unable to duplicate the issue locally but Firefox Debugger shows it clearly on the production server. * Still troubleshooting. * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-5/#post-5572900) * [@ash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ash/) – Thanks … we have not had trouble specifically with a Genesis based theme to date that I am aware of. This would be good to know the root cause so it can be addressed … either through NextGEN Gallery or through the Genesis based theme. * – Cais. * Thread Starter [Ash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashmetry/) * (@ashmetry) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-5/#post-5572911) * I tried with another Genesis install and the problem wasn’t there (so it’s not Genesis’s fault). I was able to do more testing and for some reason the ajax calls executes wp_footer() and return it’s content in the json response which results in a malformatted json string. Something triggering that but I am not clear to the cause. * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-5/#post-5572913) * [@ash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ash/) – Please let us know if you find the root cause on this … as its described now I do not recall a similar issue. * – Cais. 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