Title: Warning Illegal string
Last modified: November 21, 2017

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# Warning Illegal string

 *  Resolved [imaquila](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imaquila/)
 * (@imaquila)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string/)
 * I just updated to 4.9 and now I have about 4 lines of Warnings to address but
   I don’t know where to go to correct them. Would appreciate some quick advice.
   Thanks!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwarning-illegal-string%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Kharis Sulistiyono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kharisblank/)
 * (@kharisblank)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string/#post-9708253)
 * Hello there,
 * I visited your site, the error notice reads:
 * _Warning: Illegal string offset ‘position’ in /home/ldifraia/public\_html/WP/
   wp-content/plugins/simple-social-buttons/simple-social-buttons.php on line 129_
 * That means the source of the issue is from [the Simple Social Buttons plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-social-buttons).
   To verify, you can disable this plugin.
 * Regards,
    Kharis
 *  Thread Starter [imaquila](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imaquila/)
 * (@imaquila)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string/#post-9708294)
 * I just deactivated it and the problem disappeared. Thanks! ldifraia is no longer
   a member of the organization so at some point I’ll need to learn how to fix that
   directory problem but at this moment we have no errors.
    Thanks for your help.
 *  [Kharis Sulistiyono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kharisblank/)
 * (@kharisblank)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string/#post-9709209)
 * You’re welcome!
 * Please let us know in a new topic if you have any further questions, or if we
   can provide you with any other assistance.
 * Regards,
    Kharis

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 * Last reply from: [Kharis Sulistiyono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kharisblank/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-illegal-string/#post-9709209)
 * Status: resolved