Title: WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'

 *  [baannng](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baannng/)
 * (@baannng)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-xml-error-23-entityref-expecting/)
 * Dear All.
    First: thank the authors of BackWPup for the plugin. Then: I’m getting
   this error WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ‘;’ and I’ve searched
   and searched for an answer and I didn’t find no working solution.
 * I’ve deleted the plugin, deleted the job,… all from scratch and no good!
    Please
   can you give some orientation on this?
 * I have this log:
 *     ```
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:21] 1. Trying to create a WordPress export to XML file …
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] Check WP Export file …
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] WARNING: XML ERROR (23): EntityRef: expecting ';'
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] Added XML export "website.wordpress.2014-09-10.xml" with 650.69 kB to backup file list.
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] 1. Trying to generate a file with installed plugin names …
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] Added plugin list file "website.pluginlist.2014-09-10.txt" with 2.17 kB to backup file list.
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] 1. Trying to generate a manifest file …
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] Added manifest.json file with 5.91 kB to backup file list.
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] 1. Trying to create backup archive …
       [10-Sep-2014 15:35:22] Compressing files as ZipArchive. Please be patient, this may take a moment.
       ```
   
 * Thank you all.
    AMP [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-xml-error-23-entityref-expecting/)
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