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Activation fails with redeclare wp_cache_add fatal error

Activating the plugin triggers a fatal Cannot redeclare wp_cache_add error that takes the whole site offline.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

11 public reports · first reported 3 September 2013 · last reported 11 March 2024

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners installing the Memcached Object Cache plugin on WordPress report that activation halts with a fatal error saying a wp_cache_add function is already declared.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 11 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.