Plugin updates trigger fatal errors that lock out WP-Admin
Updating or activating the plugin causes fatal PHP errors that lock site owners out of the WordPress admin.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 6 June 2022 · last reported 23 January 2026
What's going wrong
Several site owners report that after a version update, or sometimes just after the plugin is active, the WordPress admin area stops loading with a fatal PHP error.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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