wpsnoop Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate()

If you are dealing with a WordPress issue where a PHP Function activate() was already declared it is most likely due to a plugin/theme conflict.

wpsnoop scanned and analyzed over 100,000 WordPress plugins and themes to find and locate potential conflicts including functions that share the same name.

This page has information on the 34 places where that function is declared and used in WordPress plugins and themes.

Note: Our database currently only taps into the free themes and plugins available in the publicly available WordPress plugins and themes, if your site uses paid plugins, themes or custom code there may be additional conflicts.


Our database has uncovered 34 different instances of potential conflicts where different plugins or themes share the function name.

Examples of this error include:

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/taketin-to-wp-membership/taketin-to-wp-membership.php:82)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin TAKETIN To WP Membership and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/slack-integration/slack-wordpress.php:13)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Slack Integration for WordPress and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/google-scholar/gs.php:366)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Wordpress Google Scholar and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/yet-another-github-widget/github-widget.php:20)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Github Widget and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/track-google-rankings/plugin.php:26)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Track Google Rankings and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/rss-widget/showRss.php:71)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Show RSS FEED and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/website-monitoring/supermonitoring.php:43)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Super Monitoring and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/mcw-pwa/MCW_PWA.php:52)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Minimum Configuration WordPress PWA and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/tibdit/tibdit.php:108)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin tibit — pocket change for the internet; and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/prayer-supporter/prayer-supporter.php:343)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Prayer Supporter and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/goodid-wp-connect/goodid-wp-connect.php:143)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin GoodID WP Connect and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/facebook-all-in-one-plugin/facebookallinone.php:166)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Facebook All In One Plugin and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/ru-social-buttons/rubuttons.php:66)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin rusocialbuttons and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/dashylite/dashylite.php:72)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Dashy - Advanced dashboard and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/nicedit-for-wordpress/nicedit_for_wordpress.php:37)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Nicedit For Wordpress and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/webflakes-translation-links/webflakes_1_0_3.php:21)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Webflakes Translation Links and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/idpay-paid-memberships-pro/idpay-paid-memberships-pro.php:28)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin IDPay Paid Memberships Pro and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/post-rate/postrate.php:39)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Post Rate and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/geolocation-plus/geolocation.php:40)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Geolocation Plus and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/insticator/Insticator_function.php:35)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Insticator Embed and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/yblog-stats/yblogstats.php:39)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin yBlog Stats and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/third-light-browser/thirdlightbrowser.php:207)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Third Light Browser and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/dw-rewrite/dw-rewrite.php:18)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin DW ReWrite and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/wp-grooveshark/wp-grooveshark.php:19)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Wp-Grooveshark and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/notify-wp/notify-wordpress.php:15)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin notify-wp and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/leaflet/leaflet.php:274)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Leaflet and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/push-monkey-desktop-push-notifications/push-monkey.php:390)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Push Monkey Pro – Web Push Notifications and WooCommerce Abandoned Cart and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/izeechat/izeechat.php:23)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Apizee Contact and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/translationmanager/translationmanager.php:173)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin translationMANAGER and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/sliding-youtube-gallery/SlidingYoutubeGallery.php:260)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Sliding Youtube Gallery and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/wp-reservation/wp-reservation.php:428)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin WP-Reservation booking system and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/liverecover-woocommerce/woocommerce-liverecover-plugin.php:60)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin LiveRecover for WooCommerce and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/wp-responsive-faqs/index.php:50)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin WP Responsive FAQ and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare activate() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/timeline-event-history/timeline-wp.php:39)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Timeline Event History and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

The error occurs because two (or more) plugins that you are using are both trying to declare a function with the same name.