wpsnoop Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content()

If you are dealing with a WordPress issue where a PHP Function content() 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 25 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 25 different instances of potential conflicts where different plugins or themes share the function name.

Examples of this error include:

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/post-gallery-and-archive/post-gallery.php:25)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/wp-news-stream/includes/excerpts.php:19)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/ultimate-custom-posts/ultimate-custom-posts.php:137)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/content-and-excerpt-word-limit/excerpt-content-word-limit.php:54)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/content-and-image-teaser/content-and-image-teaser.php:49)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/wp-reading-list/wp-reading-list-functions.php:225)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/savile-row/functions.php:243)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/kasrod/functions.php:12)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/odesk-job-feed/oDesk_job_feed.php:80)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/lithium/functions.php:189)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/rolas-sepuluh/functions.php:28)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/isis/functions.php:319)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/discovery/functions.php:270)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/page-on-widget/page-on-widget.php:148)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/visits/visits.php:65)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/holistic-teahouse/functions.php:5)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/icon-wp/inc/excerpts.php:15)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/isis/functions.php:319)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/irechargevendor/iRecharge_plugin.php:99)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/formation/functions.php:240)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/ctravel-adven-lite/functions.php:10)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/elegant-twitter-widget/elegant-twitter-widget.php:68)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/webbutveckling/functions.php:59)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/flatly/inc/excerpts.php:15)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare content() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/brasserie/functions.php:273)

This file is part of the WordPress theme Brasserie 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.