wpsnoop Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function()

If you are dealing with a WordPress issue where a PHP Function dashboard_widget_function() 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 11 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 11 different instances of potential conflicts where different plugins or themes share the function name.

Examples of this error include:

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/constant-footer/constant_footer.php:126)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/best-host-news/besthostnews.php:19)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/multisite-dashboard-broadcast/multisite-dashboard-broadcast.php:58)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/inhouse-tutorials-rss-feed-dashboard-widget/inhouse-tutorials-dashboard-widget.php:12)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin InHouse Tutorials RSS Feed Dashboard Widget and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/hostdispatch/hostdispatch.php:26)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/lyons-barton-family-history-and-genealogy-pedigree-chart/install.php:29)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin WDL Family History and Genealogy Pedigree Chart and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/propel/functions.php:3)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/dashboard-user-profile-detais-dupd/index.php:91)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Dashboard User profile Detais-(DUPD) and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/dashboard-user-profile-dup/index.php:81)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Dashboard User profile (DUP) and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/landing-page-rockstar/lprockstar.php:49)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare dashboard_widget_function() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/with-melty-support/includes/wms-box.php:96)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin With Melty Support 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.