wpsnoop Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta()

If you are dealing with a WordPress issue where a PHP Function get_tax_meta() 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 15 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 15 different instances of potential conflicts where different plugins or themes share the function name.

Examples of this error include:

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/intellectual-property-basic/vendor/Tax-Meta-Class/Tax-meta-class/Tax-meta-class.php:1965)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin IProperty Basic Real Estate Agent and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/atlas-knowledge-base/com/sakuraplugins/core/vendor/Tax_Meta_Class.php:1737)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/employee-scheduler/libraries/Tax-meta-class/Tax-meta-class.php:1974)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/avcp/tax-meta-class/Tax-meta-class.php:1972)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin ANAC XML Bandi di Gara and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/shane-web-guy-portfolio/lib/Tax-meta-class/Tax-meta-class.php:1723)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/functionality-for-blogpost-lite-theme/includes/Tax-meta-class/Tax-meta-class.php:1723)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/chamber-dashboard-business-directory/Tax-meta-class/Tax-meta-class.php:1959)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/tiny-youtube-post-widget/lib/Tax-meta-class.php:1770)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/wp-map-markers/lib/Tax-meta-class/Tax-meta-class.php:1944)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/wp-custom-category-pages/vendor/Tax-Meta-Class/Tax-meta-class/Tax-meta-class.php:1972)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/nc-taxonomy-meta/nc-taxonomy-meta.php:1203)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/placester/placester-areas/lib/tax-meta-class/tax-meta-class.php:1956)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/dataflexor/Tax-meta-class/Tax-meta-class.php:1723)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/wp-booking-management-system/shinetheme/libraries/tax-meta/tax-meta-class.php:1723)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_tax_meta() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/bemocalendar/class.TaxMetaClass.php:3969)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin BEMOCalendar 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.