wpsnoop Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import()

If you are dealing with a WordPress issue where a PHP Function import() 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 13 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 13 different instances of potential conflicts where different plugins or themes share the function name.

Examples of this error include:

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/ready-backup/functions.php:42)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/ready-ecommerce/functions.php:42)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/newsletters-ready/functions.php:42)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/backup-by-supsystic/functions.php:42)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/easy-php-sudoku-game/libraries/hphp.php:726)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/kdt-backup/functions.php:42)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/easy-backup-by-supsystic/functions.php:42)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/google-maps-ready/functions.php:42)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/google-maps-widget-ready/functions.php:42)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/pricing-table-ready/functions.php:42)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/community-gradebook/Community gradebook.php:20)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/article-forge/main.php:39)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare import() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/ready-404-page-generator/functions.php:42)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Ready! 404 Page Generator 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.