wpsnoop Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns()

If you are dealing with a WordPress issue where a PHP Function loop_columns() 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 loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/multiple-business/functions.php:564)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/bloguten/functions.php:433)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/business-gravity/functions.php:562)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/abisteel/functions.php:109)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/boka/inc/woocommerce.php:26)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/photoway/functions.php:425)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/woo-columns/woo-columns.php:113)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/no-header/functions.php:43)

This file is part of the WordPress theme No header and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/blogberg/functions.php:395)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/caveat/functions.php:277)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/travelbiz/functions.php:439)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/woolayout/lib/woolayout/single-product/loop.php:6)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/ares/inc/ares/ares.php:956)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/shop-one-column/functions.php:34)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare loop_columns() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/smartshop/functions.php:302)

This file is part of the WordPress theme SmartShop 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.