wpsnoop Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping()

If you are dealing with a WordPress issue where a PHP Function mytheme_ping() 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 17 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 17 different instances of potential conflicts where different plugins or themes share the function name.

Examples of this error include:

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/jarrah/functions.php:132)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/mini/functions.php:63)

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

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

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/peach-fractal/functions.php:102)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/iphonelike/functions.php:159)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/carbonize/functions.php:40)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/white-gold/functions.php:195)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/damasking/functions.php:168)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/icandy/functions.php:304)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/tyson-pro/functions.php:76)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/pixel/functions.php:102)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/vista/functions.php:174)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/rakalap/functions.php:92)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/blueez/functions.php:88)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/idream/functions.php:120)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/beauty/functions.php:205)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare mytheme_ping() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/eos/functions.php:376)

This file is part of the WordPress theme Eos 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.