wpsnoop Fatal error: Cannot redeclare prfx_meta_save()

If you are dealing with a WordPress issue where a PHP Function prfx_meta_save() 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 5 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 5 different instances of potential conflicts where different plugins or themes share the function name.

Examples of this error include:

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare prfx_meta_save() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/seo-wbm/meta/save-meta.php:5)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare prfx_meta_save() (previously declared in wp-content/themes/adventure/functions.php:244)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare prfx_meta_save() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/featured-background/featured_background.php:69)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare prfx_meta_save() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/step-by-step/step-by-step.php:399)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare prfx_meta_save() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/random-app/includes/post-type.php:107)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Random App 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.