wpsnoop Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tlc_transient()

If you are dealing with a WordPress issue where a PHP Function tlc_transient() 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 8 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 8 different instances of potential conflicts where different plugins or themes share the function name.

Examples of this error include:

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tlc_transient() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/eventbrite-services/tlc-transients/tlc-transients.php:185)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tlc_transient() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/twitter-mentions-as-comments/includes/tlc-transients/tlc-transients.php:152)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tlc_transient() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/twitter-peep/tlc-transients.php:177)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tlc_transient() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/josie-api/vendor/markjaquith/wp-tlc-transients/functions.php:5)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tlc_transient() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/voce-performance-tools/vendor/markjaquith/wp-tlc-transients/functions.php:5)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tlc_transient() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/twitter-widget-pro/tlc-transients.php:177)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tlc_transient() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/intralinks/includes/tlc-transients.php:149)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tlc_transient() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/cherry-socialize/includes/wp-tlc-transients/functions.php:5)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Cherry Socialize 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.