wpsnoop Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpcom_time_since()

If you are dealing with a WordPress issue where a PHP Function wpcom_time_since() 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 10 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 10 different instances of potential conflicts where different plugins or themes share the function name.

Examples of this error include:

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpcom_time_since() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/authenticated-twitter-widget/auth-wickett-twitter-widget.php:45)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpcom_time_since() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/gplus/gplus.php:32)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpcom_time_since() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/dp-twitter-widget/dp-twitter-widget.php:276)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpcom_time_since() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/flickr-eyecandy/flickr_eyecandy.php:34)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpcom_time_since() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/local-bar-restaurant-music-and-more-tweets-from-hoodfeed/hoodfeed.php:17)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpcom_time_since() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/google-wordpress-widgets/google-plus-wordpress-widget.php:67)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Google+ Plus Wordpress Widget and could be interacting with another theme or plugin and causing a fatal error.

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpcom_time_since() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/social-media-tabs/dcwp_social_media_tabs.php:58)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpcom_time_since() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/penote-updates-widgets/penote_widgets.php:33)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpcom_time_since() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/watch-youtube-video/youtbe_tabs.php:60)

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

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wpcom_time_since() (previously declared in wp-content/plugins/floating-tweets/dcwp_floating_tweets.php:60)

This file is part of the WordPress plugin Floating Tweets 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.