Cannot redeclare wordpress_importer_init()

  • HI, my church has a wordpress site (online.rcac.ca) hosted on 1and1.com. Just started today, we could not access it anymore, and saw this error:

    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wordpress_importer_init() (previously declared in …./wordpress-importer.php:1123) in …./wordpress-importer.php on line 1217

    Earlier of the day, it showed a different error about login attempt.

    When we looked at folders and files on 1and1, many of them have today or last night as the modified date and time.

    We did not touch any files ourselves recently, so wondered what may have caused this. Would an auto-failed attempt cause this? If so, how can we revert that if we can’t even access the site anymore?

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  • Hi,

    Please try disabling all your plugins, or deleting them through FTP (BACKUP FIRST). Then check if the issue persists. If so, do the same for your theme. If the issue still persists, your install might be corrupted.

    Let’s see how these steps go, and then take it from there.

    Thread Starter dtkng

    (@dtkng)

    I can’t disable the plugins as I couldn’t get to the login page. May I ask how to safely delete them through FTP?

    1. Log in through ftp.
    2. go to /wp-content/plugins/
    3. Backup everything from that folder to your local PC.
    4. Delete all plugins from server.

    3 is optional, but strongly recommended, so you can easily upload them again 1 by 1.
    These files do not contain any data created through these plugins. That should be safe in the database.

    Thread Starter dtkng

    (@dtkng)

    thanks. it helped. but wonder what may have caused that. Auto-update?

    Reinstalling plugins one by one, you will see which plugin caused the issue. Then you can investigate why. Probably an outdated version not compatible with the newest wp version and not maintained properly.

    Enter via ftp an rename or delete the plugin wordpress-importer. Then visit the root of your website and everything will work again ??

    I have a client with same issue and i resolved in that way. Reason? Maybe you installed WordPress as 1&1 app. That’s mean 1&1 have the control over installation, security, plugins, themes and more.

    Now i am pretty sure you will see on admin welcome a new message: What kind of site you have? Blogger, photographer, blabla – by 1&1.

    Good luck!

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