Parse error: syntax error, unexpected

Re-upload the wp-includes folder from a fresh download of WP. It may have gotten corrupted. You should NEVER edit those files.

If that doesn’t work, what plugins are you running?

Add this into one of your template files, load the page once, then remove the code.

delete_option('sidebar_widgets');

Then go back to the admin and add back your widgets..

It’ll be a widget that’s caused the error if Ipstenu’s suggestion hasn’t helped. Take care when adding them back, as any problmatic widget will likely cause the same to happen again..

Rinse, and repeat if necessary..

Hello Telos or t31os_

Please I need your help.

I have two blogs:

https://historiaglobalonline.com/

https://historiaglobalonline.com/purolibros/

Please I need your help.My blog are my passion but in this moment I don`t know whats wrong.

Please Telos if i can talk by Skype, Gmail or MSN?
Is possible?

My e-mails are:

[email protected]

[email protected]

Please Help me!

Thanks so much Telos.

Erick Ragas

Erick, for professional help please try the following site.
https://jobs.wordpress.net/

Else i’ll be happy to offer suggestions if you want to openly discuss the problem here.

You may wish to ask a mod to also remove your personal contact from above, if not only to avoid spammers picking it up.

I have the same problem in 7 sites which had installed with WordPress 2.8.x version.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ‘)’ in /home/XXXXXXXXXX/public_html/wp-includes/default-widgets.php on line XXXX

Yesterday, I attempted to delete the old WP files of 2 sites through FTP. And then uploaded WP 2.8.6 files to them. The 2 sites became normal. Today 2 sites display the same problem.

Do anyone can help to solve this problem and the same problem never appears again for forever?

In my experience the default widgets error is shown when a user installed widget has errors, in such cases, flushing the sidebar_widgets option resolves the problem (procedure shown in previous response).

Deleting the option means you have to add widgets back to your theme ( Admin > Appearance > Widgets ), but it will give you back access to your pages, just be sure not to activate the problematic widget again. The easiest way to isolate a problem widget is to add one back at a time, testing a few blog pages between each addition of a widget (open a few tabs in your browser if it makes the process easier).

That’s not to say it’s the cause for everyone, but i’ve only seen that error a few times during my time using WordPress, and “for me”, each time was in relation to the installation of widgets.