Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.

[scgnetwork]

I know there are many posts on this, however they didnt seem to fix why we are getting this error.

We purchased the WP Affiliate Platform software today and when we goto activate we receive the error: “Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error.”

I installed the Min Req Checker and we passed the requirements.

We are running WP 3.2.1 using multisite.

Thanks for your help.

[Peter]

Hi,

Thought I’d ask just in case but have you tried the following?

How to Deal with Error at Plugin Installation Time

Also, are there any other errors which you see? If so what are they?

[scgnetwork]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your reply.

I put in an update request about an hour ago (waiting to hear back). I’m a little confused why we would need to update the software we just purchased… Seems like when you make a purchase you should receive the most recent version…

Im afraid that’s the only error we can see.

[Peter]

Hi again,

Sometimes the plugin zip file can get corrupted during the ftp or download.

This is just a precaution to make sure that this is not the problem.

Also when you are ftping the file from your computer to your host ensure that your transfer type is set to “binary”.

[scgnetwork]

I’m uploading via the WordPress admin… Haven’t had this problem with any of our other plugins, I’m going to submit a ticket.

I guess when I purchase a product I expect it to work out of the box…

[Peter]

Hi,

So have you now been able to activate your plugin successfully?

[scgnetwork]

Ah ha! I just figured it out. This plugin can’t be activated from the network admin side, ONLY the individual admin side. We’re running multi-site, I thought the plugin was multi-site compatible but I guess it’s not?

[wzp]

Affiliate Platform is a “Site Specific” plugin, not a “Network Wide,” or “Must Use” plugin.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

[admin]

Are you doing a “Network Activate”?

[scgnetwork]

Exactly, I was trying to Network Activate. Hopefully this helps anyone having the same issue.

[georgef]

So let’s say I want to have one affiliate installation but multiple products on various sub-sites, will this be possible?

[admin]

You can either do a Network activate or activate it on a single site (both options will work).

This post will answer your question:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/sell-on-multiple-sites

[trudya]

I don’t know how to trouble shoot this. I am new and a bit lost. I purchased this plugin, Affiliate and eSTore. Both activated fine in my coaching web site dashboard. Neither will activate in my business site. I get redirected to the public view of the web site and I get an email alerting me to “WordPress Firewall has detected and blocked a potential attack!”

Please help me solve this. I bought these plugins for this site.

[Peter]

It appears that the “WordPress Firewall” plugin may be causing the problems.

See this page and go to the WordPress Firewall section:

List of Plugins that Don't Play Nice (Conflicting Plugins)

Then see admin’s reply here:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/cant-get-into-estore

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