Wordpress Plugin Activited Header Already Send Error

Question

I'm about to go crazy :/

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: TEST Plugin
Description: test desc
Author: test
Author URI: test
Plugin URI: test
*/
echo"test";
?>

Error : The plugin generated 4 characters of unexpected output during activation. If you notice “headers already sent” messages, problems with syndication feeds or other issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin

Possible duplicate of [The plugin generated X characters of unexpected output during activation (WordPress)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4074477/the-plugin-generated-x-characters-of-unexpected-output-during-activation-wordpr) — T.Todua, Dec 24 '18 at 00:06

Shafi · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-05T18:34:41.430

2

remove unnecessary white space or line break that will remove the error also remove last

?>

Try bellow code

<?php
/*
    Plugin Name: TEST Plugin
    Description: test desc
    Author: test
    Author URI: test
    Plugin URI: test
*/
ob_start();
echo 'test';
ob_clean();

edited Aug 05 '16 at 18:34

answered Aug 05 '16 at 18:10

Shafi

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No unnecessary space :/ – Ferdi KUCUK Aug 05 '16 at 18:28
Your edits do not solve the problem. Further, you didn't explain what they do. – random_user_name Aug 05 '16 at 18:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 05 '16 at 18:35

Your plugin cannot simply echo "test" in the file. That is what is generating the unexpected output.

Remove that.

All output that a plugin generates should be inside of functions, which typically get called by using one of the many WordPress Hooks.

Here's a super-simple, (and useless) example:

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: TEST Plugin
Description: test desc
Author: test
Author URI: test
Plugin URI: test
*/

// Hooks into the WordPress wp_head action
add_action('wp_head', 'my_wp_head_function');

// Runs when the WordPress init action runs
function my_wp_head_function() {
    echo "test";
}

// ... etc

// Also - DO omit the closing PHP tag.  That is now considered best practice

@FerdiKUCUK - using `ob_start` and `ob_end` is **not a good solution**. You need to learn how to use the WP hooks. — random_user_name, Aug 05 '16 at 19:25

Wordpress Plugin Activited Header Already Send Error

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