How do I fix the fatal error when activating Popularity Contest plugin?
To fix the error(s) when activating Popularity Contest in WordPress 2.6, one of which is ‘”Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error” I turned to WordPress.org Forums which had an answer. These are the steps listed in order that you should try to attempt a fix. To fix the Fatal Error you need to change line 59 of the popularity-contest.