Manual install and still cannot access my site.

  • Resolved accidental techie

    (@accidental-techie)


    9 years, 10 months ago

    I did a manual reinstall using the steps outlined here: Update WordPress

    I used Filezilla. I renamed the folder plugins to plugins.old. I then deleted the wp-includes and wp-admin folders. I then added them via Filezilla using a download of WordPress 3.9.1.

    Next, I uploaded the wp-content folder using “Overwrite” function.

    Last, I renamed the plugins.old folder back to plugins. However, after following this step by step I still cannot access my Worpress dashboard, nor the site. I get the following message:

    Fatal error: Call to a member function register_handler() on a non-object in /home/kreativekristi/cherokeemission.org/wp-includes/media.php on line 2003

    Please help!

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  • JT

    (@jackietaferner)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Here are a few potential solutions, I hope this helps!

    1) Try re-uploading all the files via FTP just in case they failed to transfer the first time.
    2) Are your htaccess and wp-config.php still intact? If not, add them back to the installation.
    3) Try restoring a backup of your original site and then do the one-click update (is there a particular reason you need to do the manual update)?
    4) Try commenting out line 2003 in media.php to gain access to wp-admin, then make sure all plugins are deactivated and you can perform another database upgrade.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Never, ever, edit WordPress core scripts. And do not encourage others to do so. Editing core scripts can bring down your entire site and/or open security holes for hackers to use.

    JT

    (@jackietaferner)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Sorry, I meant for that to be a temporary change just to get access into wp-admin. Then finish the upgrade and make sure you have the correct files on your live site.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    @accidental techie: why did you carry out a manual reinstall? What version of WordPress were you running previously?

    Thread Starter accidental techie

    (@accidental-techie)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    I had another site hosted at Dreamhost that I had to do a manual update for so I thought perhaps that was the case. I will try to restore a backup and do it through the automatic backup.

    Thread Starter accidental techie

    (@accidental-techie)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    I restored to a 2 week old backup and did the automatic backup. All seems to be OK.

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