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1. leeppp222
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I have been running a blog for the past few years.

   At some point this year, I messed something up on my WordPress installation which meant RSS feeds didn't work. At the time, I just added a few lines to the functions.php file and redirected all feed references as I didn't have the time to fix the issue.

   However, I now want to resolve it and believe the best way would be to complete re-install wordpress from scratch.

   However, with a custom template, URL structure and 100's of pages, what's the best way for me to do this without losing anything? I need everything at the same URL, nothing is being moved - just wanting to re-install rather than track back through everything to find what I broke.

   Any help would be much appreciated!

2. Roy
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   What did you mess up? Wouldn't replacing a few (or all) WP files not do the trick? Little can go wrong as long as you leave the database at peace.

3. leeppp222
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   To be honest, I don't know?!? I thought about just replacing all the files but didn't know if that could result in more problems (I have since made changes to the header to remove all references to the RSS feeds). So I'd need to go back and correct all those changes, wouldn't I?

4. Roy
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Not necessarily. When you just upload the WP files of the same version, there's close to nothing that can go wrong. Just leave wp-config.php where it is and initially also the wp-contents folder.

   Your problems COULD be related to changes you made in your theme. This can be easily tested by just activating another theme and see if that helps. If it is your theme, you might want to replace that with the original files, but that will of course mean that you undid your own changes.
   You haven't installed any plugins prior to the problems? Turning them off is an option to try as well.

5. leeppp222
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Ok...thanks, Roy - will give that a try later.

   Just to check - re-upload everything, except: WP-CONFIG and the WP-Contents folder?

   Will this replace the files I made changes to when removing the RSS feed links from the header?

   Cheers for your help!

6. Roy
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Probably not. It sounds like you've been editing your theme and replacing WP files will not help much if that is the case. I'd opt for the following route:

   1. Activate another theme and see if it helps. If it does, you will need to find the original theme files and upload them.
   2. If option 1 didn't help, deactivate all plugins and see if it helps. If it does, reactivate your plugins one by one, each time checking if the error reoccurs.
   3. If neither works, replace WP files, perhaps you've been messing with 'core files'.

7. leeppp222
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Just as an update:

   The problem turned out to be errors in the wp-rss files in the /includes folder (this was confirmed by my webhost who showed me the log files.

   To correct the error, all I did was re-upload all the rss files into the /includes folder and hey presto; it all works again!

   Not sure how this happened...however, I have a suspicion it was the 'Sexy Bookmarks' plugin as this was the only thing we installed and since the problem began!

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