Manual update: http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update
It’s really as simple as copying the files up to the server 🙂
The other thing to keep in mind is it may be a plugin, so you may need to disable plugins by renaming the folder from plugisn to plugins-old
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WebDi
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I was able to disable the only active plugin in the admin area. I uploaded the wp-admin directory as it looked like some of it was missing, but I still can’t edit/see the pages or posts from the admin area. Are there other files which I should upload and over-write what’s there?
Try:
– switching to the Twenty Ten theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.
– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin.
– re-uploading all files & folders – except the wp-content folder – from a fresh download of WordPress.
– re-running the upgrade manually using wp-admin/upgrade.php.
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WebDi
(@webdi)
This is my progress on this:
– switching to the Twenty Ten theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.
(I was able to do this in the admin area; some of the admin area is functional and some is not)
– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin.
(I disabled the one active plugin)
– re-uploading all files & folders – except the wp-content folder – from a fresh download of WordPress.
(I was able to upload wp-admin and wp-includes directories, but my ftp client gave me errors when I tried to upload wp-activate.php. wp-app.php….. and said “wp-activate.php: Not a reagular file”)
– re-running the upgrade manually using wp-admin/upgrade.php.
(I got this message “No Upgrade Required
Your WordPress database is already up-to-date!”)
I still cannot access the pages or posts, but I can access the settings, themes….
1. Try resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
2. Re-download a fresh copy of WordPress, You should be able to ftp those files.
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WebDi
(@webdi)
Thanks for your help with this!
1. I did this and don’t see any improvement.
2. I am working with a fresh download as of about a half hour ago. when I look via ftp (using ipswitch ws_ftp) I see three directories wordpress-content, wp-admin and wp-includes and I’m wondering why the difference in prefixes between wordpress and wp? Then I see index.php, license.txt…. but these do not have a php icon beside them, they have a link icon beside them and these are the ones that I can’t seem to over-write.
There is no such folder as wordpress-content in WordPress – only wp-content.
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WebDi
(@webdi)
This is hosted with aplus.net and I believe that is what their auto install tool named it.
If you look at the header’s url, for example, you can see that the directory is called wordpress-content.
http://cindystillwell.com/matingforlife/wordpress-content/uploads/headway/header-uploads/header.jpg
Well now. That may be part of the problem right there, and you’re going to have to turn to your host for help, since the folder is wp-content in a normal install, and if aplus changed it, we’re out of our depth.
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WebDi
(@webdi)
Well it turns out that aplus.net has some convoluted file storage system and we (nor the auto update) have access to all of the files. I contacted their support and they were able to fix it. Apparently no wordpress site hosted by aplus can be upgraded using the auto update tool. Boy, it would have been nice to know this ahead of time.
Thanks for all of your help.
*ugh* Seriously that is … *gah* I would be looking for a new host!
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WebDi
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Ha! Well, it’s not really up to me. I need an advil though after banging my head for a couple of hours!
