Update overwrote index.php

  • thomasareed

    (@thomasareed)


    14 years, 4 months ago

    I recently updated WordPress, using the automatic update option, and just discovered that my index.php page had been overwritten! My WordPress blog is on a separate page (news.php), and my index.php page was not managed through WordPress. Is this normal after an update? Are there other files that might get overwritten as well?

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  • Thread Starter thomasareed

    (@thomasareed)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Is this not something that anyone else has ever experienced?

    fonglh

    (@fonglh)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Files which have changed between your existing installation and the new one will be overwritten.

    index.php is a WordPress file so it’s normal that it’s replaced with the proper version when updated.

    If you don’t want your WordPress install to be your landing site, install it in a subdirectory and link to it from your main page.

    Thread Starter thomasareed

    (@thomasareed)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    It doesn’t seem that that ought to be the case, but I suppose one could argue that I’m using it incorrectly by having the base address for my blog be a news.php page, rather than a news/ subdirectory. I suppose I’ll just have to accept that I have to either replace the index.php file with my own file after every update or move the WordPress stuff into a subdirectory. (Any pointers to instructions on doing the latter?)

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