• Cant update WordPress or plugins automatically. Have contacted host and they say it is an issue with wordpress. The following is the error: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function mbstring_binary_safe_encoding() in /home/h25thew/public_html/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php on line 121

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  • Try:
    – switching to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder inside wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name 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 and the wp-config.php & root .htaccess files – from a fresh download of WordPress. Make sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new ones.

    – running the upgrade manually via wp-admin/upgrade.php

    Thread Starter Kevt

    (@kevt)

    Thanks esmi you for the ideas. I was going to try that but an additional problem came up when I disabled all the plugins I could not log in to the administration panel as Theme my Login when disabled currently removes any ability to log in. I was hoping it would revert to the standard wordpress login but nothing is that simple. I was unsure about doing a manual update with the plugin enabled.

    Try asking on that plugin’s dedicated sub-forum about how to revert to the standard WordPress login.

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