Call to undefined function load_textdomain()

Hi Tara,

Many thanks for your reply. I had already downloaded a fresh copy of ver. 4.5.3 twice, unzipped it, deleted the directory on the server, recreated a wp-config.php file (using the database settings from my host, 1and1, and secret keys, using the secret key generator from the wordpress site. I basically reinstalled the whole thing from scratch, resulting in exactly the same error. In desperation, I then used an older version of wordpress (ver. 3.8) that I had saved from the last site I created in 2014. Working through the same installation procedure, I ended up with exactly the same error message.

I have eventually got myself up and running by not creating a wp-config file and allowing the set up process to do it for me in my browser – and, once I was in, updating the version manually, as you suggested.

However, while the set up procedure created its own secret keys, it has left me with an extremely messy wp-config file, with random parts of the secret keys appearing in the body of the file.

I tried to tidy it up but, lo and behold, I ended up with not only part of the secret keys showing up in the browser window, but also with the same fatal error message.

I’ve reverted to a back-up copy of the auto-generated wp-config file and, to all intents and purposes, the site is working, but I am concerned that the secret keys may not provide the protection that they’re supposed to like this.