What happens when you comment out that part of your code? Does the problem persist after that?
Make a copy of your functions.php file (so you can revert back to it if needed) and either remove or comment out that part of the code (for testing).
Here’s another idea: can you provide the contents of the “active_plugins” value inside of your “wp_options” table in your site’s database? Provide that and a list of any active plugins from the time of getting that information. You can get that data by running the following MySQL command:
SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins';
Also, count you provide server information like I mentioned above (e.g. PHP and MySQL versions, etc.)?
Showing rows 0 – 0 (1 total, Query took 0.0005 sec)
SELECT *
FROM wp_options
WHERE option_name = ‘active_plugins’
LIMIT 0 , 30
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Start row: Number of rows: Headers every rows
+ Options
Full texts option_id option_name option_value autoload
Edit Edit Copy Copy Delete Delete 35 active_plugins a:1:{i:0;s:25:”wp-smushit/wp-smushit.php”;} yes
Thanks. From what I’m seeing here:
a:1:{i:0;s:25:"wp-smushit/wp-smushit.php";}
it looks like you have wpsmushit installed and activated. Do you currently have that plugin active on this installation?
Ah ha! Try clearing out the data for that in your database. If you’re not confident on your abilities on this make sure you make a backup of your database first. You should be able to do this through PhpMyAdmin by selecting your database then clicking on the “Export” link in the top navigation. Follow the steps there to download a copy of your database to your computer.
If you want the command to remove it, you can use this (this query should be specific to what you provided above):
UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = '' WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins' AND option_value = 'a:1:{i:0;s:25:"wp-smushit/wp-smushit.php";}';
Rerun this query to make sure it’s cleared out correctly.
SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins';
After doing this check to see if your site is still having problems.
Good luck and keep us posted 🙂
ok I did it but it didnt work
when I tried to install another plugin (w3 total cache) it did the same thing
I checked in the database and I run this
SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘active_plugins’;
I see
Full texts option_id option_name option_value autoload
Edit Edit Copy Copy Delete Delete 35 active_plugins a:1:{i:0;s:33:”w3-total-cache/w3-total-cache.php”;… yes
What happens when you attempt to install a plugin then try to go back to the plugins page (i.e. going to: http://giantgag.com/wp-admin/plugins.php)?
and wp-admin = loop redirect
You mentioned earlier that you tested this on a new WordPress installation. Where did you install it from? Did you get the files directly from wordpress.org or use an install tool on your hosting provider (e.g. Fastastico or Mojo Marketplace)?
ok so should I go for php 5.4
