Title: admin-header.php workings
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# admin-header.php workings

 *  Resolved [0xy9en](https://wordpress.org/support/users/0xy9en/)
 * (@0xy9en)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-headerphp-workings/)
 * Hi all,
 * While trying to auto update my 3.1.4 install the update crashed and delivered
   an “admin-header.php fault on line …..” error message on the domain and admin
   access.
 * In trying to gain access I uploaded an old admin-header.php file. All worked 
   again but any plugin update or install gives a “Could not create directory. /
   wordpress” error.
 * I did try to find a solution on the forum with various searches, but could not
   find related discussions. In trying to leverage the differences in the admin-
   header.php files, I found my knowledge is insufficient to tackle the issue.
 * What best to do? What is the admin-header.php function in all this, if any?
 * Help or pointers appreciated.

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 *  Thread Starter [0xy9en](https://wordpress.org/support/users/0xy9en/)
 * (@0xy9en)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-headerphp-workings/#post-2161814)
 * I needed to keep working so after more research I concluded that a manual reinstall
   of the (old) running version (3.0.1) of WordPress was the best option to go.
   
   All automatic updating of plugins etc. function correct again.
 * Manual update of your WordPress install: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress)

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