Title: Admin Panel Gone Bonkers
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Admin Panel Gone Bonkers

 *  [Mem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mem/)
 * (@mem)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-gone-bonkers/)
 * Ugh I upgraded my site to wordpress to 3.0.1 – Big mistake.
 * Now I can’t add link categories, widgets, get the admin panel to work properly
   etc.
 * I deactivated all plugins and have the same problem no matter what theme I use.
 * Is there a way to fix the issues with 3.0.1 or a way to get a previous stable
   wordpress version ugh.

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 *  Thread Starter [Mem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mem/)
 * (@mem)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-gone-bonkers/#post-1710935)
 * Found the archive and going to unistall the current version. Am hoping there 
   is a fix for the latest version and that installing a previous version makes 
   my wordpress work ugh
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-gone-bonkers/#post-1710950)
 * Well, hang on there. At least give us more than three minutes. Installing old
   files over an updated database is joust going to cause problems down the line.
   It would be better to solve your current problem.
 * You may need to repair the database.
 * Access your WordPress database via phpMyAdmin (most hosting providers offer this
   in their control panel), check all of the tables, and choose “Repair tables” 
   from the pull-down menu.
 * If that doesn’t work, try adding `define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false);` to your`
   wp-config.php` file just below the `define('DB_HOST'` line.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Disable_Javascript_Concatenation](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Disable_Javascript_Concatenation)
 *  Thread Starter [Mem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mem/)
 * (@mem)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-gone-bonkers/#post-1710963)
 * I went to v3 which allowed me to use the widgets again. But it wouldnt let me
   do categories. Did the repair tables but that didn’t work. I stuck the thing 
   in the config file and even though I can’t add categories via the category page..
   I can now at least add them on the add new link part (where before I couldn’t
   do that).
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-gone-bonkers/#post-1710968)
 * Ok, now try going back up to 3.0.1 and see if you can add categories via the 
   category page (assuming that means Posts/Categories in the admin panel).
 *  Thread Starter [Mem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mem/)
 * (@mem)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-gone-bonkers/#post-1710970)
 * It was Links/Categories. Thanks for the help but will have to wait a few hours
   to go back to 3.0.1 now. Am at work and have to leave shortly so was trying to
   get my site back up so it worked before I left to go home lol.

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 * Last reply from: [Mem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mem/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-panel-gone-bonkers/#post-1710970)
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