Title: Admin showing incorrect version
Last modified: August 13, 2020

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# Admin showing incorrect version

 *  [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/)
 * Well, this is an interesting issue. My site, which has been on WordPress for 
   a number of years now, is showing the wrong installed version of WP. I had updated
   to 5.4.2 manually, because for some reason WP started showing ‘upgrade to 5.0.4’
   in the upgrade panel.
 * I did the manual upgrade in April, and after the manual upgrade, it showed as
   5.4.2. Now, I see it’s again saying ‘upgrade to 5.0.4’.
 * All the files in the install are those provided in 5.4.2, so I’m at a loss to
   figure out why it thinks my install is showing as backlevel when it has the correct
   version files.
 * Any ideas? Is there a leftover file somewhere making this happen?

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 *  [linux4me2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linux4me2/)
 * (@linux4me2)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13253181)
 * That is an interesting issue.
 * I think older versions of WP had the version in the readme.html file, but I don’t
   think the Admin side got it from there.
 * I would try using the file manager from your hosting control panel (or download
   the file with Filezilla) and look at the file /wp-includes/version.php. There
   is a line in there like this:
 *     ```
       $wp_version = '5.5';
       ```
   
 * What does yours say?
 *  Thread Starter [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13253183)
 * Yeah, I’d already looked at version.php, that was the first thing I checked. 
   And it shows 5.4.2. That’s why I’m so frustrated that admin panel is showing ‘
   upgrade to 5.0.4.
 *  [linux4me2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linux4me2/)
 * (@linux4me2)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13253210)
 * Okay, I’m thinking it may be that the database update wasn’t done at some point
   between April and now.
 * Try running the following query in phpMyAdmin, changing “wp_options” to match
   your database:
 *     ```
       SELECT * FROM wp_options where option_name = 'db_version'
       ```
   
 * It should return an option_value that looks nothing like the WP version; however,
   you can compare the option_value to [this table](https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Versions)
   and find the version it translates to.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by [linux4me2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linux4me2/).
      Reason: removed code tags from query
 *  Thread Starter [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13276958)
 * Yeah, that returned 47018, which parses to 5.4.1/5.4.2. Any other ideas? This
   is really strange.
 *  [linux4me2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linux4me2/)
 * (@linux4me2)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13277026)
 * That is seriously strange. The only other thing I can think of is that some caching
   is going on that is caching your Admin pages, but the WordPress-specific caching
   plugins I’ve used don’t cache the admin side. Maybe if you’re using some server-
   side caching or a CDN it’s showing you an old, cached version?
 * The really weird part is that it showed 5.4.2 after you did the manual upgrade
   and then reverted to showing the wrong version.
 *  Thread Starter [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13357851)
 * Yeah, no kidding. I’m not using any caching server side that would do this. I’m
   stumped. And peeved, because it basically is forcing me to manually upgrade every
   time a new version comes out.
 * And the weirdest thing is how it reverted. I don’t know what else to look at 
   on this.
 *  [linux4me2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linux4me2/)
 * (@linux4me2)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13357905)
 * I’m stumped too. Hopefully, one of the gurus here will chime in.
 * You said in the original post that, “all the files in the install are those provided
   in 5.4.2.” Have you run diff on the install files and a set of 5.4.2 files uploaded
   to a different directory on the server, or are you just basing that on having
   done the manual install procedure?
 *  Thread Starter [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13357933)
 * I’m basing it on having done the manual install procedure. I shudder to think
   how long it would take to do a manual diff on the install files, lol.
 * And, like I said, it *was* right, then reverted to 5.0, very weird. And all the
   files and DB entries that we’ve looked at show the correct version.
 * Obviously something, somewhere is making this happen, but I’ll be darned if I
   know where to look next.
 * I’m going to do a manual upgrade to 5.5, see what happens. Maybe I’ll get lucky.
 *  [linux4me2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linux4me2/)
 * (@linux4me2)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13357970)
 * I didn’t mean a manual comparison of the files, I meant to use the Linux app “
   [diff](http://www.linuxguide.it/command_line/linux-manpage/do.php?file=diff)”
   which would do the comparison for you in short order, listing all the files that
   differ. You’d need to exclude some folders which would naturally differ, like/
   wp-content/uploads and your theme and plugin folders, etc. The diff package is
   usually installed on most servers, so it’s probably already there waiting for
   you.
 * If it doesn’t turn anything up with the core files, you could try using it to
   compare fresh versions of your theme(s) and/or plugins.
 * I’m with you, there has to be something in there that’s interfering. I guess 
   you could also install a plugin that will do a file check for you.
 *  Thread Starter [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13357976)
 * Ah, ok, lol. You had me cringing there. Yeah, not a bad idea. I haven’t done 
   that in ages, guess I’ll have to go read up so I can do it properly.
 *  [linux4me2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linux4me2/)
 * (@linux4me2)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13357982)
 * LOL I’ll bet you did cringe. I don’t blame you a bit. Manually comparing all 
   those files would be a nightmare.
 *  Thread Starter [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13357988)
 * Yeah. I have to do it for a plugin in my Xenforo forum, and that is nightmare
   enough.
 *  [linux4me2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linux4me2/)
 * (@linux4me2)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13357996)
 * There are lots of apps for doing file comparisons, you shouldn’t ever have to
   do it manually?
 *  Thread Starter [meadwench](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meadwench/)
 * (@meadwench)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-showing-incorrect-version/#post-13358029)
 * I have to see if there is one for within Xenforo, or do one on my local system.
   Just haven’t done it yet, too many things to work on!

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