Title: Call to undefined function: is_admin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Call to undefined function: is_admin

 *  [thebrownshow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thebrownshow/)
 * (@thebrownshow)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-is_admin-1/)
 * Greetings,
 * I’ve done a search here in the support forums, and none of the advice I’ve found
   has been helpful.
 * First, I downloaded WordPress 2.6.2, unzipped, and uploaded via FTP. I modified
   wp-config.php. When trying to install, I get the following:
 * > Fatal error: Call to undefined function: is_admin() in [path removed]/wp-admin/
   > includes/comment.php on line 110
 * (for clarity, I removed the path, the error doesn’t actually say [path removed])
 * I searched the support forum, and every answer basically says “reupload”. So 
   I’ve tried killing everything, and reuploading. I’ve tried uploading the zip 
   file and unzipping on the server. I’ve tried uploading the tarball and untarring
   on the server. I’ve tried unzipping on a different machine and uploading to the
   server. Always get the same error no matter what permutation I attempt.
 * Does anyone have a better suggestion than “try it again”?

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 *  [vietknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vietknight/)
 * (@vietknight)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-is_admin-1/#post-864460)
 * Hmm…where are you getting your wordpress from? Maybe it’s a bad source. Try downloading
   it from here:
 * [http://wordpress.org/download/](http://wordpress.org/download/)
 * Copy and paste your wp-config here as well, maybe there’s something wrong in 
   there.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-is_admin-1/#post-864462)
 * make sure that you have correctly uploaded wp-includes/query.php —
 *  [waliau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/waliau/)
 * (@waliau)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-is_admin-1/#post-864563)
 * I have the same problem.
    – Downloaded on server using wget [http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.6.3.tar.gz](http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.6.3.tar.gz)–
   tar -xzvf wordpress-2.6.3.tar.gz – renamed the dir ‘wordpress’ to ‘blog’ – made
   chmod 777 all just to be safe – created db nuresume_blog with user ivyb / *****–
   ran [http://www.nuresume.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.nuresume.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php)
 * The page I get repeats my wp-config.php with the error as follows:
 * // ** MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘nuresume_blog’); // The name of
   the database define(‘DB_USER’, ‘ivyb’); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’,‘*****’);//…
   and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to 
   change this value define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’); define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”); // Change
   SECRET_KEY to a unique phrase. You won’t have to remember it later, // so make
   it long and complicated. You can visit [https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm](https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm)//
   to get a phrase generated for you, or just make something up. define(‘SECRET_KEY’,‘
   dfdfdfsdfsdfsd90989889809888089’); // Change this to a unique phrase.
    Fatal 
   error: Call to undefined function is_admin() in /usr/local/www/vhosts/nuresume.
   com/httpdocs/blog/wp-admin/includes/comment.php on line 110
 * I’ve done this several times carefully but keep getting the same error again.
 * What am I missing ?
 * Udayw
 *  [WebDev WaxLotus LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/musnake/)
 * (@musnake)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-is_admin-1/#post-864565)
 * The function is found in [these two](http://phpxref.com/xref/wordpress/_functions/is_admin.html)
   files.
 *     ```
       is_admin()
       Defined at:
   
           * /wp-includes/query.php -> line 39
           * /wp-admin/gears-manifest.php -> line 15
   
       Referenced 9 times:
   
           * /wp-includes/vars.php -> line 16
           * /wp-includes/link-template.php -> line 632
           * /wp-includes/query.php -> line 727
           * /wp-includes/query.php -> line 1344
           * /wp-includes/theme.php -> line 615
           * /wp-includes/post-template.php -> line 58
           * /wp-includes/script-loader.php -> line 107
           * /wp-includes/canonical.php -> line 42
           * /wp-admin/includes/comment.php -> line 110
       ```
   
 * Check that all of these files made it to your server AND that the permissions
   are 0644.
 * Do this by manually deleting the files. DO NOT simply overwrite them with FTP
   as the server can be setup to prevent this silently no matter what your settings
   are…
 * Fingers crossed.
 *  [sumitkondal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sumitkondal/)
 * (@sumitkondal)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/call-to-undefined-function-is_admin-1/#post-864626)
 * I got this problem while installing.
 * I copied wp-config.php empty file to server then i got this problem
 * Try to remove wp-config.php while fresh installation
 * and give full permission to blog folder to create a wp-config.php file itself
   in installation process.

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 * Last reply from: [sumitkondal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sumitkondal/)
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