Change Site URL – Fatal Error

  • webworks

    (@webworks)


    8 years, 6 months ago

    I’ve never had any trouble changing the URL in the functions.php file before, but there’s a first for everything!

    A domain name expired for an old website which I need. Upon changing the root URL in functions.php, I get the following error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function update_option() in /home/traceyjumpstart/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2

    At first I thought it was a child theme issue (where I changed the wrong file). But after I corrected and changed the proper file, it still gave me the error (incognito mode).

    THanks so much in advance for any help I can get with it!

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  • tech55541

    (@tech55541)

    8 years, 6 months ago

    Please add the following to the bottom of your .htaccess file to rule out permilink problems.

    # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# End WordPress

    Now add this to your primary themes functions.php file.

    update_option('siteurl','http://example.com');
update_option('home','http://example.com');

    Let me know where you get.

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