Try downloading WordPress again, access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel (consult your hosting provider’s documentation for specifics on these), and delete then replace your copies of everything on the server except the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings.
Some uploaders tend to be unreliable when overwriting files, so don’t forget to delete the original files before replacing them.
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There’s really nothing in 5.9.1 that would outright break a site, More than likely the cause is an incomplete update that can be fixed by updating again manually as above.
If that doesn’t work, it could be a plugin or theme that’s somehow incompatible with the minor fixes in 5.9.1, so try manually resetting your plugins (no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.
If that does not resolve the issue, access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel (consult your hosting provider’s documentation for specifics on these), navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and rename the directory of your currently active theme. This will force the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).
maybe it was an incomplete download? All i know is i wrote a bunch of code yesterday and it was fine after testing… then i get home from work today and I get something similar to a white screen.
found the download for anyone who needs it..
https://wordpress.org/download/releases/
reverting back to 5.9 fixed my issue btw….
yeah actually thats a good idea to check the plugins.. thats most likely it… thanks 🙂
