Title: Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required
Last modified: November 21, 2019

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# Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required

 *  [anand2912](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anand2912/)
 * (@anand2912)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require-failed-opening-required-3/)
 * I have my website _[ redundant link removed ]_ hosted. I tried updating the wordpress
   and since then the website is not running and showing one blank white page. I
   asked the server people and they said it has got one error `[21-Nov-2019 05:02:
   00 UTC] PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'D:\INETPUB\VHOSTS\
   economicscourses.org\httpdocs/wp-includes/sodium_compat/autoload.php' (include_path
   ='.;.\includes;.\pear') in D:\INETPUB\VHOSTS\economicscourses.org\httpdocs\wp-
   includes\compat.php on line 335`. What has gone wrong? How can I fix this? Any
   insight will be really helpfull for me .
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not a Developing with WordPress
      topic
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ffatal-error-require-failed-opening-required-3%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require-failed-opening-required-3/#post-12157951)
 * That means that one or more files didn’t copy across correctlyin the upgrade 
   process.
 * The way to fix it is to download the WordPress ZIP file and update manually –
   [https://wordpress.org/support/article/updating-wordpress/#manual-update](https://wordpress.org/support/article/updating-wordpress/#manual-update)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-require-failed-opening-required-3/#post-12157951)
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