Title: Missing dashboard
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Missing dashboard

 *  [unique5555](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unique5555/)
 * (@unique5555)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-5/)
 * Went to work on creating new site on my Mac (using Avada theme template by Theme
   Fusion) and dashboard was gone. Noticed new versions of Mamp and WP were available.
   Installed Mamp 3.1- still no dashboard. Trying to figure out how to easily install
   WP 4.1.1 but need a university degree to figure it out (backed up my database
   but confused on what to do next). Don’t even know if that will solve the problem.
   Can anyone help a novice?!!!

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 *  Thread Starter [unique5555](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unique5555/)
 * (@unique5555)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-5/#post-5936726)
 * Correction. When I go to local host:8888, the theme and pages I’ve already created
   appear but there is no WP interface visible whatsoever so I cannot modify, add
   pages, etc. So I cannot automatically update to latest WP version 4.1.1. Confused
   on how to do it manually without losing settings and what I’ve already created.
 *  [respectyoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/respectyoda/)
 * (@respectyoda)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-5/#post-5936735)
 * I like MAMP and I understand you have the latest version of MAMP. My suggestion
   would be to download a fresh copy of WordPress and have those files overwrite
   what you have in the htdocs for that site you are working on locally. Make sure
   you just overwrite the folders **OTHER than wp-content**.
 *  Thread Starter [unique5555](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unique5555/)
 * (@unique5555)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-5/#post-5936806)
 * I tried as you suggested but no change.
    I’ll try and describe the problem more
   accurately and indicate what I’ve also tried:
 * I’m currently building a site using Avada. The entire WP interface including 
   the dashboard have completely disappeared. The pages I’ve already customized 
   and all of the Avada demo pages are all visible and working but without the WP
   interface I cannot continue. I’ve tried the following:
    1. Downloaded and installed
   latest versions of Mamp (3.1) and WP (4.1.1) – no change. 2. Removed Mamp and
   WP and did a clean reinstall of both Mamp and WP again – no change. Even tried
   to create entirely new site and database – no interface. 4. Removed again and
   copy/pasted backups of Mamp 3.0.7.3 (including database) and WP 4.1 which I created
   last week – still no change. Still see all pages working but no WP interface 
   so I cannot do any modifications. Is there a way to turn the interface on/off
   that I have inadvertently clicked on? If yes, where is it?
 *  [respectyoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/respectyoda/)
 * (@respectyoda)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-5/#post-5936870)
 * Maybe this free software will make all this way way easier for you: [DesktopServer](http://serverpress.com/products/desktopserver/)
   as this will not give you a headache like MAMP can give people sometimes.
 *  Thread Starter [unique5555](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unique5555/)
 * (@unique5555)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-5/#post-5936902)
 * Thanks for your help. I final got it working last night.
 * Somehow it appears I was logged out of WP but I was still able to see and navigate
   the site I had been working on. I don’t understand enough to know why. I then
   assumed there was something wrong with WP.
 * Thanks again for taking the time.
 *  [respectyoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/respectyoda/)
 * (@respectyoda)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-5/#post-5936904)
 * Ah that’s weird. At least it is working now. 🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [respectyoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/respectyoda/)
 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-dashboard-5/#post-5936904)
 * Status: not resolved

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