Title: My WordPress disappeared!
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# My WordPress disappeared!

 *  [ThorHammer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thorhammer/)
 * (@thorhammer)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-wordpress-disappeared/)
 * But everything is there! All files, all folders, the db with all tables and all
   data, but the browser returns NOTHING, this is the sad source:
 *     ```
       <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN\">
       <HTML><HEAD>
       <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text/html; charset=windows-1252\"></HEAD>
       <BODY></BODY></HTML>
       ```
   
 * I just cant understand whats happening. Could it be that my .htaccess is screwed
   up? Her it is:
 *     ```
       # -FrontPage-
   
       IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*
   
       <Limit GET POST>
       order deny,allow
       deny from all
       allow from all
       </Limit>
       <Limit PUT DELETE>
       order deny,allow
       deny from all
       </Limit>
       # BEGIN WordPress
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * My WordPress was 2.1 and everything worked perfect until something odd happened.
   I don’t have any clue…please…hints?

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 *  [jankdc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jankdc/)
 * (@jankdc)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-wordpress-disappeared/#post-526809)
 * I don’t have a clue. what is your website address?
 * thanks
 *  Thread Starter [ThorHammer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thorhammer/)
 * (@thorhammer)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-wordpress-disappeared/#post-526810)
 * [http://www.vettavisen.no](http://www.vettavisen.no)
 *  [DianeV](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dianev/)
 * (@dianev)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-wordpress-disappeared/#post-526816)
 * Hm. First of all, this is incomplete:
 * `<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \\"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional/`
 * I would use the doctype from one of the other themes to ensure that it will display
   properly, but the doctype is not even “closed” (has no closing angle bracket).
   As well, this is an HTML 4.0 doctype, rather than the XHTML doctype used by WordPress.
 * I’d ensure that your code is right first.
 *  [santoshgs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/santoshgs/)
 * (@santoshgs)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-wordpress-disappeared/#post-526818)
 * Ok, right now – its showing NOTHING. A blank source! lol
 *  Thread Starter [ThorHammer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thorhammer/)
 * (@thorhammer)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-wordpress-disappeared/#post-526821)
 * Yes…a completely blank source. No wonder I wonder..
 * If this is it I better remove every trace of WP and reinstall everything. Is 
   it possible to use the old DB, then?
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-wordpress-disappeared/#post-526823)
 * “Is it possible to use the old DB, then?”
    Yes – just use the same wp-config.
   php. When all the files are re-installed, just run the upgrade script.
 * It looks like a problem with your theme, though. Did you try the default theme
   or another one?
 *  Thread Starter [ThorHammer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thorhammer/)
 * (@thorhammer)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-wordpress-disappeared/#post-526825)
 * Is it possible to change theme preferences when I can’t get any output from my
   browser?
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-wordpress-disappeared/#post-526826)
 * Ftp to your themes folder and delete current theme. It should revert to default
   theme and hopefully let you in.

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