Title: PHP Fatal Error WP not loading
Last modified: April 8, 2024

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# PHP Fatal Error WP not loading

 *  [frizz27](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frizz27/)
 * (@frizz27)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-wp-not-loading/)
 * WP will not load at all, I have not been working on the site so have no idea 
   why this issue arose unless a plugin auto-update caused the problem.
 * The error message in the rror log is:
 * [07-Apr-2024 23:48:47 Europe/London] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Undefined
   constant “WPINC” in /home/badoorgu/public_html/wp/wp-blog-header.php:20
   Stack
   trace: 0 /home/badoorgu/public_html/index.php(17): require() 1 {main}
 * thrown in /home/badoorgu/public_html/wp/wp-blog-header.php on line 20
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fphp-fatal-error-wp-not-loading%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-wp-not-loading/#post-17560894)
 * Looks like core files are missing. Manually re-upload the files for the version
   you are using. See: [https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/updating-wordpress/#manual-update](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/updating-wordpress/#manual-update)
 *  Thread Starter [frizz27](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frizz27/)
 * (@frizz27)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-wp-not-loading/#post-17563846)
 * I went through the upload of wordpress but to no avail, I still get the HTTP 
   500 error. Now it is trying to load from the root directory rather than the WP
   directory where wordpress is installed, do not know how to correct that.

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 * Last reply from: [frizz27](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frizz27/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-fatal-error-wp-not-loading/#post-17563846)
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