Re-installing without clearing database

  • lesliedellow

    (@lesliedellow)


    15 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks to an idiot hosting company, I need to reinstall WordPress. However, I need to do it without clearing my database, because (obviously) I don’t want to lose my existing content. I can’t download an XML file, because I can’t get into WordPress at the moment.

    Thanks for your help.

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    15 years, 9 months ago

    Then you really don’t want to reinstall–you just want to reupload the WordPress files to your host and make sure you have the correct database info in your wp-config.php.

    See Uploading WordPress to a remote host.

    Since you have “an idiot hosting company” I would not doing anything until I had a backup of my database. See WordPress Backups

    Thread Starter lesliedellow

    (@lesliedellow)

    15 years, 9 months ago

    Well I have uploaded all of the WordPress files again, but:

    1.) if I type in /wp-admin I get told there is no wp-login.php file on the server, even though I can see it in the site’s root directory.

    2.) If I try to use /wp-login directly, a screen which looks as though it is missing its style sheet comes up. I try to login anyway, only once again to be told that there is no wp-login.php file on this server.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    15 years, 9 months ago

    Backup EVERYTHING offline.

    Then delete everything EXCEPT:

    .htaccess
wp-config.php
/wp-content

    Then re-upload everything from a fresh copy from this site.

    Somethings missing somewhere.

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