Title: Reinstalling with old database
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Reinstalling with old database

 *  [Abalicious](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abalicious/)
 * (@abalicious)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstalling-with-old-database/)
 * My site has encountered an error which I do no know how to recover from (the 
   site does not exist anymore… [http://bhide.net/wordpress_files](http://bhide.net/wordpress_files)),
   so my plan is to reinstall WP. I have backed up my MySQL database, I have the
   wp-content folder and the wp-config file.
    After deleting the database files 
   and reinstalling WP how do reinstall the old database files so I can recreate
   the site?
 *  Thanks
    Abbie

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 *  [Senff – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senff/)
 * (@senff)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstalling-with-old-database/#post-5236214)
 * You’ll need to go into your MySQL database and import your database file. If 
   you have access to phpMyAdmin, you navigate to your database and then use the“
   IMPORT” feature.
 * Having said that, the error you talked about may occur again — if it was in the
   database or the **wp-content** folder that you’ll be using again?
 *  Thread Starter [Abalicious](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abalicious/)
 * (@abalicious)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstalling-with-old-database/#post-5236218)
 * This is true. I don’t know what is causing the issue. But I figure reinstalling
   is at least one way of troubleshooting?
 *  Thanks for the import knowledge!
 *  [Senff – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senff/)
 * (@senff)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstalling-with-old-database/#post-5236219)
 * Sure, it’s worth a shot. If it solves the problem…that’s great! If not, then 
   you can look into other options.
 *  Thread Starter [Abalicious](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abalicious/)
 * (@abalicious)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstalling-with-old-database/#post-5236238)
 * Ok, I reinstalled WP, that worked, and then uploaded the old database, which 
   then resulted in the blank screen again.
 *  Any ideas?
 *  Thread Starter [Abalicious](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abalicious/)
 * (@abalicious)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstalling-with-old-database/#post-5236239)
 * Ok, I reinstalled WP, that worked, and then uploaded the old database, which 
   then resulted in the blank screen again.
 *  Any ideas?
 *  [CMSHelpLive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmshelplivecom/)
 * (@cmshelplivecom)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstalling-with-old-database/#post-5236286)
 * After reinstalling the database, have you changed the site url and home url in
   the wp_options table?
    Also, in wp-config.php file, update the database information,
   like host name, database name and password.
 *  [Senff – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senff/)
 * (@senff)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstalling-with-old-database/#post-5236344)
 * You’ll need to start disabling all plugins and revert to a default theme.
 * Log in to your site using FTP, navigate to the directory **/wordpress_files/wordpress/
   wp-content/plugins** and rename ALL subdirectories in there (for example, rename“
   akismet” to “akismet-disabled”, and so on). This will disable every plugin.
 * See if that solves the issue.
 * If it doesn’t, check which theme directories are available in **/wordpress_files/
   wordpress/wp-content/themes** and rename them all, except **twentyfourteen**.
   This will make the site revert to a default theme.
 * If that works, you can rename things back to their orignal names and try to enable/
   activate them one by one, to see which theme/plugin may be causing the issue.

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 * Last reply from: [Senff – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senff/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reinstalling-with-old-database/#post-5236344)
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