Title: Updated WordPress now database is broken
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Updated WordPress now database is broken

 *  Resolved [mridl200](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mridl200/)
 * (@mridl200)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updated-wordpress-now-database-is-broken/)
 * Hey Guys,
    I had one of my sites hacked through the timthumb hack that had been
   going around. Because of this I need to reinstall quite a bit of my site to make
   sure no files are still corrupted.
 * I decided to move my site to a new host as well. So the steps ive taken so far
   are:
    1)Downloaded a fresh version of wordpress and installed that to my new 
   domain (did not run install.php, just ftp’d the files over). 2)Installed a backup
   of my database and edited both the siteurl and home options to my new database.
 * Now heres where I already hit a snag. I get a server 500 error when trying to
   log in now and I believe it is because my old database is exactly that, old. 
   Would a database that was running off an older version of wordpress break since
   I updated it?
 * Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [mridl200](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mridl200/)
 * (@mridl200)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updated-wordpress-now-database-is-broken/#post-2811766)
 * Hey just an update.
    Seems the mistake I made was on step 1. Since I never actually
   logged into my wordpress admin page before moving onto step 2 I never had a htaccess
   file created. Simple fix: Pointed to a new database, installed Wp on that database
   to get access to the admin panel, then changed the database back to my original.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updated-wordpress-now-database-is-broken/#post-2811766)
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