Title: White and Plain?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# White and Plain?

 *  [jamespywell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamespywell/)
 * (@jamespywell)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/)
 * My whole blog is now white and plain and no matter what theme I choose it doesn’t
   change it from being white and plain.
 * REF: [](http://www.jamespywell.com)
 * Why is it doing this?

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 *  [darichardson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darichardson/)
 * (@darichardson)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377056)
 * Your CSS is broken for some reason.
 * Did you install or update a plugin recently? Did you update WordPress recently?
   These are the most likely causes.
 * Also, check your folder to make sure /wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css
   still exists.
 *  Thread Starter [jamespywell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamespywell/)
 * (@jamespywell)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377057)
 * Installed a plugin yes, and then I removed it.
 * All theme files are still there.
 *  [darichardson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darichardson/)
 * (@darichardson)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377059)
 * Did you deactivate the plugin first or did you just delete it? What was the plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [jamespywell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamespywell/)
 * (@jamespywell)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377060)
 * I deactivated it first I’m sure.
 * It was a Foursquare Recent Checkins plugin.
 *  [darichardson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darichardson/)
 * (@darichardson)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377064)
 * Make sure that all the files have been deleted from the plugins folder. I noticed
   that this is a pretty new plugin, and it’s possible that the author doesn’t QUITE
   know what he’s doing yet.
 * Was your site broken while the plugin was installed, or only after you uninstalled
   it?
 *  Thread Starter [jamespywell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamespywell/)
 * (@jamespywell)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377067)
 * Only after 🙂
    All files associated with that plugin have now gone.
 *  [darichardson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darichardson/)
 * (@darichardson)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377068)
 * Sorry, I should say make sure that the Foursquare folder WITHIN the plugins folder
   is deleted.
 *  Thread Starter [jamespywell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamespywell/)
 * (@jamespywell)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377069)
 * All of the files to do with 4Sq are now gone.
 * Still not fixed.
 *  [darichardson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darichardson/)
 * (@darichardson)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377072)
 * Okay, looks like you’ll probably need to do a database repair. Reading your blog
   I saw that you’re using GoDaddy, so you need to log in there and navigate over
   to phpmyadmin.
 * Here are some instructions once you get there:
 * [http://php.about.com/od/mysqladministration/qt/repair_mysql.htm](http://php.about.com/od/mysqladministration/qt/repair_mysql.htm)
 * Do the repair and let me know if that solves your issue.
 *  [jennifergiles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifergiles/)
 * (@jennifergiles)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377082)
 * I’m having the same problem with my site. Changed the function.php code, hoping
   to add a customizable header, and now my entire site is white except when I’m
   here: [http://www.gilesfamilytherapy.com/wp-admin/widgets.php](http://www.gilesfamilytherapy.com/wp-admin/widgets.php)
   We use godaddy too. Is it possible that this is a godaddy issue? Looks like we’re
   having the same problem at the same time.
 * Jennifer
 *  [darichardson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darichardson/)
 * (@darichardson)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377083)
 * Jennifer,
 * In the future, please start a new post as your issue really isn’t the same as
   James’s. That said, this is definitely not a GoDaddy issue in either case. The
   issue is that you edited the function.php code incorrectly. Find a backup of 
   the file and re-upload it. If you don’t have a backup, simply re-download WordPress
   and find the file in the download and re-upload that single file to the appropriate
   place.
 *  [darichardson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darichardson/)
 * (@darichardson)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-and-plain/#post-2377222)
 * Hi James,
 * I notice your site is still messed up, but now it’s black. Were you able to attempt
   to repair your database? Any updates? I’d like to help get you back on track!

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