WordPress 4.5 upgrade – admin area now a mess

  • mleder

    (@mleder)


    10 years, 1 month ago

    This affects ALL WP installs on my dedicated server.
    For this example, I’ll discuss one site in particular.
    1) did an auto upgrade from 4.4.2
    2) repeatedly cleared Chrome browser cache
    3) repeatedly cleared server caching (opcache/PHP-FPM/Redis)
    4) disabled ALL plugins using FTP
    5) no caching via CDN
    6) no caching via plugin
    7) reinstalled clean WP 4.5 from FTP

    Doesn’t affect the front ends, thankfully as they run normally. But the backend is unusable.

    Here’s a screenshot: https://www.universaldesigntoolkit.com/screen.jpg

    I’m out of ideas.

    Mark

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  • Moderator Marius L. J.

    (@clorith)

    10 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    It seems you are missing the stylesheet for the backend, could you check your developer tools (Right click and choose “Inspect” with most browsers) and look in the console section for any errors.

    Thread Starter mleder

    (@mleder)

    10 years, 1 month ago

    Here’s the console output:

    load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:9 JQMIGRATE: Migrate is installed, version 1.4.0
load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=hoverIntent,common,admin-bar,wp-ajax-response,jquery-color,wp-lists,qui…:67 Uncaught ReferenceError: postBoxL10n is not defined
load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=hoverIntent,common,admin-bar,wp-ajax-response,jquery-color,wp-lists,qui…:661 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'hasClass' of undefined(anonymous function) @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=hoverIntent,common,admin-bar,wp-ajax-response,jquery-color,wp-lists,qui…:661n.event.dispatch @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:3r.handle @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:3n.event.trigger @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:3a.event.trigger @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:9(anonymous function) @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:3n.extend.each @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:2n.fn.n.each @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:2n.fn.extend.trigger @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:3(anonymous function) @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=hoverIntent,common,admin-bar,wp-ajax-response,jquery-color,wp-lists,qui…:660i @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:2j.fireWith @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:2y @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:4c @ load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=4.4.2:4
    Thread Starter mleder

    (@mleder)

    10 years, 1 month ago

    So, is there a resolution to this? Permissions on files and folders have been and are set correctly, 664 /755.

    mbgsilverback

    (@mbgsilverback)

    10 years, 1 month ago

    I am dealing with the same issue. The website seems to be live and and stable on the front end, but my admin dashboard looks like same as the OP. Totally unusable.

    Moderator Marius L. J.

    (@clorith)

    10 years, 1 month ago

    It’s missing some expected functions, it is possible that the update didn’t go quite as planned, could you go into Dashboard > Updates and click the “Re-install Now” button? (you won’t lose any content, it only overwrites the core files that are included in the updates)

    Thread Starter mleder

    (@mleder)

    10 years, 1 month ago

    I just reverted my site using FTP back to 4.4.2. Reset permissions again. Restarted nginx. Admin area comes back up as it should. Clicked on WordPress 4.5 button inside admin area. Site does upgrade, BUT, admin area is still prompting me to upgrade again to the same newest version 4.5.

    So, until the problems are fixed, I’m rolling all back to 4.4.2.

    George Stephanis

    (@georgestephanis)

    10 years, 1 month ago

    It’s looking like the JS error is —

    Uncaught ReferenceError: postBoxL10n is not defined

    That internationalization came from https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/9ae1736d01a3022d6ba870521fc9940f8e008e2b — which added it to an existing script.

    My best guess is that the js file got updated, but the php one that added the global localization variable didn’t.

    Short answer? Reinstall 4.5 and it should hopefully complete this time.

    massimod

    (@massimod)

    10 years, 1 month ago

    So, is there a resolution to this? Permissions on files and folders have been and are set correctly, 664 /755

    You mean 755 and 644 (not 664).

    mbgsilverback

    (@mbgsilverback)

    10 years, 1 month ago

    I have clicked the update now button and it “seems” to update (showing the new features) but admin area is still messed up and still tells me I need to update.

    George Stephanis

    (@georgestephanis)

    10 years, 1 month ago

    Contact your host, or try manually updating over FTP — it sounds like the package you’re downloading may be incomplete or it keeps breaking partway through for some odd reason.

    alexis.attimont

    (@alexisattimont)

    10 years ago

    I’ve met the same bug, and this is why : my apc cache needed to be flush, so I just restarted apache. Hope it could help some of you !

    stenaus

    (@stenaus)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Hi

    I encountered same problem today.

    I had to go to update-core.php file manually and upgrade my database.

    It works!
    Like Apache, not IIS. 🙂

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