Title: WordPress Fatal Error Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # WordPress Fatal Error * [nicknk4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicknk4/) * (@nicknk4) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-fatal-error-5/) * I just woke up this morning and i came across this error while opening my website: Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_get_current_user() in /home1/website8/ public_html/wp-includes/class-wp.php on line 529 * I am completely new to this so, please help me to sort out this error. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [rakesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rakeshkattamudi/) * (@rakeshkattamudi) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-fatal-error-5/#post-5607768) * Please let me know WordPress version of your website. * Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * (@jdembowski) * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-fatal-error-5/#post-5607771) * Can you try manually updating your WordPress files? * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update](http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update) * _Don’t delete any files or directories_, just extract the files in the WordPress download on top of your installation. Skip the `wp-content` directory and make sure that you do not delete the `wp-config.php` file. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘WordPress Fatal Error’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 2 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-fatal-error-5/#post-5607771) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics