Title: WordPress not installing
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WordPress not installing

 *  [emilyhein727](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilyhein727/)
 * (@emilyhein727)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-installing-2/)
 * I was prompted to update my wordpress to the latest version on my website. It
   keeps saying the following message:
 * “Welcome to the famous five minute WordPress installation process! You may want
   to browse the ReadMe documentation at your leisure. Otherwise, just fill in the
   information below and you’ll be on your way to using the most extendable and 
   powerful personal publishing platform in the world.”
 * So I fill in all of my information, and it keeps freezing on this page after 
   I click “Install WordPress” at the bottom of the form. Nothing happens and it
   won’t let me log onto my website, it just keeps prompting me with this page and
   never going further.

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 *  Thread Starter [emilyhein727](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilyhein727/)
 * (@emilyhein727)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-installing-2/#post-4260126)
 * And then, when I try to go to my website, it shows the following message:
 * “The page isn’t redirecting properly. Firefox has detected that the server is
   redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.”
 * Help! How do I fix this??
 *  Thread Starter [emilyhein727](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilyhein727/)
 * (@emilyhein727)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-installing-2/#post-4260293)
 * Update: After freezing for about 20 minutes, I get the following message:
 * “You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your
   old database tables first”
 * What old database tables specifically do I need to clear?
 *  Thread Starter [emilyhein727](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilyhein727/)
 * (@emilyhein727)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-installing-2/#post-4260501)
 * Hi, does anyone know how to fix this issue?
 * It appears after I’ve been working on my blog for a couple hours. It asks me 
   to install wordpress, when I have wordpress already. Then it freezes after I 
   put in all of my information. After a not working for about 30 minutes to an 
   hour, this all goes away. This has happened about 4 times now.
 *  [Abhishek Ghosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhishek_ghosh/)
 * (@abhishek_ghosh)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-installing-2/#post-4260503)
 * > Hi, does anyone know how to fix this issue?
 * Its quite common issue, usually happens when Plugins, complicated Themes are 
   not deactivated and auto-update button is clicked. Do you have a full working
   backup?

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Abhishek Ghosh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhishek_ghosh/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-not-installing-2/#post-4260503)
 * Status: not resolved

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