metathriving

Okay, thanks for all the help in getting the foundation work laid out. That was really important and cruical and you guys played a major part, and I thank you for it. But since things came to a standstill, I went with a pro group that offered me a free trial, and a staff member was given access to look into things directly.

Unfortunately, the gut feeling I’ve had from the start panned out. The installation itself is so hopelessly corrupted the only thing I can do is go through its pockets and look for loose change install an entirely separate new folder of WP and try to bring back my posts through the SQL database that way.

Thank you for your help! I mean that sincerely.

Okay, home and tackling this before my brain realizes I’m home and assumes that means it has permission to cease all higher function. Disclaimer, we’re once more sallying forth into territory entirely new to me, so between that and my exhaustion, I apologize in advance for derp. I did some reading up (“When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?” “Last night.”) on IIS, at least in the directions where it looks like y’all are pointing, and I think/hope I’m looking at the right stuff. I also did some nosing around in other related side alleys, and because I’m not sure what I’m looking at enough to describe it or recognize what’s important or out of ordinary, I’m supplying screenshots of the relevant parts as I hit them so you know whether I’m even reading the right book, let alone on the right page.

1) File Manager, looking at the permissions for the WordPress folder.
Whole new world here, but just enough within a habitable range that I’m not totally lost to the point that I’m going to break something. So I have that going for me.

Another screen, another view, hope this helps, ’cause this code seems screwed.

Fingers crossed, tried to access the blog… it’s at the point where I’m not even bothering to hope, honestly. Just stare in flat annoyed boredom at a very familiar and oh so hated error page. I’m going to customize mine when this is over. Oh yes. Revenge will be had.

Moving on. Back up at the beginning where I log into Plesk, second row/column, there’s something called ‘IIS Settings”. Gonna click it to see what it is.

Clicked it. Still don’t know what it is. Mostly because something happened that I don’t think is supposed to happen.

Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering?

But while I’m here, I’m looking around some more to see if anything else looks like it might possibly offer up a tidbit of useful data.

At the very, very bottom, like the caboose of control panel options, is something called “Dedicated IIS Application Pool for Website” Ooh. Shiny button. Let’s see what it does. I figure at this point, I couldn’t possibly screw up anyth- … oh hello. ô_o This either will be a colossal waste of my time to merge two screenshots into one, or somebody will end up with useful information in this Where in the World is Carmen 500error session.

Here you go. If there’s nothing unusual or useful, at least we know there’s nothing weird in that department?

By the by… thank ALL of you for all of your help (especially you, James) I refuse to be defeated by code. 🙂

Yep. That’s the error, and there is a file by that name in that directory. Dunno if this’ll be the next step of info you need or not. If it is, great, it’s here. If not, ignore it and point me where to go next. 🙂 Here’s the full content of what’s in the includes/load.php file

<?php
/**
 * These functions are needed to load WordPress.
 *
 * @internal This file must be parsable by PHP4.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 */

/**
 * Return the HTTP protocol sent by the server.
 *
 * @since 4.4.0
 *
 * @return string The HTTP protocol. Default: HTTP/1.0.
 */
function wp_get_server_protocol() {
	$protocol = $_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'];
	if ( ! in_array( $protocol, array( 'HTTP/1.1', 'HTTP/2', 'HTTP/2.0' ) ) ) {
		$protocol = 'HTTP/1.0';
	}
	return $protocol;
}

/**
 * Turn register globals off.
 *
 * @since 2.1.0
 * @access private
 */
function wp_unregister_GLOBALS() {
	if ( !ini_get( 'register_globals' ) )
		return;

	if ( isset( $_REQUEST['GLOBALS'] ) )
		die( 'GLOBALS overwrite attempt detected' );

	// Variables that shouldn't be unset
	$no_unset = array( 'GLOBALS', '_GET', '_POST', '_COOKIE', '_REQUEST', '_SERVER', '_ENV', '_FILES', 'table_prefix' );

	$input = array_merge( $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, $_SERVER, $_ENV, $_FILES, isset( $_SESSION ) && is_array( $_SESSION ) ? $_SESSION : array() );
	foreach ( $input as $k => $v )
		if ( !in_array( $k, $no_unset ) && isset( $GLOBALS[$k] ) ) {
			unset( $GLOBALS[$k] );
		}
}

/**
 * Fix <code>$_SERVER</code> variables for various setups.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 *
 * @global string $PHP_SELF The filename of the currently executing script,
 *                          relative to the document root.
 */
function wp_fix_server_vars() {
	global $PHP_SELF;

	$default_server_values = array(
		'SERVER_SOFTWARE' => '',
		'REQUEST_URI' => '',
	);

	$_SERVER = array_merge( $default_server_values, $_SERVER );

	// Fix for IIS when running with PHP ISAPI
	if ( empty( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) || ( PHP_SAPI != 'cgi-fcgi' && preg_match( '/^Microsoft-IIS\//', $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] ) ) ) {

		// IIS Mod-Rewrite
		if ( isset( $_SERVER['HTTP_X_ORIGINAL_URL'] ) ) {
			$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_ORIGINAL_URL'];
		}
		// IIS Isapi_Rewrite
		elseif ( isset( $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REWRITE_URL'] ) ) {
			$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REWRITE_URL'];
		} else {
			// Use ORIG_PATH_INFO if there is no PATH_INFO
			if ( !isset( $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] ) && isset( $_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO'] ) )
				$_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] = $_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO'];

			// Some IIS + PHP configurations puts the script-name in the path-info (No need to append it twice)
			if ( isset( $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] ) ) {
				if ( $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] == $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] )
					$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'];
				else
					$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] . $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'];
			}

			// Append the query string if it exists and isn't null
			if ( ! empty( $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] ) ) {
				$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] .= '?' . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
			}
		}
	}

	// Fix for PHP as CGI hosts that set SCRIPT_FILENAME to something ending in php.cgi for all requests
	if ( isset( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ) && ( strpos( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'], 'php.cgi' ) == strlen( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ) - 7 ) )
		$_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] = $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'];

	// Fix for Dreamhost and other PHP as CGI hosts
	if ( strpos( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], 'php.cgi' ) !== false )
		unset( $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] );

	// Fix empty PHP_SELF
	$PHP_SELF = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
	if ( empty( $PHP_SELF ) )
		$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] = $PHP_SELF = preg_replace( '/(\?.*)?$/', '', $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] );
}

/**
 * Check for the required PHP version, and the MySQL extension or
 * a database drop-in.
 *
 * Dies if requirements are not met.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 *
 * @global string $required_php_version The required PHP version string.
 * @global string $wp_version           The WordPress version string.
 */
function wp_check_php_mysql_versions() {
	global $required_php_version, $wp_version;
	$php_version = phpversion();

	if ( version_compare( $required_php_version, $php_version, '>' ) ) {
		wp_load_translations_early();

		$protocol = wp_get_server_protocol();
		header( sprintf( '%s 500 Internal Server Error', $protocol ), true, 500 );
		header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8' );
		die( sprintf( __( 'Your server is running PHP version %1$s but WordPress %2$s requires at least %3$s.' ), $php_version, $wp_version, $required_php_version ) );
	}

	if ( ! extension_loaded( 'mysql' ) && ! extension_loaded( 'mysqli' ) && ! extension_loaded( 'mysqlnd' ) && ! file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/db.php' ) ) {
		wp_load_translations_early();

		$protocol = wp_get_server_protocol();
		header( sprintf( '%s 500 Internal Server Error', $protocol ), true, 500 );
		header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8' );
		die( __( 'Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.' ) );
	}
}

/**
 * Don't load all of WordPress when handling a favicon.ico request.
 *
 * Instead, send the headers for a zero-length favicon and bail.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 */
function wp_favicon_request() {
	if ( '/favicon.ico' == $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) {
		header('Content-Type: image/vnd.microsoft.icon');
		exit;
	}
}

/**
 * Die with a maintenance message when conditions are met.
 *
 * Checks for a file in the WordPress root directory named ".maintenance".
 * This file will contain the variable $upgrading, set to the time the file
 * was created. If the file was created less than 10 minutes ago, WordPress
 * enters maintenance mode and displays a message.
 *
 * The default message can be replaced by using a drop-in (maintenance.php in
 * the wp-content directory).
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 *
 * @global int $upgrading the unix timestamp marking when upgrading WordPress began.
 */
function wp_maintenance() {
	if ( ! file_exists( ABSPATH . '.maintenance' ) || wp_installing() )
		return;

	global $upgrading;

	include( ABSPATH . '.maintenance' );
	// If the $upgrading timestamp is older than 10 minutes, don't die.
	if ( ( time() - $upgrading ) >= 600 )
		return;

	/**
	 * Filters whether to enable maintenance mode.
	 *
	 * This filter runs before it can be used by plugins. It is designed for
	 * non-web runtimes. If this filter returns true, maintenance mode will be
	 * active and the request will end. If false, the request will be allowed to
	 * continue processing even if maintenance mode should be active.
	 *
	 * @since 4.6.0
	 *
	 * @param bool $enable_checks Whether to enable maintenance mode. Default true.
	 * @param int  $upgrading     The timestamp set in the .maintenance file.
	 */
	if ( ! apply_filters( 'enable_maintenance_mode', true, $upgrading ) ) {
		return;
	}

	if ( file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/maintenance.php' ) ) {
		require_once( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/maintenance.php' );
		die();
	}

	wp_load_translations_early();

	$protocol = wp_get_server_protocol();
	header( "$protocol 503 Service Unavailable", true, 503 );
	header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8' );
	header( 'Retry-After: 600' );
?>
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"<?php if ( is_rtl() ) echo ' dir="rtl"'; ?>>
	<head>
	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
		<title><?php _e( 'Maintenance' ); ?></title>

	</head>
	<body>
		<h1><?php _e( 'Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.' ); ?></h1>
	</body>
	</html>
<?php
	die();
}

/**
 * Start the WordPress micro-timer.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @access private
 *
 * @global float $timestart Unix timestamp set at the beginning of the page load.
 * @see timer_stop()
 *
 * @return bool Always returns true.
 */
function timer_start() {
	global $timestart;
	$timestart = microtime( true );
	return true;
}

/**
 * Retrieve or display the time from the page start to when function is called.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 *
 * @global float   $timestart Seconds from when timer_start() is called.
 * @global float   $timeend   Seconds from when function is called.
 *
 * @param int|bool $display   Whether to echo or return the results. Accepts 0|false for return,
 *                            1|true for echo. Default 0|false.
 * @param int      $precision The number of digits from the right of the decimal to display.
 *                            Default 3.
 * @return string The "second.microsecond" finished time calculation. The number is formatted
 *                for human consumption, both localized and rounded.
 */
function timer_stop( $display = 0, $precision = 3 ) {
	global $timestart, $timeend;
	$timeend = microtime( true );
	$timetotal = $timeend - $timestart;
	$r = ( function_exists( 'number_format_i18n' ) ) ? number_format_i18n( $timetotal, $precision ) : number_format( $timetotal, $precision );
	if ( $display )
		echo $r;
	return $r;
}

/**
 * Set PHP error reporting based on WordPress debug settings.
 *
 * Uses three constants: <code>WP_DEBUG</code>, <code>WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY</code>, and <code>WP_DEBUG_LOG</code>.
 * All three can be defined in wp-config.php. By default, <code>WP_DEBUG</code> and
 * <code>WP_DEBUG_LOG</code> are set to false, and <code>WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY</code> is set to true.
 *
 * When <code>WP_DEBUG</code> is true, all PHP notices are reported. WordPress will also
 * display internal notices: when a deprecated WordPress function, function
 * argument, or file is used. Deprecated code may be removed from a later
 * version.
 *
 * It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use <code>WP_DEBUG</code>
 * in their development environments.
 *
 * <code>WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY</code> and <code>WP_DEBUG_LOG</code> perform no function unless <code>WP_DEBUG</code>
 * is true.
 *
 * When <code>WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY</code> is true, WordPress will force errors to be displayed.
 * <code>WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY</code> defaults to true. Defining it as null prevents WordPress
 * from changing the global configuration setting. Defining <code>WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY</code>
 * as false will force errors to be hidden.
 *
 * When <code>WP_DEBUG_LOG</code> is true, errors will be logged to debug.log in the content
 * directory.
 *
 * Errors are never displayed for XML-RPC, REST, and Ajax requests.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 */
function wp_debug_mode() {
	/**
	 * Filters whether to allow the debug mode check to occur.
	 *
	 * This filter runs before it can be used by plugins. It is designed for
	 * non-web run-times. Returning false causes the <code>WP_DEBUG</code> and related
	 * constants to not be checked and the default php values for errors
	 * will be used unless you take care to update them yourself.
	 *
	 * @since 4.6.0
	 *
	 * @param bool $enable_debug_mode Whether to enable debug mode checks to occur. Default true.
	 */
	if ( ! apply_filters( 'enable_wp_debug_mode_checks', true ) ){
		return;
	}

	if ( WP_DEBUG ) {
		error_reporting( E_ALL );

		if ( WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY )
			ini_set( 'display_errors', 1 );
		elseif ( null !== WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY )
			ini_set( 'display_errors', 0 );

		if ( WP_DEBUG_LOG ) {
			ini_set( 'log_errors', 1 );
			ini_set( 'error_log', WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/debug.log' );
		}
	} else {
		error_reporting( E_CORE_ERROR | E_CORE_WARNING | E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_USER_ERROR | E_USER_WARNING | E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR );
	}

	if ( defined( 'XMLRPC_REQUEST' ) || defined( 'REST_REQUEST' ) || ( defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) && DOING_AJAX ) ) {
		@ini_set( 'display_errors', 0 );
	}
}

/**
 * Set the location of the language directory.
 *
 * To set directory manually, define the <code>WP_LANG_DIR</code> constant
 * in wp-config.php.
 *
 * If the language directory exists within <code>WP_CONTENT_DIR</code>, it
 * is used. Otherwise the language directory is assumed to live
 * in <code>WPINC</code>.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 */
function wp_set_lang_dir() {
	if ( !defined( 'WP_LANG_DIR' ) ) {
		if ( file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/languages' ) && @is_dir( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/languages' ) || !@is_dir(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/languages') ) {
			/**
			 * Server path of the language directory.
			 *
			 * No leading slash, no trailing slash, full path, not relative to ABSPATH
			 *
			 * @since 2.1.0
			 */
			define( 'WP_LANG_DIR', WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/languages' );
			if ( !defined( 'LANGDIR' ) ) {
				// Old static relative path maintained for limited backward compatibility - won't work in some cases.
				define( 'LANGDIR', 'wp-content/languages' );
			}
		} else {
			/**
			 * Server path of the language directory.
			 *
			 * No leading slash, no trailing slash, full path, not relative to <code>ABSPATH</code>.
			 *
			 * @since 2.1.0
			 */
			define( 'WP_LANG_DIR', ABSPATH . WPINC . '/languages' );
			if ( !defined( 'LANGDIR' ) ) {
				// Old relative path maintained for backward compatibility.
				define( 'LANGDIR', WPINC . '/languages' );
			}
		}
	}
}

/**
 * Load the database class file and instantiate the <code>$wpdb</code> global.
 *
 * @since 2.5.0
 *
 * @global wpdb $wpdb The WordPress database class.
 */
function require_wp_db() {
	global $wpdb;

	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/wp-db.php' );
	if ( file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/db.php' ) )
		require_once( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/db.php' );

	if ( isset( $wpdb ) )
		return;

	$wpdb = new wpdb( DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME, DB_HOST );
}

/**
 * Set the database table prefix and the format specifiers for database
 * table columns.
 *
 * Columns not listed here default to <code>%s</code>.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 *
 * @global wpdb   $wpdb         The WordPress database class.
 * @global string $table_prefix The database table prefix.
 */
function wp_set_wpdb_vars() {
	global $wpdb, $table_prefix;
	if ( !empty( $wpdb->error ) )
		dead_db();

	$wpdb->field_types = array( 'post_author' => '%d', 'post_parent' => '%d', 'menu_order' => '%d', 'term_id' => '%d', 'term_group' => '%d', 'term_taxonomy_id' => '%d',
		'parent' => '%d', 'count' => '%d','object_id' => '%d', 'term_order' => '%d', 'ID' => '%d', 'comment_ID' => '%d', 'comment_post_ID' => '%d', 'comment_parent' => '%d',
		'user_id' => '%d', 'link_id' => '%d', 'link_owner' => '%d', 'link_rating' => '%d', 'option_id' => '%d', 'blog_id' => '%d', 'meta_id' => '%d', 'post_id' => '%d',
		'user_status' => '%d', 'umeta_id' => '%d', 'comment_karma' => '%d', 'comment_count' => '%d',
		// multisite:
		'active' => '%d', 'cat_id' => '%d', 'deleted' => '%d', 'lang_id' => '%d', 'mature' => '%d', 'public' => '%d', 'site_id' => '%d', 'spam' => '%d',
	);

	$prefix = $wpdb->set_prefix( $table_prefix );

	if ( is_wp_error( $prefix ) ) {
		wp_load_translations_early();
		wp_die(
			/* translators: 1: $table_prefix 2: wp-config.php */
			sprintf( __( '<strong>ERROR</strong>: %1$s in %2$s can only contain numbers, letters, and underscores.' ),
				'<code>$table_prefix</code>',
				'<code>wp-config.php</code>'
			)
		);
	}
}

/**
 * Toggle <code>$_wp_using_ext_object_cache</code> on and off without directly
 * touching global.
 *
 * @since 3.7.0
 *
 * @global bool $_wp_using_ext_object_cache
 *
 * @param bool $using Whether external object cache is being used.
 * @return bool The current 'using' setting.
 */
function wp_using_ext_object_cache( $using = null ) {
	global $_wp_using_ext_object_cache;
	$current_using = $_wp_using_ext_object_cache;
	if ( null !== $using )
		$_wp_using_ext_object_cache = $using;
	return $current_using;
}

/**
 * Start the WordPress object cache.
 *
 * If an object-cache.php file exists in the wp-content directory,
 * it uses that drop-in as an external object cache.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 *
 * @global int $blog_id Blog ID.
 */
function wp_start_object_cache() {
	global $blog_id;

	$first_init = false;
 	if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_cache_init' ) ) {
		if ( file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/object-cache.php' ) ) {
			require_once ( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/object-cache.php' );
			if ( function_exists( 'wp_cache_init' ) )
				wp_using_ext_object_cache( true );
		}

		$first_init = true;
	} elseif ( ! wp_using_ext_object_cache() && file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/object-cache.php' ) ) {
		/*
		 * Sometimes advanced-cache.php can load object-cache.php before
		 * it is loaded here. This breaks the function_exists check above
		 * and can result in <code>$_wp_using_ext_object_cache</code> being set
		 * incorrectly. Double check if an external cache exists.
		 */
		wp_using_ext_object_cache( true );
	}

	if ( ! wp_using_ext_object_cache() )
		require_once ( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/cache.php' );

	/*
	 * If cache supports reset, reset instead of init if already
	 * initialized. Reset signals to the cache that global IDs
	 * have changed and it may need to update keys and cleanup caches.
	 */
	if ( ! $first_init && function_exists( 'wp_cache_switch_to_blog' ) )
		wp_cache_switch_to_blog( $blog_id );
	elseif ( function_exists( 'wp_cache_init' ) )
		wp_cache_init();

	if ( function_exists( 'wp_cache_add_global_groups' ) ) {
		wp_cache_add_global_groups( array( 'users', 'userlogins', 'usermeta', 'user_meta', 'useremail', 'userslugs', 'site-transient', 'site-options', 'site-lookup', 'blog-lookup', 'blog-details', 'site-details', 'rss', 'global-posts', 'blog-id-cache', 'networks', 'sites' ) );
		wp_cache_add_non_persistent_groups( array( 'counts', 'plugins' ) );
	}
}

/**
 * Redirect to the installer if WordPress is not installed.
 *
 * Dies with an error message when Multisite is enabled.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 */
function wp_not_installed() {
	if ( is_multisite() ) {
		if ( ! is_blog_installed() && ! wp_installing() ) {
			nocache_headers();

			wp_die( __( 'The site you have requested is not installed properly. Please contact the system administrator.' ) );
		}
	} elseif ( ! is_blog_installed() && ! wp_installing() ) {
		nocache_headers();

		require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/kses.php' );
		require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/pluggable.php' );
		require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/formatting.php' );

		$link = wp_guess_url() . '/wp-admin/install.php';

		wp_redirect( $link );
		die();
	}
}

/**
 * Retrieve an array of must-use plugin files.
 *
 * The default directory is wp-content/mu-plugins. To change the default
 * directory manually, define <code>WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR</code> and <code>WPMU_PLUGIN_URL</code>
 * in wp-config.php.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 *
 * @return array Files to include.
 */
function wp_get_mu_plugins() {
	$mu_plugins = array();
	if ( !is_dir( WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR ) )
		return $mu_plugins;
	if ( ! $dh = opendir( WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR ) )
		return $mu_plugins;
	while ( ( $plugin = readdir( $dh ) ) !== false ) {
		if ( substr( $plugin, -4 ) == '.php' )
			$mu_plugins[] = WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin;
	}
	closedir( $dh );
	sort( $mu_plugins );

	return $mu_plugins;
}

/**
 * Retrieve an array of active and valid plugin files.
 *
 * While upgrading or installing WordPress, no plugins are returned.
 *
 * The default directory is wp-content/plugins. To change the default
 * directory manually, define <code>WP_PLUGIN_DIR</code> and <code>WP_PLUGIN_URL</code>
 * in wp-config.php.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 *
 * @return array Files.
 */
function wp_get_active_and_valid_plugins() {
	$plugins = array();
	$active_plugins = (array) get_option( 'active_plugins', array() );

	// Check for hacks file if the option is enabled
	if ( get_option( 'hack_file' ) && file_exists( ABSPATH . 'my-hacks.php' ) ) {
		_deprecated_file( 'my-hacks.php', '1.5.0' );
		array_unshift( $plugins, ABSPATH . 'my-hacks.php' );
	}

	if ( empty( $active_plugins ) || wp_installing() )
		return $plugins;

	$network_plugins = is_multisite() ? wp_get_active_network_plugins() : false;

	foreach ( $active_plugins as $plugin ) {
		if ( ! validate_file( $plugin ) // $plugin must validate as file
			&& '.php' == substr( $plugin, -4 ) // $plugin must end with '.php'
			&& file_exists( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin ) // $plugin must exist
			// not already included as a network plugin
			&& ( ! $network_plugins || ! in_array( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin, $network_plugins ) )
			)
		$plugins[] = WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/' . $plugin;
	}
	return $plugins;
}

/**
 * Set internal encoding.
 *
 * In most cases the default internal encoding is latin1, which is
 * of no use, since we want to use the <code>mb_</code> functions for <code>utf-8</code> strings.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 */
function wp_set_internal_encoding() {
	if ( function_exists( 'mb_internal_encoding' ) ) {
		$charset = get_option( 'blog_charset' );
		if ( ! $charset || ! @mb_internal_encoding( $charset ) )
			mb_internal_encoding( 'UTF-8' );
	}
}

/**
 * Add magic quotes to <code>$_GET</code>, <code>$_POST</code>, <code>$_COOKIE</code>, and <code>$_SERVER</code>.
 *
 * Also forces <code>$_REQUEST</code> to be <code>$_GET + $_POST</code>. If <code>$_SERVER</code>,
 * <code>$_COOKIE</code>, or <code>$_ENV</code> are needed, use those superglobals directly.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @access private
 */
function wp_magic_quotes() {
	// If already slashed, strip.
	if ( get_magic_quotes_gpc() ) {
		$_GET    = stripslashes_deep( $_GET    );
		$_POST   = stripslashes_deep( $_POST   );
		$_COOKIE = stripslashes_deep( $_COOKIE );
	}

	// Escape with wpdb.
	$_GET    = add_magic_quotes( $_GET    );
	$_POST   = add_magic_quotes( $_POST   );
	$_COOKIE = add_magic_quotes( $_COOKIE );
	$_SERVER = add_magic_quotes( $_SERVER );

	// Force REQUEST to be GET + POST.
	$_REQUEST = array_merge( $_GET, $_POST );
}

/**
 * Runs just before PHP shuts down execution.
 *
 * @since 1.2.0
 * @access private
 */
function shutdown_action_hook() {
	/**
	 * Fires just before PHP shuts down execution.
	 *
	 * @since 1.2.0
	 */
	do_action( 'shutdown' );

	wp_cache_close();
}

/**
 * Copy an object.
 *
 * @since 2.7.0
 * @deprecated 3.2.0
 *
 * @param object $object The object to clone.
 * @return object The cloned object.
 */
function wp_clone( $object ) {
	// Use parens for clone to accommodate PHP 4. See #17880
	return clone( $object );
}

/**
 * Whether the current request is for an administrative interface page.
 *
 * Does not check if the user is an administrator; current_user_can()
 * for checking roles and capabilities.
 *
 * @since 1.5.1
 *
 * @global WP_Screen $current_screen
 *
 * @return bool True if inside WordPress administration interface, false otherwise.
 */
function is_admin() {
	if ( isset( $GLOBALS['current_screen'] ) )
		return $GLOBALS['current_screen']->in_admin();
	elseif ( defined( 'WP_ADMIN' ) )
		return WP_ADMIN;

	return false;
}

/**
 * Whether the current request is for a site's admininstrative interface.
 *
 * e.g. <code>/wp-admin/</code>
 *
 * Does not check if the user is an administrator; current_user_can()
 * for checking roles and capabilities.
 *
 * @since 3.1.0
 *
 * @global WP_Screen $current_screen
 *
 * @return bool True if inside WordPress blog administration pages.
 */
function is_blog_admin() {
	if ( isset( $GLOBALS['current_screen'] ) )
		return $GLOBALS['current_screen']->in_admin( 'site' );
	elseif ( defined( 'WP_BLOG_ADMIN' ) )
		return WP_BLOG_ADMIN;

	return false;
}

/**
 * Whether the current request is for the network administrative interface.
 *
 * e.g. <code>/wp-admin/network/</code>
 *
 * Does not check if the user is an administrator; current_user_can()
 * for checking roles and capabilities.
 *
 * @since 3.1.0
 *
 * @global WP_Screen $current_screen
 *
 * @return bool True if inside WordPress network administration pages.
 */
function is_network_admin() {
	if ( isset( $GLOBALS['current_screen'] ) )
		return $GLOBALS['current_screen']->in_admin( 'network' );
	elseif ( defined( 'WP_NETWORK_ADMIN' ) )
		return WP_NETWORK_ADMIN;

	return false;
}

/**
 * Whether the current request is for a user admin screen.
 *
 * e.g. <code>/wp-admin/user/</code>
 *
 * Does not inform on whether the user is an admin! Use capability
 * checks to tell if the user should be accessing a section or not
 * current_user_can().
 *
 * @since 3.1.0
 *
 * @global WP_Screen $current_screen
 *
 * @return bool True if inside WordPress user administration pages.
 */
function is_user_admin() {
	if ( isset( $GLOBALS['current_screen'] ) )
		return $GLOBALS['current_screen']->in_admin( 'user' );
	elseif ( defined( 'WP_USER_ADMIN' ) )
		return WP_USER_ADMIN;

	return false;
}

/**
 * If Multisite is enabled.
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 *
 * @return bool True if Multisite is enabled, false otherwise.
 */
function is_multisite() {
	if ( defined( 'MULTISITE' ) )
		return MULTISITE;

	if ( defined( 'SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL' ) || defined( 'VHOST' ) || defined( 'SUNRISE' ) )
		return true;

	return false;
}

/**
 * Retrieve the current site ID.
 *
 * @since 3.1.0
 *
 * @global int $blog_id
 *
 * @return int Site ID.
 */
function get_current_blog_id() {
	global $blog_id;
	return absint($blog_id);
}

/**
 * Retrieves the current network ID.
 *
 * @since 4.6.0
 *
 * @global WP_Network $current_site The current network.
 *
 * @return int The ID of the current network.
 */
function get_current_network_id() {
	if ( ! is_multisite() ) {
		return 1;
	}

	$current_site = get_current_site();

	if ( ! isset( $current_site->id ) ) {
		return get_main_network_id();
	}

	return absint( $current_site->id );
}

/**
 * Attempt an early load of translations.
 *
 * Used for errors encountered during the initial loading process, before
 * the locale has been properly detected and loaded.
 *
 * Designed for unusual load sequences (like setup-config.php) or for when
 * the script will then terminate with an error, otherwise there is a risk
 * that a file can be double-included.
 *
 * @since 3.4.0
 * @access private
 *
 * @global string    $text_direction
 * @global WP_Locale $wp_locale      The WordPress date and time locale object.
 *
 * @staticvar bool $loaded
 */
function wp_load_translations_early() {
	global $text_direction, $wp_locale;

	static $loaded = false;
	if ( $loaded )
		return;
	$loaded = true;

	if ( function_exists( 'did_action' ) && did_action( 'init' ) )
		return;

	// We need $wp_local_package
	require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/version.php';

	// Translation and localization
	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/pomo/mo.php';
	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/l10n.php';
	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/locale.php';

	// General libraries
	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/plugin.php';

	$locales = $locations = array();

	while ( true ) {
		if ( defined( 'WPLANG' ) ) {
			if ( '' == WPLANG )
				break;
			$locales[] = WPLANG;
		}

		if ( isset( $wp_local_package ) )
			$locales[] = $wp_local_package;

		if ( ! $locales )
			break;

		if ( defined( 'WP_LANG_DIR' ) && @is_dir( WP_LANG_DIR ) )
			$locations[] = WP_LANG_DIR;

		if ( defined( 'WP_CONTENT_DIR' ) && @is_dir( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/languages' ) )
			$locations[] = WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/languages';

		if ( @is_dir( ABSPATH . 'wp-content/languages' ) )
			$locations[] = ABSPATH . 'wp-content/languages';

		if ( @is_dir( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/languages' ) )
			$locations[] = ABSPATH . WPINC . '/languages';

		if ( ! $locations )
			break;

		$locations = array_unique( $locations );

		foreach ( $locales as $locale ) {
			foreach ( $locations as $location ) {
				if ( file_exists( $location . '/' . $locale . '.mo' ) ) {
					load_textdomain( 'default', $location . '/' . $locale . '.mo' );
					if ( defined( 'WP_SETUP_CONFIG' ) && file_exists( $location . '/admin-' . $locale . '.mo' ) )
						load_textdomain( 'default', $location . '/admin-' . $locale . '.mo' );
					break 2;
				}
			}
		}

		break;
	}

	$wp_locale = new WP_Locale();
}

/**
 * Check or set whether WordPress is in "installation" mode.
 *
 * If the <code>WP_INSTALLING</code> constant is defined during the bootstrap, <code>wp_installing()</code> will default to <code>true</code>.
 *
 * @since 4.4.0
 *
 * @staticvar bool $installing
 *
 * @param bool $is_installing Optional. True to set WP into Installing mode, false to turn Installing mode off.
 *                            Omit this parameter if you only want to fetch the current status.
 * @return bool True if WP is installing, otherwise false. When a <code>$is_installing</code> is passed, the function will
 *              report whether WP was in installing mode prior to the change to <code>$is_installing</code>.
 */
function wp_installing( $is_installing = null ) {
	static $installing = null;

	// Support for the <code>WP_INSTALLING</code> constant, defined before WP is loaded.
	if ( is_null( $installing ) ) {
		$installing = defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' ) && WP_INSTALLING;
	}

	if ( ! is_null( $is_installing ) ) {
		$old_installing = $installing;
		$installing = $is_installing;
		return (bool) $old_installing;
	}

	return (bool) $installing;
}

/**
 * Determines if SSL is used.
 *
 * @since 2.6.0
 * @since 4.6.0 Moved from functions.php to load.php.
 *
 * @return bool True if SSL, otherwise false.
 */
function is_ssl() {
	if ( isset( $_SERVER['HTTPS'] ) ) {
		if ( 'on' == strtolower( $_SERVER['HTTPS'] ) ) {
			return true;
		}

		if ( '1' == $_SERVER['HTTPS'] ) {
			return true;
		}
	} elseif ( isset($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] ) && ( '443' == $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] ) ) {
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}

/**
 * Converts a shorthand byte value to an integer byte value.
 *
 * @since 2.3.0
 * @since 4.6.0 Moved from media.php to load.php.
 *
 * @link http://php.net/manual/en/function.ini-get.php
 * @link http://php.net/manual/en/faq.using.php#faq.using.shorthandbytes
 *
 * @param string $value A (PHP ini) byte value, either shorthand or ordinary.
 * @return int An integer byte value.
 */
function wp_convert_hr_to_bytes( $value ) {
	$value = strtolower( trim( $value ) );
	$bytes = (int) $value;

	if ( false !== strpos( $value, 'g' ) ) {
		$bytes *= GB_IN_BYTES;
	} elseif ( false !== strpos( $value, 'm' ) ) {
		$bytes *= MB_IN_BYTES;
	} elseif ( false !== strpos( $value, 'k' ) ) {
		$bytes *= KB_IN_BYTES;
	}

	// Deal with large (float) values which run into the maximum integer size.
	return min( $bytes, PHP_INT_MAX );
}

/**
 * Determines whether a PHP ini value is changeable at runtime.
 *
 * @since 4.6.0
 *
 * @link http://php.net/manual/en/function.ini-get-all.php
 *
 * @param string $setting The name of the ini setting to check.
 * @return bool True if the value is changeable at runtime. False otherwise.
 */
function wp_is_ini_value_changeable( $setting ) {
	static $ini_all;

	if ( ! isset( $ini_all ) ) {
		$ini_all = ini_get_all();
	}

	// Bit operator to workaround https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=44936 which changes access level to 63 in PHP 5.2.6 - 5.2.17.
	if ( isset( $ini_all[ $setting ]['access'] ) && ( INI_ALL === ( $ini_all[ $setting ]['access'] & 7 ) || INI_USER === ( $ini_all[ $setting ]['access'] & 7 ) ) ) {
		return true;
	}

	return false;
}

… it’s the same as before. Same date stamp, same error, same bat time, same bat channel.

same as in this post.

… I am sorry it took two days to get back to you. I never received a new reply notif. At any rate, an emergency situation (a good kind, but still very last minute NEED RIGHT NOW) popped up literally as I was about to go to sleep and had me out of town 16 hours. 6 of those hours were spent driving. So there would have been nothing from me yesterday anyway. (Tho I ended up on the Iron Throne for a while.)

Anyhow. Down to business.

1. No. It’s set up with Plesk.

2. Yes. I did so – version 7.0.4 now. and the screen did change to give me… well,
this is what’s up.

I clicked on the 4.6 update link, and was given a list of these errors. Tried a few more times, and the errors just repeat.

The WordPress installations were updated with errors:

    Installation "My CMS": PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function apply_filters() in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\load.php:317 Stack trace: #0 E:\Parallels\Plesk\Additional\wp-cli\php\utils-wp.php(22): wp_debug_mode() #1 E:\Parallels\Plesk\Additional\wp-cli\php\wp-settings-cli.php(59): WP_CLI\Utils\wp_debug_mode() #2 E:\Parallels\Plesk\Additional\wp-cli\php\WP_CLI\Runner.php(862): require('E:\\Parallels\\Pl...') #3 E:\Parallels\Plesk\Additional\wp-cli\php\WP_CLI\Runner.php(810): WP_CLI\Runner->load_wordpress() #4 E:\Parallels\Plesk\Additional\wp-cli\php\wp-cli.php(21): WP_CLI\Runner->start() #5 E:\Parallels\Plesk\Additional\wp-cli\php\boot-fs.php(24): include('E:\\Parallels\\Pl...') #6 {main} thrown in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\load.php on line 317

… I think the server needs a young priest, an old priest, and a lot of salt. Or something. I did exactly as you said. I deleted the zip and zip folder I’d downloaded the other day, re-downloaded it, unzipped, logged into FTP, deleted the files/directories you said, and uploaded fresh copies once they were gone.

Here’s a screencap of my FTP and directory.

I did not delete the “blogs” or “tmp” folders because there weren’t any corresponding ones in the unzipped folder to replace them, and you didn’t say anything about those, so I didn’t touch them. I did not touch the .htaccess file, the content folder, or the wp-config file either. Everything else on the right side of the FTP? Deleted. Then I uploaded everything BUT the content folder and wp-config file from the left side, the freshly unzipped WP download, over onto the server. (You’re looking at the screenshot of everything post-transfer at that point.)

I’m still 500’ing. There’s no new 500 log entries, I forced a refresh of it, I changed it to live updates, kept accessing (or trying to) the blog, there’s new 200s since this afternoon, and… I can’t even.

My mother in law just blew up the household and it’s bedtime and I want to stab everything in the face. Bleh. *eyetic* I’ll tackle this thing more tomorrow if you or anyone else has more suggestions.

(and people, please to be not sending me emails telling me you can fix this for more than I spend a week on groceries, you want money, I have none, go away.)

Ack. Sorry. Having quite this much free access to the information regarding my website is new territory for me, so I wasn’t clear as to what I was supposed to look for where. (Ex-hubs owns it, I can do pretty much anything that doesn’t require top level admin access, which is a bit more than a standard webhost package deal. And in the past, most errors of that level were not usually something I had enough access to investigate or fix, or I was too lost in general and couldn’t find enough information to feel comfortable proceeding on my own. I’m entirely self-taught from the late ’90s onward, more daring with things on my side of the server that I know I can un-bork without it being a big crisis for someone else.)

I read up a bit, and I think I’m looking at the right info now?

2016-08-13 18:18:42			PHP Warning: require(E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress/wp-includes/load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-settings.php on line 21				php_error
2016-08-13 18:18:42			PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress/wp-includes/load.php' (include_path='.;.\includes;.\pear') in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-settings.php on line 21				php_error
2016-08-13 18:18:42	8.29.198.25	500	GET /wordpress/feed/ - HTTP/1.1		Feedly/1.0 ( http://www.feedly.com/fetcher.html; like FeedFetcher-Google)	286 	IIS access
2016-08-13 18:20:46	66.249.69.8	500	GET /wordpress/october-26-guest-blogger-jennifer-eisenbart/ - HTTP/1.1		Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/41.0.2272.96 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; http://www.google.com/bot.html)	267 	IIS access
2016-08-13 18:20:47			PHP Warning: require(E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress/wp-includes/load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-settings.php on line 21				php_error
2016-08-13 18:20:47			PHP Warning: require(E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress/wp-includes/load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-settings.php on line 21				php_error
2016-08-13 18:20:47			PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress/wp-includes/load.php' (include_path='.;.\includes;.\pear') in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-settings.php on line 21				php_error
2016-08-13 18:24:34			PHP Warning: require(E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress/wp-includes/load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-settings.php on line 21				php_error
2016-08-13 18:24:34			PHP Warning: require(E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress/wp-includes/load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-settings.php on line 21				php_error
2016-08-13 18:24:34			PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress/wp-includes/load.php' (include_path='.;.\includes;.\pear') in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-settings.php on line 21				php_error
2016-08-13 18:24:34	138.201.86.218	500	GET /wordpress/xmlrpc.php - HTTP/1.1		yacybot (-global; amd64 Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64; java 1.8.0_101; Europe/en) http://yacy.net/bot.html	286 	IIS access
2016-08-13 18:25:48	65.19.138.34	500	GET /wordpress/feed/ - HTTP/1.1		Feedly/1.0 ( http://www.feedly.com/fetcher.html; like FeedFetcher-Google)	286 	IIS access
2016-08-13 18:25:49			PHP Warning: require(E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress/wp-includes/load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-settings.php on line 21				php_error
2016-08-13 18:25:49			PHP Warning: require(E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress/wp-includes/load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-settings.php on line 21				php_error
2016-08-13 18:25:49			PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress/wp-includes/load.php' (include_path='.;.\includes;.\pear') in E:\vhosts\METATHRIVING.COM\httpdocs\wordpress\wp-settings.php on line 21

What’s really weird to me though, that’s the only bit of 500s, and just to make sure Firefox wasn’t being super-stubborn with the cache, I booted up all my alternate browsers, none of which I’ve visited the site or blog with since updating them after upgrading to Win10, and I’m getting the same problem.

But I’m looking at the log files as recently as today, and I have entries like this?

2016-08-14 09:38:41 202.46.55.151 200 GET /wordpress/the-trouble-with-survivor-and-the-lack-of-boundaries/ - HTTP/1.1 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/45.0.2454.93 Safari/537.36 483

So… I’m not able to access WP through any means, not even CPanel, through any browser, getting a 500 error every time, but the only 500 I’m seeing in what I think is the correct log is for that time period in the first code box, which is yesterday. And there’s plenty of 200 log records for blog entries as recently as today. Shouldn’t those entries be inaccessible in general?

If something is impossibly screwy here and it’s going into ‘nuke the site from orbit’ territory, I’ll bite that bullet, especially if there’s a way to run a backup through FTP of entries/images. If not, I’ll just cry a lot and do it anyway and chalk it up as a lesson hard-learned, and see how much the Wayback Machine can give me. (I’ve never been into blogging and WP in the past, never had much to talk about to the general population.)