Redirect to wp-admin/install.php Error …

  • Suddenly, without doing nothing,
    i discover that my self-hosted blog
    https://www.bananartista.com/blog
    doesn’t work anymore.
    Instead it loads and redirects to the wp-admin/install.php page …

    I’ve tried to delete and reupload wp-admin , wp-includes folders
    and wp-.php root files
    but the problem persists.

    What can i do to solve it ?

    thank you

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    That will only happen if WordPress can’t find any of its tables inside the database it’s connecting to.

    Check your MySQL database, is it still in tact? Also, check your wp-config.php file to make sure that the set table prefix matches the prefix on your database tables.

    Thread Starter bananartista

    (@bananartista)

    ….
    MySQL database is not intact.
    Is it possible that someone hacked it?
    Is it possibile for an hacker to access the database and
    delete all the tables ?
    Or what could have happened?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Yes, if all of the tables are missing in the database, I’d say it’s very possible that someone gained access to the database or your hosting account and removed them.

    Do you have any backups that you could restore from?

    Thread Starter bananartista

    (@bananartista)

    No … I didn’t make tha backup …

    But … how can they access to it ?

    And … how I can protect it ?

    Start by changing your hosting account passwords. And check to make sure that your hosting account email has not been changed.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    If you use a week database password, it can be easy to guess, the same goes for your hosting account.

    Have you contacted your hosting provider about this yet?

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