error after update (manual): Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file

Try manually resetting your plugins (no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.

If that does not resolve the issue, access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and rename the directory of your currently active theme. This will force the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

Hi James, I will try that!
What name should I give the folder of the actual theme?

Resetting plugins Step 3: Login to your WordPress administration plugins page (/wp-admin/plugins.php) – this will disable any plugin that is “missing”.

I cannot login on my page the usual way via my browser. Is there another way? CAn I open the plugins.php file via FTP?

If the theme is named Example (for example), you’ll probably find /wp-content/themes/example/

Just change that to /wp-content/themes/example-broken/

On resetting plugins, if plugins are the problem, you’ll be able to to do step 3 after doing steps 1 and 2.

If you still can’t do step 3, then move on to resetting the theme.

• This reply was modified 8 years ago by James Huff.

Ok, thanks. I will try resetting the theme. Should I first undo the plugin reset and name my it plugins again instead of plugins.hold?

I’d still leave the plugins renamed, just in case. If resetting the theme fixes it, you can name the plugins directory back to what it was.

hmm, no result yet. I renamed the theme-folder. Website still shows only the error message. Should I do anything to activate??? Any other clue??

Try downloading WordPress again, access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, and delete then replace your copies of everything on the server except the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings.

Some uploaders tend to be unreliable when overwriting files, so don’t forget to delete the original files before replacing them.

Hi James,

I just deleted the wp-admin and wp-includes folder and replaced it by the new downloaded wp files. No result yet. What should I do with the plugin folder in wp-content? Replace it as well? My current plugin-folder shows:
? disabel-xml-rpc-pingback
? wp-embed-youtube

No askimet plugin in my current plugin folder….

No, as mentioned don’t replace the /wp-content/ directories or the wp-config.php file.

Are you currently running any caching plugins, like W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache?

I also uploaded the new plugin folder including the Askimet plugin.

Now anaother error occures when trying to open the site!!!

Fatal error: Call to undefined function apply_filters() in /home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-includes/load.php on line 316

Any clue? I hope!

No, I am not running W3 Total cache or others…
I did not replace wp-content files or wp-config. I only added the new plugin folder. Shall I remove this plugin folder again??

Keep the plugin folder renamed, and the previous theme’s directory renamed, and try replacing the core files with clean copies again.

The fact that the error moved after the core file replacement suggests that some of the files may have been corrupted, but that they weren’t all properly replaced.

Remember, some uploaders tend to be unreliable when overwriting files, so don’t forget to delete the original files before replacing them.

Hi James,

The wp update finally succeeded! I can enter the wp-dashboard again. The site still gives error-codes. I think the theme (Lemonchili) is the cause of the trouble.
What to do? Contact Lemonchili for an update??

See errors that appear on the site now:
Warning: include_once(/home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/css/retina.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/functions.php on line 147

Warning: include_once(): Failed opening ‘/home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/css/retina.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/functions.php on line 147

Warning: include_once(/home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/css/css_options_panel.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/functions.php on line 148

Warning: include_once(): Failed opening ‘/home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/css/css_options_panel.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/functions.php on line 148

Warning: include_once(/home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/css/css_options_panel_responsive.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/functions.php on line 151

Warning: include_once(): Failed opening ‘/home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/css/css_options_panel_responsive.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/functions.php on line 151

Warning: require_once(/home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/includes/metaboxes/inc/helpers.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/includes/metaboxes/meta-box.php on line 34

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required ‘/home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/includes/metaboxes/inc/helpers.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/dastichtin/domains/stichtingdestad.com/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/lemonchili/includes/metaboxes/meta-box.php on line 34