fatal error …admin.php line 30

update:

found this advice from a previous string (below)and tried to fix but wp-config.php is already set to 644 and I cannot find a file called ‘update-links.php’ … perhaps this file is no longer used?

my host is iPage, i will be contacting them about it – AGAIN but if anyone has any ideas …. thanks!

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this is an edited version of the conversation of the same issue two years ago:

WordPress ? Support ? How-To and Troubleshooting

[resolved] Warning: require_once wp.load

alexjmann
Member
Posted 2 years ago #

My site went from working to not working, literally overnight. I woke up in the morning and tried to log on to my dashboard, and received this error:

Warning: require_once(/home/alexjmann/alexjmann.com/wp-config.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/alexjmann/alexjmann.com/wp-load.php on line 27

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/alexjmann/alexjmann.com/wp-config.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/alexjmann/alexjmann.com/wp-load.php on line 27

I’ve made major edits to the CSS, so I’d like to avoid replacing all of the files. Help would be appreciated.

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If we are all on Dreamhost, it could be a problem with their apache settings or php library or how they run php as cgi…. I’m resolved. The issue was on Dreamhost’s end.

Dreamhost says: “Sorry for the trouble. The issue was One-Click related. A push out inadvertently changed the permissions on wp-config.php. Running chmod 644 wp-config.php will fix it. We’re aggressively working on correcting the issue now. Thanks for your patience.”

You can fix it yourself by changing the file permissions on wp-config.php to 644. But they’ll do it for you soon enough.
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Change the line

require_once(‘../wp-load.php’);

to

require_once( ABSPATH . ‘wp-load.php’);

I have to change this line with each upgrade. My error shows up in the file update-links.php.

JSayHello
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Bill your a savior! I couldn’t figure this out until i replaced that line like you suggested

Dear WP experts

I have been experiencing Fatal error in my wp site https://www.umeshg.com.np.

however the error occurs sometimes; unable me to login and open my site.

The error message contains Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: xxx on line 30.

I am not being able to figure out what’s gone wrong.

Please it anyone could help me.

the details of the error is as follows

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/nviaedun/public_html/wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/nviaedun/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 30