Fatal error after installing plugin

  • Resolved greenfreak1

    (@greenfreak1)


    18 years, 1 month ago

    My page is https://www.greenfreak.net
    The error currently is:
    Fatal error: Call to undefined function update_user_cache() in /home/******/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 72

    I installed the Captcha plugin today and when uploading the files, I was prompted to overwrite wp-settings.php file. I clicked no, and instead copied the file into a backup folder. I then did the upload again, allowing the overwrite.

    I went into my Plugins and activated the Captcha plugin. Now I get this error. I deleted the Captcha plugin files from my webserver but still get the error.

    I’ve tried copying the wp-settings.php file from other backups to no avail. I’ve backed up my database just in case.

    I found five other related support topics, but none seem to have been resolved or apply to my issue.

    I am using version 2.0.6.

    Any help would be appreciated. Thank you so much.

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  • Did you delete the captcha plugin yet?

    Thread Starter greenfreak1

    (@greenfreak1)

    Yes, I deleted the Captcha plugin files from my webserver but still get the error.

    Thread Starter greenfreak1

    (@greenfreak1)

    I resolved this myself.

    On the “bad” wp-settings.php, line 72 says:

    if ( !update_user_cache() && !strstr($_SERVER[‘PHP_SELF’], ‘install.php’) ) {

    I went back to the original zip of the WP 2.0.6 that I had on my hard drive, and found the wp-settings.php file. I looked at line 72 and it says:

    require_once (ABSPATH . WPINC . ‘/wp-db.php’);

    So I extracted only that file to the root of my WP installation, overwrote the existing and now my blog is back up.

    Doing a full backup now… ??

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