My WordPress site is Down

Do you have (FTP) access to the installation folder om your server?
You can probably undo the changes by editing your .htaccess file or wp-config.php file.

Good Luck!

Yes I have access to my Control Panel and File Manager. How do I open these files, what with?

do not mess in wp-config.php or .htaccess

you need open functions.php in working theme and then

FTP to the site, and get a copy of the active theme’s functions.php file. You’re going to edit it in a simple text editor (like notepad) and upload it back to the site.

Add these two lines to the file, immediately after the initial “<?php” line.

update_option(‘siteurl’,’https://example.com/blog&#8217;);
update_option(‘home’,’https://example.com/blog&#8217;);

Use your own URLs instead of example.com, as you had it before obviously.

and then save the file and upload it back.

Load the login or admin page a couple of times. The site should come back up.

Repeat the above steps, but remove those lines. IMPORTANT: Do NOT leave those lines in there. Remove them immediately after the site is up and running again.

Ah, thought these lines where in the wp-config file. Great solution govpatel!

Hi Govpatel,
Sorry for the late reply I’ve been away for a couple of weeks on hols.
I don’t know where to find the functions.php file. Would you consider doing this for me please?

regards,

snipertrader

I’ve found a functions.php file in my Headway theme. I’ve double clicked on it and opened it in Notepad. Here is the content. Can you pls add in what I need https://www.thebookonforextrading.com. Do I then upload back to headway theme?
Thanks.

<?php
/**
* Defines all of the Headway paths and loads all necessary files.
*
* @package Headway
* @author Clay Griffiths
*/

define(‘THEME_FRAMEWORK’, ‘headway’);
define(‘HEADWAYVERSION’, ‘1.6.6’);
define(‘HEADWAYROOT’, TEMPLATEPATH);
define(‘HEADWAYLIBRARY’, HEADWAYROOT.’/library’);
define(‘HEADWAYADMIN’, HEADWAYLIBRARY.’/admin’);
define(‘HEADWAYCORE’, HEADWAYLIBRARY.’/core’);
define(‘HEADWAYLEAFS’, HEADWAYLIBRARY.’/leafs’);
define(‘HEADWAYWIDGETS’, HEADWAYLIBRARY.’/widgets’);
define(‘HEADWAYCUSTOM’, HEADWAYROOT.’/custom’);
define(‘HEADWAYEDITOR’, HEADWAYLIBRARY.’/visual-editor’);
define(‘HEADWAYMEDIA’, HEADWAYROOT.’/media’);
define(‘HEADWAYCACHE’, HEADWAYMEDIA.’/cache’);
define(‘HEADWAYFOLDER’, basename(get_bloginfo(‘template_url’)));
define(‘HEADWAYURL’, get_bloginfo(‘template_url’));

require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-data-handling.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-extend.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-functions.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-leafs.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-generator.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-triggers.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-feed.php’;

require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-installation.php’;

require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-elements.php’;

require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-upgrade.php’;

if(!is_admin()){
require_once HEADWAYEDITOR.’/visual-editor.php’;
} else {
require_once HEADWAYADMIN.’/admin.php’;
}

require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-navigation.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-posts.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-filters-actions.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-layout.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-head.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-css-classes.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-comments.php’;
require_once HEADWAYCORE.’/core-twitter.php’;

require_once HEADWAYWIDGETS.’/functions.php’;

if(file_exists(HEADWAYCUSTOM.’/custom_functions.php’)) include_once HEADWAYCUSTOM.’/custom_functions.php’;

I tried the changes. When I upload it back it is uploading back as functions.php.txt as a text file not an application file.

Excellent!
Thanks govpatel. Finally did it.

You welcome you need take them two lines out ones you have your website back

Done. Thanks