Serious problem: theme won’t load and I can’t log in.

  • Resolved denigris

    (@denigris)


    16 years, 6 months ago

    Hi all. I loaded a new theme the proper way, and it caused an error in wordpress when I tried to go to the home page. black white screen. I would just like to log back into wordpress and change the theme back to one without a problem, but the login screen gives the same error, which is gibberish having to do with a domain I no longer use. I can’t login using using the proper path and the wp-admin screen. This happened once before but I went in using wp-admin and just changed themes. If I can’t clear it up, How do I save the content such as posts and pages and put it into a fresh install?

    Regards,

    Denigris

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  • Never think that a “fresh install” is the solution for anything.

    Try deleting that new theme folder via FTP. WP should revert back to the default theme.

    Thread Starter denigris

    (@denigris)

    Thank you for your speedy reply. I am in total agreement with you that a fresh install isn’t ever the ideal answer. I use only linux and open source software, so I long ago dropped that world view.

    I already had done what you suggested, and it seemed the most logical answer. When I did, it didn’t work so I moved the theme folder back into the directory. When you suggested I try doing it (again, although you didn’t know it because I didn’t tell you) I did an FTP delete like the first time, cleared the browser catch, and loaded the WP page again. The screen was blank, no error message, and wp-admin let me log in. Problem solved.

    Best,

    Denigris

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