Site stopped working, showing pomo.php error.

1) deleted line 77 from wp-settings.php

messing with the core files is never a good idea.

3) replacing all files in the POMO file

What is “Pomo file”?

I have not changed anything for a couple of months on this site:

what is your WP version?

Thanks for the attention Tara.
1. I changed them, but saved and reverted back to the ones that were there..

2. The POMO file I should say folder.. pomo folder. which is situated in the wp-includes folder. And it is seemingly the source of the error…”

Failed opening required ‘/home/flext329/public_html/wp-includes/pomo/pomo.php’ “

3. I think it is Version 4.1.5..

the wp-settings.php is calling a file (pomo.php) which doesn’t exist. I don’t know why/or what changed this..

line 77 is:

require( ABSPATH . WPINC . ‘/pomo/pomo.php’ );

but there are only 5 files in the pomo folder, and not one called pomo.php, which doesn’t appear in any of the various wordpress sites I have on the go.

Have you tried:
– If you can’t get into your admin dashboard, try resetting the plugins folder by FTP. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems. Also remember to deactivate any plugins in the mu-plugins folder (if you have created such folder). The easiest way is to rename that folder to mu-plugins-old.
– If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the unedited default Twenty Fifteen theme for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins). If you don’t have access to your admin area, use FTP or whatever file management application your host provides. Navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and switch to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder by adding “-old” to the end of the folder name. Alternately, you can remove other themes except the default theme. That will force your site to use it.
– If all the above steps do not resolve the issue, then try MANUAL updating. Download a fresh copy of the WordPress .zip file to your computer, unzip it, and use that to copy up all files and folders EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory. You may need to delete the old copies of files & folder on your server before uploading the new ones. Read the Manual Update directions first.
– If you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong.

Did all of the above in order. first 2 steps did nothing.
3rd step made the error message change:

Warning: require(/home/flext329/public_html/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/contact-form.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/flext329/public_html/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/class.jetpack.php on line 924

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/flext329/public_html/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/contact-form.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/flext329/public_html/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/class.jetpack.php on line 924

Any ideas?

ok.. seems it was a problem with jetpack,

After updating the wordpress manually, I did the plugins-hold trick, and the site returned.. without the plugins, then I could go to wp-admin, update all plugins, and re-installed Jetpack, and seems to be back to business.

thanks for the help Tara

Glad to know it ??