“The page can’t be found” error after upgrading

  • Resolved SirDarknight1200

    (@sirdarknight1200)


    4 years, 4 months ago

    So, I just upgraded my site’s WordPress to 5.5 (the latest one, just clicked on update in the dashboard). It showed that the upgrade was successful but now I can’t access the dashboard at all. Everytime I go to /wp-admin, it redirects to /wp-admin/upgrade.php?_wp_http_referer=%2Fwp-admin%2F but that page just says:

    The page can’t be found.

    It looks like nothing was found at this location.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Hi @sirdarknight1200

    This issue could been cause because one of the following:

    1- Apparently the WordPress is trying to finish the update but it can’t access the upgrade.php file. In this case try to check if the file is there or if it is corrupted, then try to replace it for a new functional file.

    2- A plugin or your main theme could have been causing a conflict. In this case try to rename the plugins folder and/or or main theme folder in wp-content.

    Thread Starter SirDarknight1200

    (@sirdarknight1200)

    The problem was that the WordPress version no. in database field db_version and in wp-includes/version.php didn’t match. So, I manually updated the version in the database and that solved the issue.

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