Upgrading brought a blank page

  • I decided to do an upgrade. Started out by making a backup of the database and the wordpress folder.

    Then I removed all the contents in the folder and extracted the latest version there.

    I then copied back, from the backup, wp-config.php file and the wp-content folder to the new wordpress install.

    wp-admin/upgrade.php says my database is up to date, wp-admin/install.php says its already installed. But visiting the site just gives me a blank white page. No error, no nothing.

    What gives?

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  • Very possible some files didn’t make it.

    Thread Starter mizipzor

    (@mizipzor)

    I removed all the files and from the wordpress install, then copied the new files in there.

    I then copied wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php and input my account info. That is, making a new file rather than reusing the old one.

    The problem persists though, any more thoughts?

    Edit: I moved the old code back into the blog folder, that site still works. I doublechecked that all the plugins were disabled and Im using a default theme.

    I then replaced the wp-content folder with the default one from the latest release, and the old site can work with that folder. So it shouldnt be some missing plugins or themes.

    This is getting quite frustrating. Do I need to do something the database besides visiting wp-admin/wp-upgrade.php?

    As samboll says, I suspect the same. I recommend people to upload the zip version of WP and decompress it with File Manager. In this way, you won’t miss a single file.

    Thread Starter mizipzor

    (@mizipzor)

    I removed the extracted contents and redid the operation: https://pastebin.org/42802

    I then proceeded to copy the extracted contents into the www folder. Although this time around I used the webinterface to create wp-config.php rather than copying the old one or editing the sample file.

    Still no effect though, just blank and white. Could someone look at the extracted files there in the paste and check so that all the files actually are in the tar? Maybe I should try to redownload it, just in case.

    Thread Starter mizipzor

    (@mizipzor)

    Still havent solved this, does anyone have any pointers? Should a clear the database when installing the new one and then reinsert the backup? Or something…

    Might get FileZilla and use that to delete and upload WordPress files as described in Steps 7 and 8 of Upgrading WordPress Extended.

    Resource:
    Uploading WordPress to a remote host

    Thread Starter mizipzor

    (@mizipzor)

    I dont have ftp access on this host, I use WinSCP when I need to move files.

    Although in this instance, I did use wget to download WordPress directly to the server. And logged in with SSH and move/deleted files as necessery.

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