I have removed everything from the SFTP because the site was still empty. I only had the theme installed and a plugin so no backup was needed.
I wanted to start fresh because of all the trouble with uploading and updating wordpress and plugins. So no loss there.
But how do I get into my dashboard because of fatal error. What do I do to resolved this and start fresh.
Does it have anything to do with starting from a new wordpress account because the older one was not accessible because of lost username and password?
