WordPress Upgrade Time
July 30, 2009 – 1:01 amI have just upgraded to the latest version of WordPress. Usually this is a simple procedure, but this time something went wrong – attempting to view the blog threw up a blank page!
Luckily I could still get to the admin pages, so I knew my database was still OK (of course I hadn’t bothered with a backup, so I was worried for a minute.) A couple of other people had the same problem on the WordPress forums, but no solution was forthcoming there.
It turns out that part of the upgrade process had overwritten my index.php file with an almost empty file that contained only comments. Whatever caused this problem (db upgrade? Who knows?), it went away when I copied the file afresh. I am starting to see why most people use a dedicated blog hosting service…
I think everything is working now – let me know if you see anything weird.
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2 Responses to “WordPress Upgrade Time”
Hmmmm, something to keep in mind I guess. Generally I’ve had no problems at all with Wordpress upgrades and I’ve been using it since errm 2003 maybe?
Perhaps it detected your lack of back ups and threw up the blank page, just to suggest that in future you should take backups first? (I definitely take backups before upgrades oh yes)!
By Stu on Jul 30, 2009
You don’t live in Auckland anymore..
By Chuck on Aug 1, 2009