Database issue? Only one simple theme works.

  • Resolved agentrelaxed

    (@agentrelaxed)


    15 years, 6 months ago

    I’ve reached a real impasse and I really hope there is a way out without ripping my database apart. Here’s my issue:

    When I do a clean install of WordPress, my site works. I can install any theme I want and they all work fine, with any options, widgets, and plugins.

    When I have all the plugins deactivated and import my WordPress WXR database, something goes wrong. The database says it loads with no errors and all the posts and pages show up fine… but all the themes stop working and my site breaks*.

    The only themes that keep working are Hemingway and HemingwayEx, which I think must be because they do not have widgets enabled. Indeed, when I try to use the slidebar or bottombar options on HemingwayEx, my site breaks*.

    *My site breaks by loading completely blank.

    Now, my guess is that something must be wrong with my database, right? I exported through WordPress and imported through WordPress; it never gave any errors. Is there another way of checking to see where there might be an error, and if so, how?

    Ideas, please?

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  • Even the default theme breaks when you import your database?

    Thread Starter agentrelaxed

    (@agentrelaxed)

    Yes, even the default theme.

    Can you provide a link to your site?

    If at least two of the themes work, then it’s not a database issue and more likely a theme/PHP issue.

    Thread Starter agentrelaxed

    (@agentrelaxed)

    https://cassandradisque.com

    I have 21 themes loaded on my site. All worked before loading my database. Now, only two work — Hemingway and HemingwayEx. I’m currently running HemingwayEx.

    Your first step should be to backup your Plugins folder (so you have a copy). Deactivate all plugins from the Admin panel. Now delete everything inside of that folder on the server.

    Thread Starter agentrelaxed

    (@agentrelaxed)

    I did that through the WP remove plugin page and received an error on three of the plugins:

    Plugin could not be deleted due to an error: Could not fully remove the plugin(s) admin-management-xtended/admin-management-xtended.php, akismet/akismet.php, category-access/category-access.php

    However, they no longer appear in my plugins folder.

    And…. bingo! You were right, it was one of my plugins causing it, because now the other themes are working. Now it’s just a matter of reinstalling the plugins one at a time to figure out which one was the culprit.

    And I was so sure this was going to be an enormous database problem. ??

    Thank you, mmuro.

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