WP-Admin not working anymore – please help!

  • Hello, I had my site running smooth without any problems but then I decided to switch host so I thought I could just FTP everything from the old host to my desktop then FTP all the files from my desktop to the new host. I did that but the host sucked badly! So I went back to the last host, fortunately my account was still active. Database was still there. So I FTP’ed all the files from my desktop to this host and when I check the site is up again but it doesn’t load when I add /wp-admin at the end of my domain. I have tried in different computers, nothing!.

    I’m running out of ideas. Please help!

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  • Basically most web host offer free data transfer and they are more professional than a normal user. you may ask them to transfer your site providing with the old server log in Detail.

    you may could also export your data via WordPress xml export feature and delete your wp-config.php file and run a fresh setup. Then import the xml file that you have previously exported to your local hard drive. Just re upload the wp-content/uploads dir for you images and any uploaded data to re link automatically.

    Thread Starter Th3T3chGuy

    (@th3t3chguy)

    I can’t login to my admin panel so I can’t use the xml export feature

    I was talking about your old host wp-admin folder. Just delete the wp-config.php and re install wordpress using same db details. if you miss any data than go to phpmyadmin and import database from your desktop.
    you will be fine.

    Thread Starter Th3T3chGuy

    (@th3t3chguy)

    What’s the name of the database file?

    I keep getting a Error establishing a database connection

    Thanks!

    from your public_html folder click on wp-config.php file and from the memnu icon click on edit. It will open the file in editing mode.
    Look for these codes:

    // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
    /** The name of the database for WordPress */
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wpec’);

    /** MySQL database username */
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’);

    /** MySQL database password */
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘Your password’);

    /** MySQL hostname */
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

    /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

    /** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
    ———————————————————

    You can see the database name on your wp-config file write it down and delete the file.
    Perform a fresh installation and use the same database name and database password.
    ** After deletion of the wp-config.php than just browse your domain in your browser. It will run the setup automatically.

    Thank you for your reply. It appears there was a plugin that was a problem. I removed the plugin and all is now working.

    Regards, Denise

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