Strange layout

Try re-downloading all files & folders – except the wp-content folder – from a fresh download of WordPress. Make sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new ones.

I deleted all the files in my root folder except the wp-content folder and then copied the files over from a fresh download of WordPress. Then I updated the wp-config with the database name, username and password but I still get the same problem.

When I access WordPress by entering localhost/ in my browser the first page that appears is the sample opening page (Hello world! post) but when I navigate away from there the format changes.

There are two exceptions that I have found. When I navigate from the sample post to either ‘Customize’ or ‘Header’ in the drop down menu the site will remain normal. Anything else and it reverts to a list of links layout.

What url did you use when you first installed WordPress?

I can’t actually remember. This was the confusing bit about the installation instructions in the codex. I have all the WordPress files in a folder on my desktop so I think I typed in the filepath to the install.php file although I just tried that again and it didn’t work.

What urls are entered in Settings -> General? Have you changed these entries at any point?

https://localhost for both WordPress and site address. I have not changed these.

What url is being displayed in the browser when you navigate to a single post page?

The homepage is https://localhost

When I go to ‘Sample Page’ the url is https://localhost/?page_id=2

When I navigate to the ‘Hello world!’ post the url is https://localhost/?p=1

The layout of these three pages is fine.

So can you provide a url for a page that isn’t OK?

https://localhost/wp-admin/

This is my dashboard url

Try adding define('SCRIPT_DEBUG', true);to the bottom of your wp-config.php file (just before the require_once line).

That’s fixed it.

Thanks!