I am getting this when trying to access wp-admin/install.php

  • The following is what I get when I try to do the wordpress install. Can anybody help me figure out what I’m doing wrong? Thanks in advance!

    ‘ . __( ‘Welcome to your WordPress Dashboard! This is the screen you will see when you log in to your site, and gives you access to all the site management features of WordPress. You can get help for any screen by clicking the Help tab in the upper corner.’ ) . ‘

    ‘; // Not using chaining here, so as to be parseable by PHP4. $screen = get_current_screen(); $screen->add_help_tab( array( ‘id’ => ‘overview’, ‘title’ => __( ‘Overview’ ), ‘content’ => $help, ) ); // Help tabs $help = ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘The left-hand navigation menu provides links to all of the WordPress administration screens, with submenu items displayed on hover. You can minimize this menu to a narrow icon strip by clicking on the Collapse Menu arrow at the bottom.’ ) . ‘
    ‘; $help .= ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘Links in the Toolbar at the top of the screen connect your dashboard and the front end of your site, and provide access to your profile and helpful WordPress information.’ ) . ‘
    ‘; $screen->add_help_tab( array( ‘id’ => ‘help-navigation’, ‘title’ => __( ‘Navigation’ ), ‘content’ => $help, ) ); $help = ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘You can use the following controls to arrange your Dashboard screen to suit your workflow. This is true on most other administration screens as well.’ ) . ‘
    ‘; $help .= ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘Screen Options – Use the Screen Options tab to choose which Dashboard boxes to show.’ ) . ‘
    ‘; $help .= ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘Drag and Drop – To rearrange the boxes, drag and drop by clicking on the title bar of the selected box and releasing when you see a gray dotted-line rectangle appear in the location you want to place the box.’ ) . ‘
    ‘; $help .= ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘Box Controls – Click the title bar of the box to expand or collapse it. Some boxes added by plugins may have configurable content, and will show a “Configure” link in the title bar if you hover over it.’ ) . ‘
    ‘; $screen->add_help_tab( array( ‘id’ => ‘help-layout’, ‘title’ => __( ‘Layout’ ), ‘content’ => $help, ) ); $help = ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘The boxes on your Dashboard screen are:’ ) . ‘
    ‘; if ( current_user_can( ‘edit_posts’ ) ) $help .= ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘At A Glance – Displays a summary of the content on your site and identifies which theme and version of WordPress you are using.’ ) . ‘
    ‘; $help .= ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘Activity – Shows the upcoming scheduled posts, recently published posts, and the most recent comments on your posts and allows you to moderate them.’ ) . ‘
    ‘; if ( is_blog_admin() && current_user_can( ‘edit_posts’ ) ) $help .= ‘

    ‘ . __( “Quick Draft – Allows you to create a new post and save it as a draft. Also displays links to the 5 most recent draft posts you’ve started.” ) . ‘
    ‘; if ( ! is_multisite() && current_user_can( ‘install_plugins’ ) ) $help .= ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘WordPress News – Latest news from the official WordPress project, the WordPress Planet, and popular and recent plugins.’ ) . ‘
    ‘; else $help .= ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘WordPress News – Latest news from the official WordPress project, the WordPress Planet.’ ) . ‘
    ‘; if ( current_user_can( ‘edit_theme_options’ ) ) $help .= ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘Welcome – Shows links for some of the most common tasks when setting up a new site.’ ) . ‘
    ‘; $screen->add_help_tab( array( ‘id’ => ‘help-content’, ‘title’ => __( ‘Content’ ), ‘content’ => $help, ) ); unset( $help ); $screen->set_help_sidebar( ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘For more information:’ ) . ‘
    ‘ . ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘Documentation on Dashboard’ ) . ‘
    ‘ . ‘

    ‘ . __( ‘Support Forums’ ) . ‘
    ‘ ); include( ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/admin-header.php’ ); ?>
    user_email != get_option( ‘admin_email’ ) ); if ( $hide ) $classes .= ‘ hidden’; ?>

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  • Have you talked with your web host about this? There may be some kind of incompatibility and/or another kind of issue going on with your server setup. Beyond the foundational stuff, did you follow the famous 5-minute install?

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Install

    As for installation issues, here’s a pretty good place to refer to:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Common_WordPress_Errors

    Hope something here helps!

    Randy

    Thread Starter Paul

    (@solfizz)

    Thanks Randy!

    Also, I don’t know if this information will help. Keep in mind that this is a friend who is asking me to learn the ropes with wordpress using his site. It had WP installed on it already, then I tried doing a site migration from one site to the one he’s currently having me work on using ManageWP(an all-in-one WP manager), and that failed. So I had to go through ftp to remove all the files and retry the wordpress installation manually(that’s how he wants it done). He is also having me find the solution on my own so that’s why I’m here.

    You’re welcome. For me, I always like to break things down into their smallest elements. That said, I’d try installing a brand new fresh version of WordPress on the destination web host’s server in question:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Install

    Just to be sure nothing funky is going on in server town. If successful, then I would migrate that newly installed site to another directory on the same web host’s server:

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Moving_WordPress#Moving_Directories_On_Your_Existing_Server

    Just to make sure a stock version of WordPress could be manually migrated. Then, if that was successful, I’d migrate it again but this time with your migration tool of choice — ManageWP.

    If successful I’d create a fresh install of WordPress where you are planning to move from. Then try migrating that one with ManageWP over to the new web host’s server.

    And, if successful then I’d look into what is the difference between the stock WordPress that easily migrates from one host to another and the misbehaving WordPress install. Most likely, by the way, your issue will end up being some kind of host issue and/or 3rd party (think theme and/or plugin(s)) compatibility issue.

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