WP Update Kills my Site and Loops

  • Hi,

    I have two established blogs that were set for autoupdate. When I access either of them I get the WP Install screen asking me to pick a language. The URL, not including my actual site is: /wp-admin/install.php.

    The following happens on two different WP sites.

    I select English and I get the “Information Needed” screen where I input the site name a email address. After entering those I get a LONG list of errors, eg,
    “WordPress database error: [Unknown storage engine ‘InnoDB’]
    CREATE TABLE wp_users ( ID bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, user_login varchar(60) NOT NULL default ”, user_pass varchar(64) NOT NULL default ”, user_nicename varchar(50) NOT NULL default ”, user_email varchar(100) NOT NULL default ”, user_url varchar(100) NOT NULL default ”, user_registered datetime NOT NULL default ‘0000-00-00 00:00:00’, user_activation_key varchar(60) NOT N”

    At the bottom of that screen it says, “Success!
    WordPress has been installed. Were you expecting more steps? Sorry to disappoint.”

    I’m provided with a new PW for the admin account. (And so would be ANYONE who happens onto my site.)

    I click “Login” and I loop back to the WP Install pick a language screen and it just keeps looping.

    What is going on? Was I hacked? Is this a screwup of the new WP version?

    How do I fix this?

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    try MANUAL updating. Download a fresh copy of the WordPress .zip file to your computer, unzip it, and use that to copy up all files and folders EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory. You may need to delete the old copies of files & folder on your server before uploading the new ones.

    Read the Manual Update directions first.

    Thread Starter gulkana

    (@gulkana)

    I tried the Manual update as suggested by Tara, following the instructions provided via the link cited.

    I still have the exact same problem.

    Any further thoughts on what is wrong and how I can fix it?

    thanks so much.

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