WP Update failed – Cant access wp-admin

Try downloading WordPress again, access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, and delete then replace your copies of everything on the server except the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings.

Some uploaders tend to be unreliable when overwriting files, so don’t forget to delete the original files before replacing them.

Hi James, i followed your steps but unfortunately that did not resolve the issue, any other thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Hi ricky,

I would try to rename the .htaccess file to something else (eg htacces.bak) and see if that works for you (if it doesn’t, just change the name back).

You could also try de-activating plugins to check if any of them is incompatible with the newer version.

This link might be useful: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-internal-server-error-in-wordpress/

Hope this helps!

Thanks nocturnae but still no luck.

I have contacted my hosting supplier to see if they can assist. Any other suggestions welcome.

Many thanks

Fixed it.

Thanks all.