2.9 upgrade fails, cannot sign in

  • Help me, please. I’m locked out of the Dashboard.

    I just upgraded manually (because the automatic upgrade fell over) to 2.9.1. However WordPress refuses to finish the upgrade because it requires MySQL version 4.1.2 or higher and my provider is running only version 4.0.27.

    (I strongly suggest you mention this requirement on the download pages. For without that information I’m worse off than I was before. I started this over 2.5 hours ago.)

    I want to put 2.8.6 back, but it’s not available on the download page. The last upgrade, to 2.8.6, was an automatic one so I didn’t get the download.

    Where will I find it or what should I do? I cannot write posts, approve comments or anything. Please help.

    ** I’ve just located the latest local version, which is 2.5.1. Would that be compatible with 2.8.6? **

    My provider has just offered me space on a newer server running PHP5. Is that what I need?

    But in any case I need access to my WP installation before I can migrate it to a new server.

    Thanks.

    Richard Treadgold
    https://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz

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  • Thread Starter wordshine

    (@wordshine)

    Is nobody able to help me?

    There have been at least 90 posts and comments since this was posted. Is the solution posted elsewhere but I haven’t noticed?

    I would be most grateful for your assistance, please.

    I have a new server available, with a higher version of MySQL. Perhaps I can migrate the MySQL database to it without access to WP? Then, maybe I can complete the upgrade process when WP detects the correct version of MySQL?

    Richard.

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