4.2 update turned all pages into posts. Big mess!!!

you tried manual update and then restored old database?

last post in this thread seem to have posted a solution

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/database-update-required-infinite-loop?replies=8

the last post in that thread is out of date, it shows

/**
* Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
*
* @global int $wp_db_version
*/
$wp_db_version = 25824

/**

but newer versions of WP don’t seem to use wp_db_version any more.

it is a known issue, check this sticky

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/read-this-first-%E2%80%93-wordpress-42-master-list?replies=5

i cant see anything in that sticky related to “update turned all pages into posts”??????

check section

Having database upgrade issues?

nope, nothing in that section about upgrades turning all content to posts?????

None of those solutions work, I have tried changing the version in version.php. renaming all plugins to .hold. same with themes. No difference.

If I click “update wordpress database” my site gets garbled up and all pages become posts. If I restore latest backup, site is normal for viewing but back to “Database update required” when trying to access wp-admin.

Redirects to:
https://compactdrums.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php?_wp_http_referer=%2Fwp-admin%2F

Please help! I’m going nuts.

Same thing happened when updating to 4.1.2 My host, 1and1 reverted back for me and suggested I skip 4.1.2 and wait for 4.2

What can I do?

Did you use Click&Build? If so, ask support to create a ticket for that team and they will fix it for you. If they are unsure, ask them to check my name out ;).

Hi Marko,

No, I didn’t use click&build. I’m using free mode.

Free mode sounds like Click & Build. If it was recent install (1-2 months ago) then probably there went something wrong.

$wp_db_version is always used. In your case you should check your database. In wp_options and option_name “db_version”. That one should be around 30133 or 31532. At least higher then option_name “initial_db_version”.

Yes, it is 31532 and wp version is 4.2 even after restoring my backup to before the update. Changing it makes no difference though

Hi compactdrums,

Try the following flow:

1. restore your latest backup of 4.1.1.

2. in your database, check table wp_options and option_name “db_version”. Make sure you set the db_version to 30133.

3. check if in wp-includes/version.php there is $wp_db_version = 30133. If not, add it.

Finally, try again the update to 4.1.2 or 4.2.

Hi Gofe,

Yupp I tried that too. No difference.

Are you really, really sure, that you changed in the database, db_version to 30133 and $wp_db_version = 30133 in version.php, before performing the upgrade to 4.1.2/4.2 ? This should have fixed your problem.

1and1 Came through for me again and reverted everything back to the last functional state. Thus my site is operational, but I can not upgrade from 4.1.1

Do I start a new thread, or continue troubleshooting through this one?