Always getting white screen after update

Also, at the very beginning of that class-admin.php file I can see this

<?php
/**
 * @package Admin
 */

if ( ! defined( 'WPSEO_VERSION' ) ) {
	header( 'Status: 403 Forbidden' );
	header( 'HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden' );
	exit();
}

if ( ! class_exists( 'WPSEO_Admin' ) ) {
	/**
	 * Class that holds most of the admin functionality for WP SEO.
	 */
	class WPSEO_Admin {

Kind of looks strange or it’s normal?

Anyone can help me with this?

There are a lot of people that are experiencing this problem with the latest update. We are all looking for answers with no response from anyone from Yoast. The only thing we can do now is wait for another update.

I’m experiencing this problem with all versions after 1.4.24. I’m using this version for months now, because I can’t update to a never version… So I tried updating again yesterday, thought maybe things have changed now, but still the same even with this latest version..

I have a few other sites that are hosted on the same server/hosting plan, all sites run on wordpress platform and I have no problems with them. I’ve updated to the latest version and everything is good. Just having problems with one website. Not sure where could be a problem..

I’m also dealing with this issue. Can’t activate the plugin until this get this fixed, as it blocks all content on the site from being viewed. Please fix this :(. I’ve been using the plugin for years and will have to switch to All-In-One if this isn’t remedied soon.

Have this problem for almost a year now, so I doubt it will be fixed soon…better just move to another plugin…

Same issue here. Happened after I updated WordPress to v4.1. What theme are each of you using? I have Avada.

HumanATV,

Have you tried deleting plugin’s folder and later uploading & installing a fresh latest version (not updating from old version via admin panel, but just installing the latest version after the old one is deleted)? If not, try this and see if it works and post here the result.

Steven27, I haven’t. Will doing so remove all of the settings?

Steven27, please follow these steps after making thorough backups:
* Download the latest version of the plugin and extract it somewhere on your computer
* Log in on your website via FTP
* Remove the wordpress-seo folder
* Copy/paste the extracted folder (latest version of the plugin) onto your website
* Check if you still get the same error.

Does this solve the problem for you?
If not, please provide more information, such as the current version of your WordPress installation, the other plugins you have installed and their version numbers.

HumanATV, yes, your current settings will be lost (make a screenshot of each page if you want to make them the same later if you can’t remember them without screenshots).

TacoVerdo,

I’ll try that and post the result later.

HumanATV, also, try to do what TacoVerdo wrote here and see if that helps (post the result here). I can’t try this now, because I don’t have access to my main computer for a few days, so only after a few days I can try this.

Hey all, thanks for the replies and help!

TacoVerdo, I followed your instructions and it still resulted in the white screen. One thing to note, it doesn’t cause the white screen instantly. It takes some time for me to click around the WP admin or the site. I’m sure that could be a caching thing, but I don’t know that it is. Once I disable the SEO plugin (by simply adding “-off” to the folder name), it takes a few refreshes and then the site/admin area comes back.

Also, when I followed your steps, once I activated your SEO plugin, it did give me the warning that the plugin Google XML Sitemaps could cause a conflict. I disabled that plugin. Then, as mentioned, the result was still the white screen.

As mentioned in my post above, this started happening after I updated to WP 4.1. Here is a screenshot of the plugins installed, which also shows their version numbers. All are up to date.

https://snag.gy/B33Ob.jpg

Thank you!

Hey all, any other thoughts?

A white screen in WordPress usually means there’s a fatal error in PHP. This should be caught in a server log or error log. If you don’t know where to find those, please ask your web host.

The contents of the error log should point us in the right direction, so can you please copy/paste them here?