Install Looks for install.php in wp-admin/core

  • I have tried several times to install WP in a completely empty web directory. After I create a wp-config.php file, I visit the base URL of my site, which is just an IP address. I immediately get a 404 error with the following message:

    The requested URL /wp-admin/core/install.php was not found on this server.

    No /wp-admin/core directory exists. I cannot figure out why the installer is redirecting to that non-existent directory.

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  • Try re-uploading all files & folders – except the root wp-config.php & .htaccess files and the wp-content folder – from a fresh download of WordPress. Make sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new ones. Then navigate directly to /wp-admin/install.php

    Also check for any existing .htaccess files in the root of your domain.

    Thread Starter howardjacobson

    (@howardjacobson)

    Thank you.

    I followed your instructions exactly. I am still getting redirected to wp-admin/core/install.php.

    I had no .htaccess file before. Now, I have a .htaccess file that looks like this:

    # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

    What possibly could be forcing a redirect to the “core” directory?

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