Installing latest WordPress after update of old PHP

  • I have just installed the latest WordPress (5.4.1) after shifting my server space over from Fedora 20 to Fedora 30 to permit an update to my PHP (the server had been running version 5.5.26). I used the manual install instructions to the letter, including disabling of plugins, because my server said that autoinstalls of WordPRess might not yet work with the new version of Fedora. After manual installing the new WordPress files, I get the following message when trying to login to access my admin page:

    “There has been a critical error on your website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.

    Learn more about debugging in WordPress.”

    There is no email in my inbox for me to check.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks in advance.

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Jan Dembowski.

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  • Thread Starter mghachem

    (@mghachem)

    PS: the website itself appears to still be working. It is my log-in admin page that is not working; when I try to log-in, I get the message quoted above.

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Jan Dembowski.

    Hi

    There is may be some issue with plugins or php add-ons,

    Check:
    1. disable all plugins and change theme by ftp, simple change name of plugins folder and name of active theme (WordPress automatically use a default theme as 2020)
    2. If not helpful, add define( 'WP_DISABLE_FATAL_ERROR_HANDLER', true ); to your wp-config.php and past here the error. It may be about a required add-on that not found.

    Thread Starter mghachem

    (@mghachem)

    Thank you Farhad. I tried both of these but neither worked. For the first strategy, I assume you mean the active theme folder name. For the second strategy, I added the line towards near the end of the wp-config.php line.

    The code disable wp error handler, can you see php error on screen? Or its white screen?
    You need debugging as i dont know what is it!

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