Links mapped wrong – how to troubleshoot?

  • Elizabeth80

    (@elizabeth80)


    14 years ago

    Dear all,

    After coming home from work yesterday, I found that my website is broken. I had written a post in the morning, checked stats throughout the day, everything was fine, and all of a sudden, this is what I see:

    https://www.prettychicblog.dk

    All my posts are gone – my header, my pictures, my painstakingly designed website. Only a couple of header links are still there, and my error message is displayed. If I try to log onto my WordPress, it comes up with an error, stating that it cannot download upgrade.php. I have absolutely no idea what has happened, I have not upgraded anything.

    I have been in contact with my hosting company, but all they can say is that the links seem to be mapped wrong,and that the file structure seems to have changed. I have accessed my website over ftp, and everything looks completely normal – all my folders are there, my pictures and files are all there and, it seems to me, everything is complete.

    Does anyone know where I should start to troubleshoot. I have tried to import the backup I had but unfortunately this has not helped anything (unfortunately this backup was only partial, yes, I have learnt my lesson) I do have a mirror site which I have used as a testsite, which is another WordPress installation. I am wondering if I can rescue my main site by copying any of the files from here, but I simply don’t know which one.

    Please help – how can I ‘remap my links’ so that they are correct again and I can get my website back up? ??

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  • Moderator keesiemeijer

    (@keesiemeijer)

    First try:

    – switching to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.
    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or whatever file management application your host provides. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

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