Problem with version.php

  • My wordpress site worked for months and suddenly today it stopped working saying fatal error and that it couldn’t locate the wp-includes/version.php file.

    I tried restoring from backup, manually replacing the wp-includes and wp-admin files from fresh wordpress download, and still got the same error.

    When I try to take the version.php and upload it manually it uploads and then immediately deletes itself. I renamed it to version2.php (and edited name in code of ‘wp-settings.php’ file). This allowed the site to come back up, but by doing this I can’t update my site when I log in. There is no styling/css when I log in, everything is bare text.

    Why would the file: version.php be deleting itself when I upload it and how can I fix this issue?

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  • Try manually resetting your plugins (no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.

    If that does not resolve the issue, access your server via FTP or SFTP, navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and rename the directory of your currently active theme. This will force the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

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