White Screen of Death over entire site

  • I am a relative beginner when it comes to working on websites.

    I was trying to insert code into my theme, within the functions.php file, and something happened and now when I try to click on any link relating to my site it shows a white screen.

    If i go to google and click on the link= white screen
    Likewise, in my hosting site- if i click to go to WordPress admin panel= white screen.

    I’m not sure how to undo my erroneous coding so that my site will revert back to being able to function, especially since I can’t get anywhere near any of the content.

    On all the solutions I’ve read it talks of FTP clients and trying to change the functions.php code back to normal via my directory.

    I’m not too sure how to do this without further messing things up.

    If someone could please help I’d really appreciate it.
    My site is https://www.broguesandbraces.com

    Thanks in advance,
    Ben

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  • When in doubt and without a backup, you can just upload a new functions.php file. You’ll have to change Settings.

    Thread Starter broguesandbraces

    (@broguesandbraces)

    If i can’t get to my settings menu though?
    My entire screen is just a blank white page when i try to use any links to get to the site.

    How to I access the new functions.php file?
    How do I then upload it to the site if there is only a blank screen?

    Thanks in advance,
    Ben

    Can you access functions.php through FTP or through login from your hosting?

    For example, I am using GoDaddy. I can log into my GoDaddy account and from there access server and functions.php.

    If you cannot get it to work, I suggest you contact your hosting provider. They usually keep backup of files and can roll back the file to previous versions.

    Thread Starter broguesandbraces

    (@broguesandbraces)

    where would I look on filezilla to find the functions.php file?
    I’ve just installed filezilla and a new version of my theme- which contains the original functions.php file…. in theory this should revert my site back to where it was before the white screen.

    I’ve just uploaded the zip folder into the files on my hosted account- but i don’t think that’ll do much.

    Are there any specifics you can see that I’m doing majorly wrong here?

    Thanks.
    Ben

    You uploaded a new copy of the theme and nothing happened? Check error logs. Ask your host to check and show you how to access them.

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