WordPress Installation Suddenly Stopped Working

  • So, haven’t upgraded yet as we’re redesigning so going to do everything at once. 2.9.2 was working fine, we’ve got eight messages saying plugins need upgrading but they’ve been like that for a while now.

    Suddenly, come to update the site yesterday and it’s acting very strange. When adding a new post WordPress saves about 5 drafts of it (some without titles, some with partial titles etc). Not a major issue can delete them.

    Today however, as well as saving loads of drafts it’s now just stopped posting. or if it does it then won’t let me edit the post (I can’t update or amend it at all). When I try i just get a white screen and the browser sits on post.php and does nothing.

    haven’t added anything new (other than posts), haven’t changed anything. Am using Fasthosts and i’m not aware they’ve changed my account at all. Can anyone help?

    I’ve tried shutting browser down (Firefox 3.6.8 – always used this version), cleared cache, same issue.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Try deactivating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause.

    If that does not resolve the issue, try switching to the Default theme (WordPress 1.5 – 2.9.2) or the Twenty Ten theme (WordPress 3.0 and higher) to rule-out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can sometimes interfere with the admin panel).

    Thread Starter jdku

    (@jdku)

    Thanks James. Is that the only option? Only reason i say that is the site is live, has been for some time, and it relies heavily on the plugins and disabling them all will mean taking the site down, something i’m keen to avoid. Guess i could put in an all nighter if need be!

    Seems strange it can suddenly happen when nothing has changed! Sounds like Microsoft Windows! ??

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    It won’t take long to disable them all and bring them back online one by one. It’s always the first step in basic WordPress troubleshooting.

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