cwmb

Here’s the link…
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update
Good luck. Make a good backup just in case.

Yes. The only thing that worked, was the manual upgrade. I didn’t want to do it due to the many things that could go wrong. However, I took my time and followed the directions exactly. And luckily it worked. I turned off the automatic update so in the future it doesn’t wreck my site again (it happened twice). Use an FTP – I used FileZilla.

No worries. Thank you for the effort. Wish me luck!

from my original post…

When I tried DEBUG, the error reads [`Warning: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, function ‘wp_maybe_grant_install_languages_cap’ not found or invalid function name in /home/perfil/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php on line 288

Thank you for your candor. The only reservation I have with this troubleshooting step, is it is one that can lead to total devastation. If you know of no other fixes, I’ll go down that road and hope for the best.

I was about to do the manual upgrade, but thought, what if that still does not get me into the dashboard? Then potentially I’m left with an inaccessible site, plus the same issue of not getting into the dashboard. How confident are you that a manual upgrade will fix the issue?

Thanks for the reply. I did all those things, and I still have no dashboard access. Any new ideas?

BREAKING…
this resolved the issue. Somehow, the ID was not correct. Thank you! x 100

go to the wp_users table and find the row for your user_login. Note the ID of this row. Now, go to the wp_usermeta table and find the wp_capabilities row for your user_id. Set the value of this row to:

a:1:{s:13:”administrator”;b:1;}

…my ID is not 1, should it be? Does it matter?

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My site appears, with a border at the top, but doesn’t allow me access to the Dashboard

Does your Dashboard load normally, but you don’t have access to the features you need?

disabled each plugin individually, no change.

ok, so if I go into the phpMyAdmin, in the wp_users table, the user name and password should match up with whats inside the wp-config file? I’d like a simple way to double check this, just in case they were entered/changed incorrectly.

When I *change the password, it doesn’t seem to keep it. I tried this with another db and it held the (changed) password. Am I missing something simple here?

*change the password inside the table in wp_users

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I did change the value. And it allows me to login. But no dashboard. It looks as if I’m logged in, with the top border and icon for the dashboard and WP icon, but no go.

This might be a wild guess, but, since the db has issues after the upgrade, I’m curious to know, how the db username, passwords, align with the WordPress credentials. There might be an issue there. I know wp-config has the DB_NAME, USER, PASSWORD, but how do they relate (if at all) to the WP login credentials? I might have issues on the db side that might not be giving me the proper permission. Thank you for any help you provide.

I changed wp-config.php and it gave me this error:

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /home/perfil/public_html/wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/aioseop_class.php on line 1625

I then renamed that plugin, and still was not able to reach the dash board. However, it still allowed me to login and see the site.

thank you for the response. I did renamed the plugins dir. still same problem. And, I don’t have a “default theme”, however, I did rename the theme I’m using, and it didn’t even get me to the login screen. any other ideas?
can you help with user names in the phpmyadmin? I dont know how to confirm users and access. When I change the password, and MD5, it reverts back to something else. Unlike other db I use, when I change the pw, it seems to keep the new pw.