JuneFlowers

@esmi – “Do NOT manually change the database version number!”

– Why? It fixed the problem for me and now I have access to the dashboard and everything works fine. In this case it was the only solution that worked after I tried other options.

@sugarcoatedsisters

To change db_version in wp_options table I went:

– cPanel
– Under Databases found PHPmyadmin (it was installed by the hosting company)
– clicked on PHPmyadmin
– on the left side selected the database I needed to edit (you might have only one option there)- if you have a few options there, might be best to call your hosting company to make sure you edit the right one
– on the left side menu (a new one opened) I selected wp_options
– to find the place to edit the database version I was looking at the column Options Value, and found on the second page (in my case) “db_version” in the column Option Name, it had a value of 22441, I changed it to 22442 and that was it. Hope it helps. Good luck.

@adendum – Thank you so much for your tip on updating the database to 22442! Worked for me.