MarwanSalfiti

after hours of going through the site, i realized something happened to the original wp-config.php file. It got re-written and wasn’t connecting the site to the db, hence why both the front and back and were not working.

I also went through the manual un-install directions in the read me. I am not finding any of the trace of these references in the site files or directories. I have no idea what is going on, but I can’t imagine that “deactivating” a plugin could possibly break a site like this.

wow, that was a very long work around. I went to the server, took down the new W3TC release and reinstalled the last version. That served a 500 Internal Server Error. I had to reboot the server, delete the .htaccess files and do a trial and error of install and delete with my plugins.

Ultimately, the site/server are back up, the google page speed is back at 97/100 and the site is restored.

I think I will hold off on the upgrade ;-)!

thanks again ipstenu. performing the upload now.

Obrun, I actually tried that too, but it still seemed to be making things a bit funky. I still a newbie with this plugin, so I wanted to keep the guess work to a minimum.

Thanks

thanks for the reply ipstenu… I did this already and i tried uploading the zipped plugin via the wp admin. unfortunately, the newer version of the plugin is still installed. so, do I delete the newer version first, then upload the older version?

Also, am I going to lose my settings?

Great! Thanks, I see the delete option, but there is no option to follow through and “submit” or “clear” the option.