Jun 12, 2016 I was working on a client's site then all the sudden every page of the wp-admin shows this error: Other people who had similar issues online just removed the problem files but I don't have a way to do that since this is all I see when I log in. And I think theirs were wordpress.org sites and this is wordpress.com.. Am I screwed? @Mike Tyson @Slyk or anyone!
Jun 12, 2016 Thanks, I emailed the client anyway to see if they could give me ftp access to delete it. Spent my whole night researching f--- WP lol
Jun 12, 2016 I never ran into that, sorry. It's kinda sketchy sometimes. I ended up getting bots logging into my account and spamming my feed. I had to changer my password.
Jun 12, 2016 Weird! I never really use WP and now I'm even more iffy about it, someone's plugin shouldn't be able to eff up a whole site Thanks breaux I will try that
Jun 12, 2016 Error means the function doesn't exist to show the images, most likely older version of that plugin or some nonsense like that. Delete the plugin and attempt to install it using the root.
Jun 12, 2016 Actually, with most plugins requiring database access, this is completely understandable that it COULD potentially error out the site. Example -> a syntax / string gets sent to the database but enters out empty content what do you expect it to display if not an error ?
Jun 12, 2016 @Loyalty Just replicated the error and found a couple methods which worked in terms of resolving it. 1. http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/plugins.php (This should load for you.) 2. using direct FTP of course the most obvious solution. This is what is displayed on line 568 / 569. PHP: function bwg_pointer_init() { include_once (WD_BWG_DIR .'/includes/bwg_pointers.php'); new BWG_pointers();}add_action('admin_init', 'bwg_pointer_init'); Because for what ever reason this doesn't exist in your version yet you're still trying to pull it it's returning an error. This error explains it all, and you've known the correct way of handling it from the very beginning. What to Do If You Are See the White Screen of Death In Your Admin Area If the white screen of death is being displayed in your admin area, you will not be able to deactivate all of your plugins through the WordPress admin area. Thankfully, there is an easy way to deactivate all of your plugins. All you need to do is: Connect to your website using a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client such as FileZilla. Backup all of the plugin files and folders located at www.yourwebsite.com/wp-content/plugins/ to a safe location on your computer. Delete all of the plugins and folders within your plugin folder. Re-upload all of your plugins to the plugin folder. Deleting all of your plugins will automatically deactivate them, however they are not automatically reactivated once you upload the plugin files again. With all plugins now deactivated, you can now reactivate them one by one and locate the problematic plugin. Okay I'm done spamming this thread now, + note that this issue could be caused by the server hosting as well from what I've read (If your client is using a SHARED host they sometimes have certain options disabled within their php.ini file.)
Jun 12, 2016 Thanks for the answers. I have access to the file manager in his Godaddy cPanel now, can I just delete the Photo Gallery plugin (the one showed in the error message) or do I have to go through Filezilla? btw http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/plugins.php doesn't load for me, just shows the same error message Yeah I'd prefer not to.. it's not my site though, just a random client I found online who has an old site using it.
Jun 12, 2016 You could probably just delete the plugin, I don't see a reason why it would be an issue.
Jun 12, 2016 Waited for your confirmation to do it and it worked, the dashboard is back Thanks Gavin - I guess this is a good way to learn self-hosted Wordpress sites
Jun 12, 2016 I don't know how much I agree with this statement. WordPress has a lot of plugins that for new comers to the internet provide a lot of protection and a lot of benefits in terms of google, in-fact It's rumored that websites running WordPress actually get indexed quicker because of how the theme system is set up. -> Yoast allows custom meta tags, Title, Description, Keywords where your standard theme has to follow the H1>H2>H3>H4 guideline before being accepted into the market place, combine all those things together and you have a robots favorite thing in the world, a nice healthy snack for googles crawlers to feast on. Of course you're more prone to Zero Day attacks and s--- like that, but I think in theory running a WordPress site > if you have a good host has little to no down-side where running your own CMS as a few down sides. (Just my personal opinion honestly.)
Jun 12, 2016 Yeah, WP does have it's perks and that is SEO optimization, and a few other features. But good god it's just awful, messy framework and all.
