Problem Upgrading To WordPress 2.9

Just in case anyone else had this problem -

I upgraded to latest WordPress version 2.9 – and found a bit of a bug when I viewed the website. The homepage showed no posts, and I was unable to change the themes.

This was mainly due to a pretty lazy upgrade process on my behalf – the ‘upgrade now’ button called to me louder than the ‘make sure you backup, and turn off all your plugins’ voice in the back of my head.  I clearly don’t have the patience to be a developer!

The issue for me was specifically to do with the WordPress Super Cache plugin.

I disabled this plugin, and the problem was resolved.

If you’re having the same problem, but you’re not using this plugin, then turn off your plugins one by one, refresh your site to find the culprit.

Alternatively, if you cannot access your admin panel – then re-name your plugin directory.  This will automatically disable your plugins, and if there is a conflict that is breaking the site, you should be able to access the admin area once more.

Posted: December 30th, 2009 under Blogging.