Title: Admin CSS suddenly not loading
Last modified: August 6, 2021

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# Admin CSS suddenly not loading

 *  [Toosheds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toosheds/)
 * (@toosheds)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-css-suddenly-not-loading/)
 * This website suddenly stopped working. Calling up the website and the WP admin
   page both gave a database error. The site is hosted on IONOS, and a call to their
   support team got the site pointed to the right database, so it is working now.
   The WP Admin page, however, is not – styles are not loaded and links lead to 
   blank pages. So basically the admin area is nonfunctional. I tried using suggestions
   found here to no avail (a [forum post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-admin-not-loading-css-js/)
   and [M. Novotny’s article](https://manovotny.com/fix-wordpress-admin-styles-not-loading)).
 * The site was built on my own server and migrated to IONOS eight months ago, replacing
   an existing, outdated site. The database issue may have been related to this,
   but the site and admin backend did both work fine until only a few days ago.
 * A major issue is surely the outdated PHP; the current version is 5.6, which was
   inherited from the old site. (I have no answer for why I did not update this 
   when moving the site.)
 * I cannot upgrade WordPress, or do anything with WordPress at the moment. I know
   I have to upgrade the PHP and update WordPress, but the IONOS world is not like
   the CPanel I know so well. IONOS told me my WordPress problems are a WordPress
   thing, since they did not do the installation.
 * Does anyone have any suggestions on how I should proceed?
 * Many thanks in advance!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fadmin-css-suddenly-not-loading%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Alan Fuller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanfuller/)
 * (@alanfuller)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-css-suddenly-not-loading/#post-14742181)
 * Start with looking at your browser console log. Errors there are likely to give
   clues to missing files. Often paths are incorrect. [https://wordpress.org/support/article/using-your-browser-to-diagnose-javascript-errors/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/using-your-browser-to-diagnose-javascript-errors/)(
   whilst is says javascript the technique is also fine for other resources i.e.
   CSS )
 * Then look at you server error logs when you try to access the admin. To see if
   any ‘plugin’ are breaking it
 * Also you can try putting WP in debug mode [https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/)
 * If it just started recently, what changes have happened? Have you updated WP,
   plugins or themes?
 * If you can’t get in at all, as it sounds and you are getting blank pages – high
   probability of a PHP error ( see error logs as mentioned ) – but with a probability
   that a plugin is breaking things – you can rename wp-content/plugins to wp-content/
   plugins-safe for instance which will disable plugins
 *  Thread Starter [Toosheds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toosheds/)
 * (@toosheds)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-css-suddenly-not-loading/#post-14742263)
 * Thank you for the quick reply. I tried the easiest of your suggestions, renaming
   the plugins folder, with no luck. The other will take a bit more time. I will
   keep you posted.

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