Title: Automatic Upgrade Error Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Automatic Upgrade Error * Resolved [misustainable](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misustainable/) * (@misustainable) * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-error-3/) * I am getting an error from my blog site [http://www.misustainable.com/blog/](http://www.misustainable.com/blog/). I have not changed it and now the site won’t display and gives this error: * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-automatic- upgrade/wpau_helper.class.php:205) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/ blog/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 850 * I tried to bypass the home page and login as admin and I can get the login screen but it shows the same error twice but on two different lines now. * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-automatic- upgrade/wpau_helper.class.php:205) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/ blog/wp-login.php on line 255 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-automatic- upgrade/wpau_helper.class.php:205) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/ blog/wp-login.php on line 267 * How can I fix this? Do I reinstall? Will I loose everything if I do? Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Anonymous User * (@anonymized-3085) * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-error-3/#post-1074848) * login via FTP and delete the offending plugin – wordpress-automatic-upgrade. * With 2.7 it shouldn’t be needed. * Thread Starter [misustainable](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misustainable/) * (@misustainable) * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-error-3/#post-1074852) * I did that now it has issues with the theme I am using. The main page will display but when I go to login as admin it gives me this: * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-login. php on line 255 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-login. php on line 267. * Do I delete the theme and reinstall it? * Thread Starter [misustainable](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misustainable/) * (@misustainable) * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-error-3/#post-1074858) * Elfin thanks for your help but I seem to be getting more errors now. * Now when I login I see these errors. At least they are not the same as before, but still not letting me in. * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-login. php on line 255 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-login. php on line 267 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-includes/ pluggable.php on line 649 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-includes/ pluggable.php on line 650 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-includes/ pluggable.php on line 651 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-includes/ pluggable.php on line 850 * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-error-3/#post-1074862) * It’s not your theme (probably) but the plugin didn’t upgrade you properly. * Re-download WordPress and upgrade manually. * Thread Starter [misustainable](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misustainable/) * (@misustainable) * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-error-3/#post-1074940) * Thanks for your help Ipstenu. I did the manual upgrade but I am still getting this error when I go to the blog homepage: * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-includes/ pluggable.php on line 850 * And I can only see the blog homepage if I take the www away from the url. Like this: [http://misustainable.com/blog/](http://misustainable.com/blog/) Instead of [http://www.misustainable.com/blog/](http://www.misustainable.com/blog/) * And when I try to login I get the login screen with errors at the top again: * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-login. php on line 255 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-login. php on line 267 * And then it takes me to a page full of errors: * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-login. php on line 255 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-login. php on line 267 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-includes/ pluggable.php on line 649 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-includes/ pluggable.php on line 650 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-includes/ pluggable.php on line 651 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/functions/ bfa_search_widget.php:41) in /home/content/s/u/s/sustainablewm/html/blog/wp-includes/ pluggable.php on line 850 * I am not sure what else to do. I was thinking it may be the theme but I can’t login to change it. I tried deleting it and reinstalling it, but no difference there either. * Anonymous User * (@anonymized-3085) * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-error-3/#post-1075105) * If you delete the theme I think WP will use a default one. By deleting and reinstalling you haven’t actually done anything of any use (sorry). * Open up your wp-config.php, ensure that there is no whitespace before the * re-upload it and see if that helps. * Thread Starter [misustainable](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misustainable/) * (@misustainable) * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-error-3/#post-1075134) * Thank you so much elfin! I want to give you a big kiss! There was a space and a blank line after it. I don’t understand how because that was one of the files that supposedly was not changed in the upgrade… * THANK YOU AGAIN! YOU JUST MADE MY DAY! 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