Title: Backend doesn’t work
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Backend doesn’t work

 *  [erratum5net](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erratum5net/)
 * (@erratum5net)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-doesnt-work/)
 * I tried to update my wordpress installation to 2.3, and unfortunately, something
   went wrong. My backups are dead (empty) and I haven’t got a clue what to do. 
   The main site loads, but I can’t log into the backend as admin. When I try logging
   in as admin, it just gives me an empty login page again. When I make a new account,
   I get an error that looks like this when I try to log in:
    [http://myskitch.com/samuraibsd/erratum5__profile__wordpress-20071013-004238.jpg](http://myskitch.com/samuraibsd/erratum5__profile__wordpress-20071013-004238.jpg)
 * What’s wrong? Is it fixable? Thanks for any and all help

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-doesnt-work/#post-636377)
 * youre missing files, based on that image. Upload the NEW files, making sure to
   either over-write OR delete the old ones first.
 *  Thread Starter [erratum5net](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erratum5net/)
 * (@erratum5net)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-doesnt-work/#post-636378)
 * which new files are these I should be uploading?
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-doesnt-work/#post-636379)
 * _I tried to update my wordpress installation to 2.3_
 * 2.3 files.
 *  Thread Starter [erratum5net](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erratum5net/)
 * (@erratum5net)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-doesnt-work/#post-636380)
 * Okay, when I try to export my blog, I get this:
    ` <b>Fatal error</b>: Call to
   undefined function: get_tags() in <b>/home/content/T/e/n/TenMinuteMac/html/wp-
   admin/export.php</b> on line <b>68</b>
 * I’m able to now log into the backend (tweaked some of the PHP, removing the offending
   line of code on line 20 of wp-login.php), but it looks like this:
    [http://myskitch.com/samuraibsd/erratum5__export__wordpress-20071013-013140.jpg](http://myskitch.com/samuraibsd/erratum5__export__wordpress-20071013-013140.jpg)
 * Anything in that new information that can help?
 *  Thread Starter [erratum5net](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erratum5net/)
 * (@erratum5net)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-doesnt-work/#post-636381)
 * and as for the 2.3 files, which specific ones? the 2.3 download has quite a few
   files in it, and I’m not 100% sure which ones to put in there.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-doesnt-work/#post-636382)
 * you will need to do a little homework and figure out which file contains the 
   function wp_admin_css

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backend-doesnt-work/#post-636382)
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