Title: blank /wp-admin/index.php Last modified: September 1, 2016 --- # blank /wp-admin/index.php * [scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/) * (@scaturan) * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/) * hi, * It’s been awhile since I needed help with my WordPress sites. Up until 4.6 when it rendered my /wp-admin/index.php pages blank – on all sites. * I don’t use FTP to update, I do it manually using a fresh /wordpress/ directory and just copy over wp-config.php and .htaccess over * I can login fine because I can edit any page/post with no issues.. I don’t use plugins or 3rd party themes. I’m using an unmodified stock theme (2016). * Hosting Platform: * PHP 5.6.24 Apache 2.4.x mySQL 5.5.50 * Please advise, much appreciated. * Thank you, * Steve Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [girlieworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/girlieworks/) * (@girlieworks) * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-7688062) * Hi, [@scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/). A blank screen is typically an indication of an underlying PHP error, so try setting WP_DEBUG to TRUE in your `wp-config.php` file, then reload the front page of your site to see what (if any) error shows up. * Alternatively, you can check your server’s error logs to see what’s being reported there. * If you do find an error message, and aren’t sure what it means, you can post it here and we’ll try to help you figure that out. * Thread Starter [scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/) * (@scaturan) * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-7688065) * hi, * I already did those two bits already before I started the post. * Apache renders a 200 response (no 500s or 404s). And the site functions fine from the web browser, except for /wp-admin/index.php – all other areas/sections like pages.php or edit.php work fine. * There was definitely a change made to the Dashboard code. I’m not sure where. * Please advise, thank you. * Thread Starter [scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/) * (@scaturan) * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-7688077) * I also just noticed that “Save Changes” under Settings > General is no longer visible, except for all others (reading, permalinks, discussion, etc..) where it appears normally. * [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/) * (@kmessinger) * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-7688111) * > I can login fine because I can edit any page/post with no issues. * How do you do this with a blank /wp-admin/index.php? * Download WordPress again and replace your copies of everything EXCEPT the wp- config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory with fresh copies. This should replace your core files without changing your content and settings in wp-config. php file and the /wp-content/ directory. * Thread Starter [scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/) * (@scaturan) * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-7688112) * I already did that, I’ve done this many times from previous versions. But 4.6 isn’t behaving properly. 🙂 * Once I login, it redirects me to a blank /wp-admin/index.php BUT I can open / wp-admin/edit.php * The missing “Save Changes” on Settings General looks like a bug. Will create a separate topic for it. * Thank you, * Thread Starter [scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/) * (@scaturan) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-8194503) * alright, looks like I found something: * after removing this line from /wp-admin/index.php – Dashboard no longer renders a blank page: wp_dashboard_setup(); * I tested this on a fresh install of 4.6 and another site upgraded from 4.5.x * [skiron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skiron/) * (@skiron) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-8200490) * [@scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/) I have the same problem! Like you do the things, I removed the wp_dashboard_setup() from /wp-admin/index. php file. Then I can see the page, but no dashboard 🙁 * My version of 4.6.1 * Thread Starter [scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/) * (@scaturan) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-8201169) * [@skiron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skiron/): * Thank you for sharing that you’re able to reproduce this bug. * I filed a bug report more than a week ago – [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38014](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38014) * It was closed by a developer because it was invalid. I hope they look into it. * [skiron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skiron/) * (@skiron) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-8202622) * [@scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/): * I don’t know why it suddenly become to “normal”. * My host is virtual host! So I can restore to some point before. Then I restore to 4.5.3. Then manually update to 4.6.1. At this time, the /wp-admin/index.php still “normal”. But when I restored the database, the page renders blank. * So i think the problem at the database. Then I twice restore to 4.5.3! When I restored to 4.5.3 I have remembered I had done not backup one article yet. So I restore to 4.6.1 using virtual tools. When this time, I can not access my page. Show me “can’t establish to database”. Then I restart the Mysqld. Then the /wp- admin/index.php page is OK! * I don’t why! just wish this can help to you! * Thread Starter [scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/) * (@scaturan) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-8208395) * Yeah, in my case, it’s not the database because a fresh install of 4.6 behaves the same way where a fresh 4.5.6 install works perfectly without issues, at least for all my WP instances. I don’t use plugins, or 3rd party themes – I only use whatever the base install provides. * I don’t need the dashboard, or language features so they’re not important to me. I just don’t want to modify php files every time I upgrade. That’s all. * I’ve been using WordPress since 1.2 but this is actually the first time I’ve had to remove two very specific lines to make things work normally. * Thank you for sharing your experience, much appreciated! * [Uwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uheber/) * (@uheber) * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-8382599) * Hello, * I have the same problem as described by scaturan. Installed a fresh WordPress 4.6.1 DE including new database. * Request to `/wp-admin/index.php` is displayed as blank page. But when I remove the function call `wp_dashboard_setup();` (/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php) then admin content is rendered. * So the problem can be reproduced. * I am using WordPress on FreeBSD 10 with NGinX v1.10.1 and PHP v5.6.24 - This reply was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by [Uwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uheber/). * [Uwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uheber/) * (@uheber) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blank-wp-adminindexphp/#post-8412028) * Updated the PHP version to 5.6.27 without any effect -> Problem still exist * Then, I’ve changed to PHP7 with new database and WordPress 4.6.1 DE -> With that I am now able to access full WP functionality. * Following PHP extensions are installed under FreeBSD 10 using NGinX v1.10.2: * ``` php70-7.0.12 PHP Scripting Language php70-ctype-7.0.12 The ctype shared extension for php php70-dom-7.0.12 The dom shared extension for php php70-extensions-1.1 "meta-port" to install PHP extensions php70-filter-7.0.12 The filter shared extension for php php70-hash-7.0.12 The hash shared extension for php php70-iconv-7.0.12 The iconv shared extension for php php70-json-7.0.12 The json shared extension for php php70-mysqli-7.0.12 The mysqli shared extension for php php70-opcache-7.0.12 The opcache shared extension for php php70-pdo-7.0.12 The pdo shared extension for php php70-pdo_sqlite-7.0.12 The pdo_sqlite shared extension for php php70-phar-7.0.12 The phar shared extension for php php70-posix-7.0.12 The posix shared extension for php php70-session-7.0.12 The session shared extension for php php70-simplexml-7.0.12 The simplexml shared extension for php php70-sqlite3-7.0.12 The sqlite3 shared extension for php php70-tokenizer-7.0.12 The tokenizer shared extension for php php70-xml-7.0.12 The xml shared extension for php php70-xmlreader-7.0.12 The xmlreader shared extension for php php70-xmlwriter-7.0.12 The xmlwriter shared extension for php php70-zip-7.0.12 The zip shared extension for php php70-zlib-7.0.12 The zlib shared extension for php ``` * Maybe this helps someone. 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