Title: Cannot access WP-ADMIN after WP update
Last modified: September 11, 2016

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# Cannot access WP-ADMIN after WP update

 *  Resolved [debsch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debsch/)
 * (@debsch)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-admin-after-wp-update/)
 * I received an auto email on Wednesday (5 days ago) that “Your site at [http://www.clothbooksforbaby.com](http://www.clothbooksforbaby.com)
   has been updated automatically to WordPress 4.4.5.”
 * I get them all the time so I ignored it, but checked my site today and the CSS/
   template wasn’t loading, just unformatted text, and I can’t access WP-admin, 
   firefox page error says “The page isn’t redirecting properly”.
 * I logged into my site via cPanel and checked out the index.php file and it had
   195kb worth of junk like…
 *     ```
       <?php @'$
       x1=2097
       x2=12458
       x3=
       x4=
       x5=PhKhORyxirnmnqOensGW
       x6=disinfectant,vividly,quicksand,rainfall,trouble,saline,afraid,succulent,third,scarf,megalomania,rem,points,conversational,emphatic,statistics,tanzania,reprisal,tautology,mottled,disparity,dissimilar,wrought,liquefy,burn,guest,runner,enormous,advertisement,expiration,navigate,sibilant,missing,overdo,moreover,hail,tomb,maximum,sponsorship,profundity
       x7=smode,limn,disconnection,admiration,pluck,pakistani,reorganize,mississippi,disarm,punish
       x8=<meta name="google-site-verification" content="7V_PMBR2zmD6ixct6HnmkElLmQQkk88OW2E3Jj7U8R0" />
       ```
   
 * I deleted it, leaving the standard wordpress index.php page but it hasn’t had
   any effect.
 * Not sure what else to do. Would love to turn back the clock but not sure how 
   to do that if I can’t access admin.
 * Any ideas please?

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 *  Thread Starter [debsch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debsch/)
 * (@debsch)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-admin-after-wp-update/#post-8170055)
 * Things I’ve tried
    – clearing history & cache & cookies & restarting browser –
   changing default template to twentyfifteen via phpmyadmin (can’t access ftp so
   can’t upload 2016 theme) – deactivating plugins via phpmyadmin (Change the option_value
   field to: a:0:{})
 * Still can’t access wp-admin page and home page still looks awful.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-admin-after-wp-update/#post-8170430)
 * – Try **MANUALLY** updating to WP version 4.6.1. Download a fresh copy of the
   WordPress .zip file to your computer, unzip it, and use that to copy up all files
   and folders **EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory.**
   You may need to delete the old wp-admin and wp-includes folders and files on 
   your server before uploading the new ones. Please read the [Manual Update](http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update)
   directions first.
    – **Backup: If you haven’t already done, always backup everything(
   including your database) before doing any actions, just in case something really
   goes wrong. You can never have enough backups! **
 *  Thread Starter [debsch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debsch/)
 * (@debsch)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-admin-after-wp-update/#post-8172069)
 * Thanks Tara! I’ve downloaded a fresh copy of WP and have a mysql backup of the
   database. I just need to get FTP on to my current PC so I can transfer all the
   files. As an aside, yesterday I also tried installing WP via my cPanel into a
   subfolder and I was met with errors so maybe this is a host issue. I’m messaging
   the host support crew to try figure out what’s going on.
 *  Thread Starter [debsch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debsch/)
 * (@debsch)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-admin-after-wp-update/#post-8172636)
 * Resolved by the host support crew rolling back the site to a previously saved
   copy.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [debsch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debsch/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-admin-after-wp-update/#post-8172636)
 * Status: resolved

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