Title: fatal error …admin.php line 30 Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # fatal error …admin.php line 30 * [piriet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/piriet/) * (@piriet) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-adminphp-line-30/) * Have installed and re-installed WP, checked all plugins (deactivated, deleted,& reinstalled (or just left out), spoken with host for hours about this issue … I’ve been working on this site for three weeks and every couple of days I get the msg below when i log in or try to save something. * Emptying cache and deleting cookies seems to resolve temporarily. * In my last re-install of WP i did not recover data from backup but planned to cut and paste content from text file so as to not re-introduce whatever the issue is that’s causing this into the site again. unfortunately it popped up again today and I am out of ideas. * Can anyone help me? I’m a beginner with this stuff and would love some detailed advice to get past this issue. * FYI — the warning references different lines each time, 60/30/20 etc but the same files as far as i can remember. * Many thanks. * Warning: require_once(/hermes/bosweb25b/b2138/ipg.qcoachingca/wp-load.php) [function. require-once]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /hermes/bosweb25b/ b2138/ipg.qcoachingca/wp-admin/admin.php on line 30 * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/hermes/ bosweb25b/b2138/ipg.qcoachingca/wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/lib/ php-5.2.17/lib/php’) in /hermes/bosweb25b/b2138/ipg.qcoachingca/wp-admin/admin. php on line 30 Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * Thread Starter [piriet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/piriet/) * (@piriet) * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-adminphp-line-30/#post-2159248) * update: * found this advice from a previous string (below)and tried to fix but wp-config. php is already set to 644 and I cannot find a file called ‘update-links.php’ … perhaps this file is no longer used? * my host is iPage, i will be contacting them about it – AGAIN but if anyone has any ideas …. thanks! * —– * this is an edited version of the conversation of the same issue two years ago: * WordPress › Support » How-To and Troubleshooting * [resolved] Warning: require_once wp.load * alexjmann Member Posted 2 years ago # * My site went from working to not working, literally overnight. I woke up in the morning and tried to log on to my dashboard, and received this error: * Warning: require_once(/home/alexjmann/alexjmann.com/wp-config.php) [function. require-once]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/alexjmann/alexjmann. com/wp-load.php on line 27 * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/ alexjmann/alexjmann.com/wp-config.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php:/ usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/alexjmann/alexjmann.com/wp-load.php on line 27 * I’ve made major edits to the CSS, so I’d like to avoid replacing all of the files. Help would be appreciated. * … * If we are all on Dreamhost, it could be a problem with their apache settings or php library or how they run php as cgi…. I’m resolved. The issue was on Dreamhost’s end. * Dreamhost says: “Sorry for the trouble. The issue was One-Click related. A push out inadvertently changed the permissions on wp-config.php. Running chmod 644 wp-config.php will fix it. We’re aggressively working on correcting the issue now. Thanks for your patience.” * You can fix it yourself by changing the file permissions on wp-config.php to 644. But they’ll do it for you soon enough. … * Change the line * require_once(‘../wp-load.php’); * to * require_once( ABSPATH . ‘wp-load.php’); * I have to change this line with each upgrade. My error shows up in the file update- links.php. * JSayHello Member Posted 1 year ago # * Bill your a savior! I couldn’t figure this out until i replaced that line like you suggested * [umeshg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/umeshg/) * (@umeshg) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-adminphp-line-30/#post-2159604) * Dear WP experts * I have been experiencing Fatal error in my wp site [http://www.umeshg.com.np](http://www.umeshg.com.np). * however the error occurs sometimes; unable me to login and open my site. * The error message contains Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: xxx on line 30. * I am not being able to figure out what’s gone wrong. * Please it anyone could help me. * [umeshg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/umeshg/) * (@umeshg) * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-adminphp-line-30/#post-2159605) * the details of the error is as follows * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/ nviaedun/public_html/wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/ php’) in /home/nviaedun/public_html/wp-admin/admin.php on line 30 Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘fatal error …admin.php line 30’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [admin.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin-php/) * [failed to open stream](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/failed-to-open-stream/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [umeshg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/umeshg/) * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-adminphp-line-30/#post-2159605) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics