Title: Fatal Error! Clueless.
Last modified: April 15, 2023

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# Fatal Error! Clueless.

 *  Resolved [steinspecht](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steinspecht/)
 * (@steinspecht)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-clueless/)
 * Hello all, I have no longer access to my web site, nor to the admin area. Please
   have a look at the lengthy error message when you call up my site, and be assured
   of my gratitude for a hint on how to go about that!
 * I do have access to my provider’s system, but no clue on what to do there… They
   informed me in Feb. that the site will run on PHP 8.1. So I removed a plugin 
   which prevented the site from working – CMS Pack – and since then things worked.
   I don’t know since when this fatal error occurs, since I only rarely go to the
   site.
 * Thanks,
 * Steinspecht
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ffatal-error-clueless%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [mujuonly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mujuonly/)
 * (@mujuonly)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-clueless/#post-16658205)
 * The error is throwing from the theme of the website `'wp-content/themes/nordic/
   widgets/widget-latest-posts.php(86)'` Please try switching to a default theme
   or try fixing the error in the active theme to reinstate the website.
 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-clueless/#post-16658527)
 * As [@mujuonly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mujuonly/) has pointed out
   already, the problem stems from your theme, Nordic.
 * This is a commercial theme, so unfortunately, we won’t be able to offer any assistance
   here since we don’t have access to the theme’s code (being a commercial product).
 * I checked the theme’s sales page on ThemeForest, and it seems it’s not seen any
   update in 6 years. That’s a generation in the tech world… and multiple generations
   in the world of WordPress. And that would explain why it’s finally broken under
   PHP 8.1.
 * I fear the theme may have been abandoned, and your best bet might be to rip it
   off and rebuild your site with another theme. Of course, you may contact the 
   vendor for help with this, though the aforementioned ThemeForest page says “UmbrellaStudios
   does not currently provide support for this item.”
 * > I do have access to my provider’s system, but no clue on what to do there…
 * Use either FTP or your host’s web-based File Manager to access your WordPress
   site files, navigate to `/wp-content/themes/` and rename the theme’s folder `
   nordic` to something else. This should deactivate the theme and allow you to 
   log in and switch to another theme (or at the very least, it’ll show a different
   error message if something else is broken).
 * Good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [steinspecht](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steinspecht/)
 * (@steinspecht)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-clueless/#post-16658996)
 * [@gappiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/) [@mujuonly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mujuonly/)
 * I did it, **I did it**! Thanks for the very clear instruction, took a while to
   figure out the ftp / filezilla access details, but then I knew what to do. Now
   working on the site appearance.
 * [@gappiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/) Chapeau for investigating
   deep into the ThemeForest, you’re absolutely right, Nordic is hopelessly obsolete.
 * Cheers,
 * Steinspecht

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 * Last reply from: [steinspecht](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steinspecht/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-clueless/#post-16658996)
 * Status: resolved

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