Title: “fatal error” message when upgrading
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# “fatal error” message when upgrading

 *  [meredithfp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meredithfp/)
 * (@meredithfp)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-message-when-upgrading/)
 * I just tried upgrading to the latest version of WordPress and I’m getting a “
   fatal error” message. Can anyone tell me what this means?
 * Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_admin() in /home/homescj8/public_html/
   wp-includes/vars.php on line 16
 * I tried restoring but that doesn’t work either. Help!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-message-when-upgrading/#post-1425214)
 * Try re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download
   of WordPress.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-message-when-upgrading/#post-1425214)
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