Title: Hanging WP admin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Hanging WP admin

 *  [wclathe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wclathe/)
 * (@wclathe)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hanging-wp-admin/)
 * I can get to my site, and I can get to the admin page. I’ve been using WP for
   over a year without a problem.
 * BUT as of today, the moment attempt to do anything beyond the first page of the
   admin dashboard (add a new post, edit posts, look at plugins, etc), the site 
   hangs and tries to load for a very long time. I can’t get to any page on the 
   admin site, nor can I load the blog itself.
 * I had recently tried to add a plugin that just didn’t work well for me (Search
   Everything), so I deleted it through the admin, but I am not sure that is what
   started the problem.
 * This hanging/forever loading behavior is repeatable. Eventually I’ll get a 404
   or it will just hang (it will continue to hang sometimes for undetermined lengths
   of time), eventually I can get back to the blog and the dashboard, but if I attempt
   to go to another admin function, it hangs the site and the admin again.
 * Any ideas as to the cause of the problem or solution?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hanging-wp-admin/#post-1257128)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-related problems?
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or phpMyAdmin? Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 *  [WebTechGlobal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webtechglobal/)
 * (@webtechglobal)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hanging-wp-admin/#post-1257394)
 * Did you update your WordPress ?
 * Version 2.9 and now 3.0 is shocking. I’m now looking for 2.8 to start using with
   my customers and disable their update link. The newer versions are hanging so
   bad I can’t get much work done on any of my blogs.
 * Also does not matter which browser your using.
 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hanging-wp-admin/#post-1257395)
 * Why do you reply to a thread of 8 months old?
    But indeed, WP 3.0 seems to have
   a habbit of hanging, in my case especially when I’m working on pages and hit “
   update”.

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 * [hang](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hang/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hanging-wp-admin/#post-1257395)
 * Status: not resolved

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