Title: New Install Expanded Admin Problem Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # New Install Expanded Admin Problem * [AniemAmebA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aniemameba/) * (@aniemameba) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/) * Hi all! I just installed WordPress for a new website: [http://www.AlexandraEagle.com](http://www.AlexandraEagle.com). The install went fine but when I login I get an expanded Admin layout, it doesn’t look like the normal layout. The site itself looks fine, it is just the admin panel that isn’t right. Take a look here: [http://www.alexandraeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Problem.pdf](http://www.alexandraeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Problem.pdf) * Is it a problem with 3.0.2.? I have installed WordPress a lot and never had this problem. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794516) * have you tried: * -clearing cache in your browser? To clear cache in your browser, press clrl+f5 keys simultaneously. Try different computer/different browser. * -deactivating ALL plugins temporarily to narrow down and possibly fix the problem. If the problem goes away, activate them individually to find the culprit? * If you don’t have access to your admin area, try deactivating them [manually](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F) via FTP or phpMyAdmin. * -switching to the default theme (Twenty Ten) for a moment by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes. The idea is to force WordPress to fall back to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific issue? * If you don’t have access to your admin area, then access your server via [FTP or SFTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management application your host provides. * -if that does not resolve the issue, try [increasing memory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP) available for php. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794518) * I’ve upgraded 6 or 7 sites today and didn’t have a problem in any of them. Try re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download of WordPress. * [Rob Rusnak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rrusnak/) * (@rrusnak) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794521) * That kind of affect is usually a browser cache issue. Empty your cache and refresh. * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794522) * Same here esmi – I manually updated my personal blog today, no issue whatsoever! * Thread Starter [AniemAmebA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aniemameba/) * (@aniemameba) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794525) * Tried it in Google Chrome, no go. Tried it in Firefox, no go. Tried it in IE… It WORKS! * Thread Starter [AniemAmebA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aniemameba/) * (@aniemameba) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794527) * I tried re-installing WordPress from the admin screen and FileZilla but that didn’t work…In IE it looks fine. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794533) * Try re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a fresh download of WordPress using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) (or whatever file management application your host provides). * Thread Starter [AniemAmebA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aniemameba/) * (@aniemameba) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794553) * [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) – I just tried that again and no luck. It seems that IE is working fine though. Strange. * Thread Starter [AniemAmebA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aniemameba/) * (@aniemameba) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794556) * My problem seems now that pop-ups won’t appear (adding media page pop-up) or I cannot drag and drop widgets and the drop down buttons don’t work… 🙁 * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794557) * did you apply the first step to both FF and Chrome I suggested in my previous post above? That is: * > -clearing cache in your browser? To clear cache in your browser, press clrl > +f5 keys simultaneously. Try different computer/different browser. * Thread Starter [AniemAmebA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aniemameba/) * (@aniemameba) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794558) * Yep, I tried that in both. No go. The layout is still messed up. * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794560) * Apparently – since you have no issue in IE – the issue seems to be with your FF and Chrome. * Thread Starter [AniemAmebA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aniemameba/) * (@aniemameba) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794562) * It would seem that way but the pop-up/widget/drop downs are not working in IE. * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794563) * what you mean by `expanded Admin layout`? Please elaborate. * Thread Starter [AniemAmebA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aniemameba/) * (@aniemameba) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/#post-1794565) * As you see in this picture: [](http://www.alexandraeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Problem.pdf) * Everything is expanded. This is happening in Chrome & Firefox. * In IE, everything looks fine except pop-ups won’t appear (adding media page pop- up) or I cannot drag and drop widgets and the drop down buttons don’t work. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘New Install Expanded Admin Problem’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin/) * [expanded](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/expanded/) * [upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upgrade/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 18 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [AniemAmebA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aniemameba/) * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-install-expanded-admin-problem/page/2/#post-1794573) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics