Title: Dashboard/interface broken!!
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Dashboard/interface broken!!

 *  [biancasivan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/biancasivan/)
 * (@biancasivan)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-dashboardinterface-broken/)
 * everything was fine last time i logged in to my admin, then last night when i
   logged in my dashboard was broken (it looks like a list – with very little html
   and nothing works). i figured it was a temporary glitch and went to bed… but 
   it’s still broken (in several browsers and on several computers)!!! my web host
   tech support claims it is not a server issue but a problem with wordpress. i 
   did nothing in my wp admin. this just happened out of nowhere!

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 *  [PlugPress.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plugpress/)
 * (@plugpress)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-dashboardinterface-broken/#post-2348663)
 * I am afraid that this is not a simple problem that can be answered in a few lines.
 * There are so many possibilities. Did you try to flush the cache of your browser?
   Do you see any error message ?
 * Otherwise, I suggest you find an expert to take a look at your problem.
 *  [Christi Nickerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christini/)
 * (@christini)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-dashboardinterface-broken/#post-2348667)
 * Hello biancasivan,
 * Try renaming your plugins folder. If you’re not using the default template rename
   your active template folder as well. This will disable plugins and force WordPress
   to use the default template.
 * You mentioned it
 * > (it looks like a list – with very little html and nothing works
 *  which concerns me about your index.php in your wp-admin folder. Make sure it’s
   there and even if it is, it might be a good idea to upload a fresh wp-admin index.
   php file into your wp-admin folder. Just download the WordPress installation 
   package, unzip it on your local computer, locate the index.php file in wp-admin
   and upload it to your wp-admin on your server (using either FTP or your web host’s
   file manager).
 * Hope this helps!
 *  Thread Starter [biancasivan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/biancasivan/)
 * (@biancasivan)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-dashboardinterface-broken/#post-2348770)
 * Dear Christi –
    You’re a genius and you saved the day!!! I didn’t want to mess
   with my plugins ’cause my site would be useless without my main plugin (s2member);
   however, I had an older index.php file in the wp-admin folder on my computer 
   so I uploaded it to the site in place of the corrupted ‘new’ one (how that happened
   I’ll never know) – and voila! It’s fixed!! Hope it doesn’t freak out again for
   no reason… Thank you so so so much, bianca

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [biancasivan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/biancasivan/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-dashboardinterface-broken/#post-2348770)
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