Title: plugin-update destroyed my WordPress
Last modified: December 1, 2016

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# plugin-update destroyed my WordPress

 *  Resolved [mrboerns](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrboerns/)
 * (@mrboerns)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-destroyed-my-wordpress/)
 * dear growtheme-team,
    unfortunately after the last update my wordpress is complete
   defective. i’ve got an error code but I don’t like to post it here. Is it possible
   to send it by mail? Maybe you can help me out with this.
 * Big thx

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 *  Thread Starter [mrboerns](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrboerns/)
 * (@mrboerns)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-destroyed-my-wordpress/#post-8503339)
 * It looks like this:
 * Warning: require_once(/…./wp-content/plugins/viral-coming-soon//include-convertkit.
   php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /…./wp-content/plugins/
   viral-coming-soon/viral_coming_soon.php on line 37
 * Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required ‘/…./wp-content/plugins/
   viral-coming-soon//include-convertkit.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/lib/php’)
   in /…./wp-content/plugins/viral-coming-soon/viral_coming_soon.php on line 37
 *  [irocwebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irocwebs/)
 * (@irocwebs)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-destroyed-my-wordpress/#post-8503733)
 * Same issue as here: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-files-22/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-files-22/)
 * Quick Fix that worked for me:
    In the file viral_coming_soon.php, find the following
   lines and line them out. require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . ‘/include-
   convertkit.php’; require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . ‘/include-custom-
   html.php’;
 * Like this:
    //require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . ‘/include-convertkit.
   php’; //require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . ‘/include-custom-html.php’;
 *  Plugin Author [Growtheme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/growtheme/)
 * (@growtheme)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-destroyed-my-wordpress/#post-8504545)
 * Hey there,
    [@irocwebs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irocwebs/) is right
   and his quick fix will work.
 * But we already issued an update that fixes the problem as well.
 * If you can’t login to your WordPress Dashboard, you have to connect to your FTP
   server and deactivate the plugin from there.
 * Just connect to your FTP server (If you don’t know how to do that, [check this article.](http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-use-ftp-to-upload-files-to-wordpress-for-beginners/)),
   navigate to the “wp-content/plugins/” folder and rename the “viral-coming-soon”
   to something different like for example “viral-coming-soon-xyz”.
 * This will cause WordPress to deactivate the plugin, so you can login again into
   your WordPress Dashboard.
 * Once that is done, please update the Plugin Files within your WordPress Dashboard
   to the latest version (1.1.1) and everything should work again as before without
   problems.
 * If you need assistance following these steps or want us to do them for you, just
   reply to the email we just sended.

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## Tags

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

 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Growtheme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/growtheme/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-destroyed-my-wordpress/#post-8504545)
 * Status: resolved