Title: Problem updating WordPress
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problem updating WordPress

 *  [vdrive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vdrive/)
 * (@vdrive)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-updating-wordpress/)
 * I was trying to update to the latest version of WordPress and I got the following
   error. Since then, the site doesn’t open, it only displays this error. Kindly
   help with possible fixes for this issue.
 * Thanks
 * Fatal error: Cannot redeclare has_shortcode() (previously declared in /home/bootcamp/
   public_html/wp-includes/shortcodes.php:153) in /home/bootcamp/public_html/wp-
   content/themes/raiden_1_0_3/framework/functions/functions.php on line 66

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-updating-wordpress/#post-4640230)
 * your theme “raiden_1_0_3” seems to be the issue.
    Therefore, try switching to
   the unedited default, core-bundled Theme (such as Twenty Twelve, Twenty Thirteen
   or Twenty Fourteen) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-
   specific issue. If you don’t have access to your admin area, you can switch to
   the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes
   and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using via FTP or SFTP or whatever
   file management application your host provides. Alternately, you can remove other
   themes except the default theme. That will force your site to use it.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-updating-wordpress/#post-4640230)
 * Status: not resolved

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