Title: Problem with version.php
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Problem with version.php

 *  [ccarter51](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccarter51/)
 * (@ccarter51)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-versionphp/)
 * My wordpress site worked for months and suddenly today it stopped working saying
   fatal error and that it couldn’t locate the wp-includes/version.php file.
 * I tried restoring from backup, manually replacing the wp-includes and wp-admin
   files from fresh wordpress download, and still got the same error.
 * When I try to take the version.php and upload it manually it uploads and then
   immediately deletes itself. I renamed it to version2.php (and edited name in 
   code of ‘wp-settings.php’ file). This allowed the site to come back up, but by
   doing this I can’t update my site when I log in. There is no styling/css when
   I log in, everything is bare text.
 * Why would the file: version.php be deleting itself when I upload it and how can
   I fix this issue?

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 *  [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * (@kidsguide)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-versionphp/#post-6071609)
 * Try [manually resetting your plugins](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)(
   no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, access your server via [FTP or SFTP](https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients),
   navigate to `/wp-content/themes/` and rename the directory of your currently 
   active theme. This will force the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-
   out a theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-versionphp/#post-6071609)
 * Status: not resolved

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