Title: WordPress 2.6 Update Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress 2.6 Update Error

 *  [ghacks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghacks/)
 * (@ghacks)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-26-update-error/)
 * After upgrading my site from 2.51 to 2.6 I receive the following error messages:
 * Warning: require_once(/***/***/*****/******/wp-load.php) [function.require-once]:
   failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /***/***/*****/******/wp-
   blog-header.php on line 12
 * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/***/***/*****/******/
   wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear’) in /***/***/*****/******/
   wp-blog-header.php on line 12
 * I have deactivated all plugins previously. Anyone having any ideas what could
   cause that error ?

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 *  Thread Starter [ghacks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghacks/)
 * (@ghacks)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-26-update-error/#post-808693)
 * The errors appear on the main site but also when trying to update the blog in
   wp-admin/update.php and the wp-admin directory.
 *  [hotkee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hotkee/)
 * (@hotkee)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-26-update-error/#post-808706)
 * You probably have some missing files – you will have to simply go back and check
   which file is missing or not been replaced.
 *  [hktiller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hktiller/)
 * (@hktiller)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-26-update-error/#post-809176)
 * ghacks:
    I got the same error message when I tried the Automatic upgrade. You
   will find the missing file “wp-load.php” in the main directory of WordPress 2.6.
   I copied “wp-load.php” to my wordpress root directory on the server, and everything
   worked fine.
 *  794192
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-26-update-error/#post-809318)
 * what do you mean by root directory?
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-26-update-error/#post-809319)
 * root directory (as applicable to wordpress) = where your wp-config.php lives
 *  [damianrees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damianrees/)
 * (@damianrees)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-26-update-error/#post-809405)
 * Ooh, I think this may well solve my problem too. Can you tell me where to copy
   wp-load.php from? Can’t seem to find it
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-26-update-error/#post-809406)
 * its inside the 2.6.1 zip, just like all the other files 🙂
 *  [damianrees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damianrees/)
 * (@damianrees)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-26-update-error/#post-809407)
 * hmm. must be blind. Ok done that, but still no joy 🙁

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## Tags

 * [fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal-error/)
 * [require_once](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/require_once/)
 * [update error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/update-error/)
 * [WordPress-2.6](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-2-6/)
 * [wp-blog-header.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-blog-header-php/)
 * [wp-load](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-load/)
 * [wp-load.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-load-php/)

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 * Last reply from: [damianrees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damianrees/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-26-update-error/#post-809407)
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