Title: WordPress already installed error? Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # WordPress already installed error? * [danielledennie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielledennie/) * (@danielledennie) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/) * When trying to activate WordPress, we received the error below. We are not sure what this means. Can anyone help? * danielle * wp-config.php file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? We got it. You can create a wp-config.php file through a web interface, but this doesn’t work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.”); require_once(‘../wp-config.php’); require_once(‘./upgrade-functions. php’); $guessurl = str_replace(‘/wp-admin/install.php?step=2’, ”, ‘[http://’](http://’);. $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] . dirname($_SERVER[‘PHP_SELF’]) ); if (isset($_GET[‘step’])) $step = $_GET[‘step’]; else $step = 0; header( ‘Content-Type: text/html; charset =utf-8’ ); ?> * hide_errors(); $installed = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT * FROM $wpdb->users”); if ($installed) die(__(‘ Already Installed You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first. * ‘) . ”); $wpdb->show_errors(); switch($step) { case 0: ?> ReadMe documentation at your leisure.’), ‘../readme.html’); ?> * ERROR: please type your e-mail address”)); } else if (!is_email($admin_email)){ die (__(“ERROR: the e-mail address isn’t correct”)); } ?> * query(“UPDATE $wpdb->options SET option_value = ‘$weblog_title’ WHERE option_name = ‘blogname'”); $wpdb->query(“UPDATE $wpdb->options SET option_value = ‘$admin_email’ WHERE option_name = ‘admin_email'”); // Now drop in some default links $wpdb- >query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->linkcategories (cat_id, cat_name) VALUES (1, ‘”.addslashes( __(‘Blogroll’)).”‘)”); $wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->links (link_url, link_name, link_category, link_rss) VALUES (‘[http://blog.carthik.net/index.php’](http://blog.carthik.net/index.php’);,‘ Carthik’, 1, ‘[http://blog.carthik.net/feed/’](http://blog.carthik.net/feed/’););”); $wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->links (link_url, link_name, link_category, link_rss) VALUES (‘[http://blogs.linux.ie/xeer/’](http://blogs.linux.ie/xeer/’);,‘ Donncha’, 1, ‘[http://blogs.linux.ie/xeer/feed/’](http://blogs.linux.ie/xeer/feed/’););”); $wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->links (link_url, link_name, link_category, link_rss) VALUES (‘[http://zengun.org/weblog/’](http://zengun.org/weblog/’);,‘ Michel’, 1, ‘[http://zengun.org/weblog/feed/’](http://zengun.org/weblog/feed/’););”); $wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->links (link_url, link_name, link_category, link_rss) VALUES (‘[http://boren.nu/’](http://boren.nu/’);, ‘Ryan’, 1, ‘[http://boren.nu/feed/’](http://boren.nu/feed/’););”); $wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->links (link_url, link_name, link_category, link_rss) VALUES (‘[http://photomatt.net/’](http://photomatt.net/’);, ‘Matt’, 1, ‘[http://xml.photomatt.net/feed/’](http://xml.photomatt.net/feed/’););”); $wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->links (link_url, link_name, link_category, link_rss) VALUES (‘[http://zed1.com/journalized/’](http://zed1.com/journalized/’);,‘ Mike’, 1, ‘[http://zed1.com/journalized/feed/’](http://zed1.com/journalized/feed/’););”); $wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->links (link_url, link_name, link_category, link_rss) VALUES (‘[http://www.alexking.org/’](http://www.alexking.org/’);, ‘ Alex’, 1, ‘[http://www.alexking.org/blog/wp-rss2.php’](http://www.alexking.org/blog/wp-rss2.php’););”); $wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->links (link_url, link_name, link_category, link_rss) VALUES (‘[http://dougal.gunters.org/’](http://dougal.gunters.org/’);,‘ Dougal’, 1, ‘[http://dougal.gunters.org/feed/’](http://dougal.gunters.org/feed/’););”);// Default category $wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->categories (cat_ID, cat_name, category_nicename) VALUES (‘0’, ‘”.addslashes(__(‘Uncategorized’)).”‘, ‘”.sanitize_title( __(‘Uncategorized’)).”‘)”); // First post $now = date(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’); $now_gmt = gmdate(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’); $wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->posts (post_author, post_date, post_date_gmt, post_content, post_title, post_category, post_name, post_modified, post_modified_gmt) VALUES (‘1’, ‘$now’, ‘$now_gmt’, ‘”.addslashes( __(‘Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!’)).”‘, ‘”.addslashes(__(‘Hello world!’)).”‘, ‘0’, ‘”.addslashes(__(‘ hello-world’)).”‘, ‘$now’, ‘$now_gmt’)”); $wpdb->query( “INSERT INTO $wpdb->post2cat(` rel_id`, `post_id`, `category_id`) VALUES (1, 1, 1)” ); // Default comment $wpdb- >query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->comments (comment_post_ID, comment_author, comment_author_email, comment_author_url, comment_author_IP, comment_date, comment_date_gmt, comment_content) VALUES (‘1’, ‘”.addslashes(__(‘Mr WordPress’)).”‘, ”, ‘[http://wordpress.org’](http://wordpress.org’);,‘ 127.0.0.1’, ‘$now’, ‘$now_gmt’, ‘”.addslashes(__(‘Hi, this is a comment. To delete a comment, just log in, and view the posts\’ comments, there you will have the option to edit or delete them.’)).”‘)”); // Set up admin user $random_password = substr(md5(uniqid(microtime())), 0, 6); $wpdb->query(“INSERT INTO $wpdb->users( ID, user_login, user_pass, user_nickname, user_email, user_level, user_idmode, user_registered) VALUES ( ‘1’, ‘admin’, MD5(‘$random_password’), ‘”.addslashes( __(‘Administrator’)).”‘, ‘$admin_email’, ’10’, ‘nickname’, NOW() )”); $message_headers = ‘From: ‘ . stripslashes($_POST[‘weblog_title’]) . ‘ log in with the username“ admin” and password “%2$s”.’), ‘../wp-login.php’, $random_password); ?> * Note that password carefully! It is a random password that was generated just for you. If you lose it, you will have to delete the tables from the database yourself, and re-install WordPress. So to review:’); ?> * admin wp-login.php * WordPress, personal publishing platform.’); ?> Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/page/2/?output_format=md) * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213693) * It means PHP is not runing on your server. * [arepo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arepo/) * (@arepo) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213867) * [arepo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arepo/) * (@arepo) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213868) * [arepo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arepo/) * (@arepo) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213869) * [arepo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arepo/) * (@arepo) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213870) * I’m not sure the problem is with PHP not running on your server. You can check this though by trying to run the following code: * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213871) * `` * [arepo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arepo/) * (@arepo) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213872) * [arepo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arepo/) * (@arepo) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213873) * Sorry all those postings, I was trying to show code and couldn’t get the backticks to work. Anyhow, Just type in a plaintext editor, save it to your server and see if you get info about the PHP version on the server it means PHP is running. I was having the same problem as you. I reinstalled MySQL, deleted MySQL receipts, reinstalled, dropped tables, databases, ect. After doing all this I just happened to point my browser at the old site and to my supprise I was taken to the install page instead of the WordPress Already Installed page, go figure. Everything seems to be working fine now. So maybe try that or maybe even a different browser. I know it sounds weird but I’ve had some problems with Safari and serving content on localhost. Hope this helps a little. * [emccomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emccomas/) * (@emccomas) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213917) * I am having the same problem as danielle. I tested the php using the infophp() command and it works fine. * arepo, what do you mean when you say I pointed my browser at the old site? * [w2dmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2dmb/) * (@w2dmb) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213921) * I am having exactly the same problem. * My server stats say that PHP is enabled, and when I try to run the script, it gives me a completely blank pagf, and the status bar says ‘Done’. * Any ideas? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213922) * Can we have a lot more info about the hosting please ? * [w2dmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2dmb/) * (@w2dmb) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213923) * What are you looking for? I am with a company called Dataspace.co.za I have create a MySQL database, and added the details into my wp_config file, What else do you need? I can find out for you. * Thanks 😀 * [emccomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emccomas/) * (@emccomas) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213926) * I’m still having the same problem that danielle reported. I have confirmed that Apache and php are functioning properly. I can’t seem to get wordpress installed. Any ideas? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213927) * w2dmb / emccomas: I realise this is frustrating for you, but in order to get the right information to you – rather than throwing a ton of links at you – it would be really helpful to get as much info as possible about your hosts: * – Who are you hosted with ? – Windows or Linux Server ? – php / mysql versions– what have you tried from your searches here ? – have you contacted your host about this ? – do you have cpanel / plesk / vdeck ? – _exactly_ what happens when you try to install ? – can we have a link to where the files are installed? Info, lots of info is what we need – and then we are better informed to help you 🙂 * [emccomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emccomas/) * (@emccomas) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/#post-213929) * I am attempting to host this on my local machine. I am using Apache 2.0 and php 5.0.4. My machine is a Windows 2000 system. I am using MySQL 4.1. * I can connect to my machine through Netscape. My machine reports that Apache is installed correctly when I do this. I can also log onto the MySQL database from a command window and execute various commands. And, I can test php using infophp() that I learned about on this website. * I don’t have, or know what, cpanel / plesk / vdeck are. * When I try to install wordpress by opening the install.php file from the Netscape browser, I get the exact same message that appears at the top of this thread. * I am located behind multiple firewalls, and a secure government site, so I can’t provide a link to my site. * I have used my system as a web host for other pieces of software with success. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘WordPress already installed error?’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 21 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [w2dmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w2dmb/) * Last activity: [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-already-installed-error/page/2/#post-213996) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics