Title: WordPress version abc!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress version abc!

 *  [bluemint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluemint/)
 * (@bluemint)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-version-abc/)
 * After upgrading to 2.6 (from 2.5.1), the version number is showing up in a few
   places as “abc” instead of “2.6”.
 * > In index.php as <meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress abc” />
   >  In footer.
   > php for template tag, <?php bloginfo(‘version’); ?>
 * Version “2.6” does shows up correctly on the bottom of the Dashboard.
 * Does anyone know what’s wrong?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [raween](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raween/)
 * (@raween)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-version-abc/#post-811144)
 * same problem here…
 * EDIT:
    here is a nasty fix: change in version.php (/wp-includes/version.php):`
   $wp_version = '2.6.1';` in
 *     ```
       $wp_version = '2.6.1';
       $version = $wp_version;
       ```
   
 * then in your footer.php:
    `<?php echo $GLOBALS['version']; ?>`
 * This is just a temporary fix. When you update your blog, you should always repeat
   step one…

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## Tags

 * [abc](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/abc/)
 * [template tag](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/template-tag/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 1 reply
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 * Last reply from: [raween](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raween/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-version-abc/#post-811144)
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