Title: WP-Admin folder missing
Last modified: April 15, 2022

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# WP-Admin folder missing

 *  Resolved [Maggie96](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maggie96/)
 * (@maggie96)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-folder-missing-3/)
 * Hi,
 * I had an issue with a Divi theme update/Wordfence update that crashed a site.
   Per the theme developers I uploaded a fresh copy of the theme in cPanel and repaired
   databse tables for Wordfence.
 * But I was still unable to access the WordPress dashboard and getting “critical
   error” messages. I went back into cPanel and suddenly saw that the WP-Admin folder
   is missing.
 * I never touched that folder. It used to be there. Now it is gone. I am truly 
   baffled. (I checked the cPanel trash just to be sure I didn’t accidentally delete
   it – but it’s not in there.) The only file I replaced was the theme file and 
   it’s fine.
 * Crazy question – is there a way to replace just the Wp-Admin folder? Or do I 
   need to delete the current WordPress installation and install a new copy? And
   does that create a new database?
    (I’ve been googling for an hour and not finding
   an answer.)
 * Any advice would be appreciated – I’ve never had this happen before.
 * Thank you 🙂

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-folder-missing-3/#post-15562480)
 * Download a fresh copy of WP from wordpress.org. Unzip locally and do the first
   step of a manual update. if wp-admin is missing, other things may be missing,
   too. [https://wordpress.org/support/article/updating-wordpress/#manual-update](https://wordpress.org/support/article/updating-wordpress/#manual-update)
 *  Thread Starter [Maggie96](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maggie96/)
 * (@maggie96)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-folder-missing-3/#post-15562482)
 * Nevermind! I just found it! I have no idea how it got moved into WP-includes –
   I never touched it. This is a head scratcher. Thank you.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Maggie96](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maggie96/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-folder-missing-3/#post-15562482)
 * Status: resolved

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