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I had the exact same problem Skratman and it was stressing me out as I was in the middle of a major site reconstruction from the inside.

And hey “moderators with the attitude they should be checking at the Support Forum doors? Here’s a news flash that will help you with the panic. If someone tells you they can’t do anything and they can’t find anything, the UI is probably broken from plugins.

I’ve never had a problem installing a new WP roll out,plugins usually don’t break stuff for me. One thing is that I upgrade via my web host (Dreamhost) and they re-install the new versions server side. I had no clue this was some major new interface roll out, so this was a shock. Especially when I couldn’t find things like ‘Edit pages” and “plugins” let alone my theme editor, which is what I was working on before the upgrade.

Understand that the installation advice in “Upgrading WordPress” is something I haven’t read since version 1.1 or whatever and I am quite sure I’m not alone.

So in case others are reading and pissed with the ‘tude they’re getting (I find it really annoying and I’m pretty savvy, I actually came here to see if plugins were breaking things and I needed to do something about that, but wanted to check before I did anything new),,,, Here’s some user advice:

If you can’t go back or perhaps don’t know how to go back to an older version for some reason, just go and remove your plugins from the wp plugins folder. You know, the one where you put the plugins you download, etc. Now, restart the process of looking at the admin menus – they will be completely different and your breathing will return to normal.

For the record – the OZH admin drop down from before 2.7 is one of the biggest culprits. They’ve updated to 2.7 which is great, but it’s what hosed me this time.

hth, hand.