I need to locate a WordPress programmer who can work with an ancient WordPress website. I am pretty strong on the front-end but when it comes to the back-end, I am lost.
I am trying to help a friend with a WP site that was built in 2007. She was fine with her ancient website until Google stopped showing the site because the version of PHP it was running was so old browsers didn’t recognize it any more. I figured out how to update the PHP (to 7.4) and update it to WP 6.3 which got the site to show again.
I was updating the home page and next thing I knew I was kicked out of the editor and can’t get back in. When I go the [domain.com/wp-admin]) login screen, I get the error msg “There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.”
I’d like to find a programmer who can fix it so I can edit the site again and who make sure all the bits are as up-to-date as they can be. Let me know if you think you can do this or point me to place where I can hire a reliable programmer. Thanks!
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Enable debugging [https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/debugging-in-wordpress/#wp_debug]) so you can see the error message. Report back. Given the age of the site, my guess is either the theme or a plugin need replacing.
Hey! I can take care of this. Should you not be able to solve it DM me and we will review it.
Rebuild it from scratch
We’d be happy to help. We do this kind of thing frequently.
If you’d like some help feel free to DM me.
It’s what I do for a living son msg ame anytime
Easy. Don’t need a strong back dev 🙄
There is likely a plugin incompatibility after the php update. Best thing to do would be to roll back your php version to the original and deactivate all plugins using FTP. Then you can update php and update all plugins, then reactivate them 1 by 1 and see what the issue is. Happy to help if you need. PM me
Rollback that update.