[TIPS] Fix WordPress Error Blank Page

Thanks for this. Surprisingly it was the stupid index.html file - what a newbie move!

Thank you for breaking this down, although I was really just being too stubborn to check each plugin in the first place.

Hi thanks for this... I found that if I started straightaway on moving the plugins to a temp folder using dreamweaver / ftp client then I immediately got the admin screen back :) thank you

Great article!!Thanks for the step-by-step explanation.I followed these steps and
successfully implemented it…thanks again for the information…Carry on the great work!

Thank you very much! You TOTALLY saved my ass!
My problem was a index.html in the root... I sincerely don't know how the hell it arrived there but I'm glad that I can solve this.

Greetings from Romania! You're doing a great job!

for me it was an incompatible plugin. But thanks for the checklist to go through!

Thanks alot.....this is a LIFEsaver

Good Day Ivan,

I started using XAMPP a few months ago, after learning the hard way, that there is a nice easy way! I agree with the instructions you provide for a localhost Wordpress install. The culprit in my case seems to be something within my themes coding that is preventing the wp-admin from displaying (however, exact same code works for the online !). Can you recommend any other possible debugging methods?

O.k., you must be a magician, cause its working now! What did it take? Well, it was a theme issue, like you stated above. Not sure what exactly is the issue, but changing the theme through PHPmyAdmin (options 45 and 46, template and stylesheet), to the Wordpress default (TwentyTen) got things fired up again... Thanks Ivan!

Wow, I've run into this problem before, escpecially every now and then on a localhost server (my computer), but this time it is real serious! The site itself is showing up, but even after going through every little detail (disabling plugins, making sure no extra files, combing through phpMyAdmin, everything I tells U) still getting the blanko with the Admin section?? But online, exact same site works fine! I am not asking for your help cause this would be a toughy, unless your a magician or something!

Thanks for this, has fix a big problem for me!

After wp-admin was blank, I deleted a plugin I had recently installed, fixing everything. Thanks!

Hi Ivan,
I am trying to set up wordpress (Wordpress 3.0.1) on localhost running Windows 7. I already installed latest versions of Apache, PHP & MySQL which are working fine. When I type http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php it displays blank screen. I am new to wordpress. Please help me to solve this issue.

Thanks in advance.
RJ

Thanks Ivan.
I found my problem. It's a plugins error.

Thanks Ivan! I was freaking out about the white screen until I found this post. It was just a plugin issue.

<b>though i done lots of research i cant solve my this problem will you help me plz??</b>

HAHAHA THANK UUUU SO MUCH, I renamed plugin folder and my blog working fine now :D will use your suggestion temp folder to move plugins one by one

Thank you dude you saved my ass with this one. Whoooooooooo Hooooooooo

You should take off the donot follow on your comments. you might get more!!!!

Thank you very much! It was indeed a problematic plugin that was causing the white screen of death.

Ivan, I've just upgraded to WP 3.01 and now the white blank page displays when I click "new post" and "edit post". I try all of your steps and I still have no luck. :(

Thanks so much for this - turned out that a plug-in I installed on a sub-folder to test (eShop) rendered my website useless. It appeared in my top-level installation; once I'd deleted this, white screen stopped white screening.

Again, thank you

Thanks for the post above which is really useful. I've just upgraded to WP 3.01 and whilst the homepage of my site displays correctly it's when I click on any link in my navigation that leads me to a blank page (white). It's only 'static' pages that have been affected not posts.

The links themselves are correct according to the pages but even in the dashboard whilst the page info can be viewed all present and correct, you cannot view them when you click on the 'view page' link.

Any ideas?

i just finish uploading WP3.0.1on my server and i do fresh install after i finish all processes and i see this message ""All right sparky! You've made it through this part of the installation. WordPress""
i press on Run the install then i no know what happened ..the page die ... and it keep return me to "wp-admin/install.php" folder ...
i check PhpMyAdmin to see if WP installation create the table on the database put i found nothing ...
I try this steps twice and got same result !!

That could be many things. But usually one or some plugin crash or themes crash.

Thanks! why wordpress blank page could happen? my wordpress have been occured this problem, but at that time i have no method, only re-installed it,

Thanks Ivan! I was freaking out about the white screen until I found this post. It was just a plugin issue.

Thanks Ivan for restoring my sanity.
Renaming plugins folder got my heart beating again and the client smiling.
Now I just need to find the one causing the problem.

Thanks for your feedback mate. Permission issue is the one that i missed in this tips.
I will remember your feedback as my future reference. Cheers.

I had a similar issue but the problem turned out to be a permission issue. Wordpress apparently has to perform some functions under the www group on our server, whereas all of the files that I had uploaded were under my privileges. Once this was remedied, the blank screen disappeared and all is well.

Glad to hear that i can help you :)
Cheers.

Thank you, renaming plugins was a great idea.
I also like your sense of calming, it helped!!

Hi Ivan and a big thank you for clearly and concisely describing a good step by step troubleshooting for the blank page problem.

I also had a problem with plug-ins just like David, for me it turned out to be the Wordpress automatic upgrade plug in.

Excellent post!

It's nice to hear that my article help you out :)

Thanks Ivan.

I had a problem moving a Wordpress install to another host and ended up with a blank wp_admin page. I couldn't remember all of the possible causes, but your list of things to check helped me fix it. Not surprisingly, it turned out to be a problem with a plugin.

Thanks again.

Reinstall wordpress is not hard thing to do if you know what to do.
If you never use your FTP and PHPMyAdmin, i suggest you to ask your support from your Hosting provider to do so.
If you made mistake, then you lost your database then it's all gone.

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to have to figure out how to back up my database and reload WP without using the control panel inside of Wordpress. Any tips? I have FTP access and phpmyadmin (which I've never used).

Thanks (really) for commenting back... It helps.

If it is not a plugin issue. Then it is something broken with your wordpress installation.
Backup your database, and reinstall your wordpress.

I have the white screen problem... VIA FTP I changed the name of the plug-in directory and made a new plugin directory but I still have no luck. Any ideas as to what could be the problem?

Thanks Ivan. I WAS panicking. I renamed the plugin directory and then was able to use wp-admin. I will find the guilty plugin now.