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WordPress: redirect to wp-admin/install.php

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Escienca Posted messages 427 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
Escienca Posted messages 427 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello,

I have a recurring problem with my Wordpress blog.

For the past few days, I have been permanently redirected to the infamous and dangerous wp-admin/install.php.

I deleted this file from my FTP, increased my quota with my host, raised my memory_limit (not sure if that has anything to do with it, but I did it), deactivated the plugins, recreated the .htaccess, etc., and I still have this redirection. No matter how much I search everywhere and test everything, I can't find how to remove this redirection?

Thank you for your help.


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    avion-f16 Posted messages 19182 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 511
     

    Hello,

    This redirect indicates that the wp-config.php file is inaccessible or nonexistent. It may be a permission issue (chmod).

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  2. Escienca Posted messages 427 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   58
     

    Hello,

    actually, apparently, there was a mess with a reinstallation of Wordpress. I went through the host's installer, but like many, before reinstalling a brand new Wordpress, I hadn't deleted the old one from my FTP. So there was some kind of bug and parts of the old one were still installed. As a result, my config.php got messed up, and there was a ghost in the shell with that install file, which I had deleted, but was still somewhere, well hidden. So I completely cleared my Wordpress FTP (except for wp-content which I had backed up, of course!) and now it runs! So, the moral of this misadventure: before reinstalling a Wordpress, you need to first delete the old one (except for wp-content which is better to back up as it contains all the front-end like articles, css, etc...), it's safer.

    Resolved then.

    Thanks, see you soon.

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