The WordPress Re-Installment That DIDN'T Happen [View all]

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Went to my WordPress blog home page -- was greeted with their "white screen of death":



Never got a "site admin email."

Rounded up the usual suspects -- the plugins and the databases -- but everything "tested clean."

It looked like I'd have to do a complete re-install. But it's been years since my last one, and apparently the WordPress "famous five minute install" is now the stuff of ancient history.

I decided that the smartest route to take was via the latest edition of the WordPress installment instructions. One of their very first instructions? "PHP 7.4 or greater."

Consulted my Web host's PHP section. My account was set on PHP 7.3; my Web host's current maximum is PHP 8.1.

Two clicks later, my blog was back: WordPress complete re-install NOT accomplished!!!


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