Comments on: How To Fix the Blank Page or Blank Screen Problem in WordPress

By: Simone Woods

Simone Woods — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:30:09 +0000

Thank you for this page – you literally saved our life. We tried re-naming the plugins folder to no avail, but renaming the theme folder did the trick. We had to do this via our webhost control panel. Thanks again

By: Mayur Somani

Mayur Somani — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:18:19 +0000

@Angela

You need to login using a FTP software like Filezilla and then you can renamed files and folders to resolve the issue.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:25:03 +0000

I was editing my theme and I changed the width on the header on the theme functions, what a mistake now I can’t access my login for wordpress, I was trying to rename the file but I have no idea how in the file manager. There is only add new file and add new directory. Please send me any advise through my email.

By: Aviara Homes For Sale

Aviara Homes For Sale — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:20:15 +0000

I just spent 7 agonizing hours dealing with the blank screen. I couldn’t even log in because the admin screen was blank.

It happened when I tried to upgrade my wordpress version 3.1.

So here’s what I did to solve it:

1. I ftp’d an old version of wordpress something like 2.4.

2. I logged out (as was mentioned) using http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-login.php?loggedout=true

3. I then received an indication that my database needed to be upgraded. So I clicked to do so.

4. Then I noticed that my blog was somewhat back from the dead (though not entirely). It would only display partially.

4. I then started to ftp newer versions of wordpress until I ended at 2.9. From there my blog looked great and I wasn’t about to try to upgrade any further.

7 hours to complete a 50 cent chore. Ho-hum!

By: Mayur Somani

Mayur Somani — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:47:43 +0000

@tj

Just delete the new theme’s folder via FTP.

By: tj

tj — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:24:07 +0000

Hi, I installed a new theme and then when I went to my page it is the “White screen of death” with no data, or anything.. just white. I hadn’t done any recent upgrades or anything. ANy idea how I can reset my page back to the default theme? Help please!

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:00:39 +0000

I’m using wordpress 3.0, the green stimulus theme, and am unable to log in to the admin page — getting the white screen. I have no index.php file. Tried re-naming the plugins. Any other suggestions? Thanks.

By: Lambodar Sahu

Lambodar Sahu — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:15:47 +0000

Thanks. I had the same problem before, after rename the plug ins (like akismet to akismet1 etc), I am able to log into the wp dashboard. Later on I upgraded the plugins.

By: Mayur Somani

Mayur Somani — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:36:41 +0000

@Andy

Thanks for the tip. Glad that your issue is resolved :)

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:32:24 +0000

Your advice set me on the right track.

A tip before disabling plugins, think if you have recently modified functions.php or htaccess or something behind the normal scenes.

If so, copy and save it in its current form then undo any changes or upload a clean version. The issue in my case was a dodgy piece of syntax in functins.php, still not quite sure what – but anyway all my plugins were and are fine.

cheers