Please Help! My WordPress Blog is Showing a Blank Screen

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I recently made an upgrade to my other WordPress blog from version 2.8 directly to 2.9.2 by FTPing the 2.9.2 files over to the web host.

After the files were overwritten, I went to visit the /wp-admin dashboard page and it prompted me to upgrade the database.

OK, everything was fine and dandy until I went to visit my blog – BAM, a blank screen.

After a bit of research I found that other bloggers have said that most likely this is due to the plugins.

So here is what you need to do to fix it:

1.  Rename your /plugins folder to something else, I simply renamed it to /plugins1.  This will disable all of your plugins at once since WordPress can not find plugins in the folder where it knows exist.

2.  Now login to your dashboard by going to [your site url]/wp-admin.  Your log should be operation at this point.

3.  Enable your plugins one by one.  After each activation, pull up a new browser window and visit your blog.  If it becomes a blank screen again, you have just pinpointed the plugin that is causing the trouble.

4.  While staying in your dashboard’s plugin management page, click on Deactivate link for that plugin.

5.  If WordPress offers a link below that plugin to automatically upgrade the plugin, do it.  If not, download the latest version of the plugin from the developer’s website.  If this is not feasible, you may need to forget about using this plugin or downgrade your WordPress to a lower version.

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What I found

For me the culprit was the Redirection plugin (Manage all your 301 redirects and monitor 404 errors By John Godley)

Good thing the automatic upgrade link was available and it made the plugin upgrade a swift.

Go ahead and leave a comment below with plugins that you found to be “broken” or causes your WordPress to go blank after an upgrade.

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