Hi

 

One site I passed on a year or so ago is having issues with accessing their dashboard.

 

After log in, they only get the following error;

Fatal error: Access level to _WP_List_Table_Compat::get_column_info() must be public (as in class WP_List_Table) in ........ on line 113

 

 

I opened the list-table.php page via FTP and can't see what needs correcting? The content of this php page seems default and looks identical to other installs I have?

This may have been caused by a failed upgrade from within the WP admin pages. Back up everything and upload a fresh copy of Wordpress via FTP.

is this useful to you?

 

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-40-update-now-i-cant-login

Hi Folks - Thanks for your time to respond. It does seem to be a failure of an upgrade.

 

I checked the plugins first to see if it was a compatibility issue by switching them off via FTP one at a time and that didn't do anything. I then reverted to the default 2014 Theme to see if it was my theme, but again nowt.

 

So it does look like I need to manually upload V4.0 via FTP, though I have not done this before. So should I do the wp-admin folder folder first and if so, should I delete the server copy first? I also assume I don't need to upload the wp-content folder?

Hi

 

So the issue was a failed WP upgrade to V4.0

 

After all the above, I downloaded V4.0 and then manually uploaded the wp-admin folder/content only. This resolved the issue and site access to the dashboard was regained.

 

Only concern now is to see if it will auto upgrade correctly through the dashboard - or it's back to FTP again and not using 4.0.

Edited September 30, 201411 yr by DaveyL

Hi

 

So the issue was a failed WP upgrade to V4.0

 

After all the above, I downloaded V4.0 and then manually uploaded the wp-admin folder/content only. This resolved the issue and site access to the dashboard was regained.

 

Only concern now is to see if it will auto upgrade correctly through the dashboard - or it's back to FTP again and not using 4.0.

 

If the auto-update fails again, you will need to check if the /upgrade folder has permissions set to 777. Usually, the updater will tell you if an installation has failed. Always make sure you're on a stable connection too, if the updater fails because your internet drops out, it can be problematic.

Good shout Jack !

 

Just checked the upgrade directory and the 'wordpress-4.tmp' folder shows RED and CHMOD state 775 (so do the wp-admin and wp-includes directory within this.

Edited September 30, 201411 yr by DaveyL

Some folders and files will require stricter permissions, so be careful not to set the whole system as 777.

 

There's a plugin that scans your files and folders to check if they're the right permissions.