Looks like 2.8.6 to 2.9 Wordpress upgrade is is failing for many folks. Just after the upgrade the screen of death (blank screen) is displayed with just wordpress logo
This is what happened
- Upgraded Wordpress from 2.8.6 to 2.9 from within wordpress
- Refreshed the wp-admin page
- Following screen was displayed
Database Upgrade Required
WordPress has been updated! Before we send you on your way, we have to upgrade your database to the newest version.
The upgrade process may take a little while, so please be patient.
Upgrade WordPress Database
When I click on the button, after few seconds empty WordPress logo was diaplayed. Lookig at the url, there seems to be problem with url redirect. I can now not log into my domain b/c it brings me back to same Database Upgrade Required Page.
I searched online to see that many are having same issue. I came across the following solution that had the fix.Changing wp_db_verison to same value displayed in the databse for Wordpress 2.9 fixed the problem.
Value in Database for 2.9 was 11548.
Next time I’m not going to do an automatic upgrade within few days of new wordpress release.
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