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After manually updating WordPress, HTTP Error 500 appeared. I configured PHP directives and these errors showed up

Warning: require(/home/vol6_7/epizy.com/epiz_30806720/htdocs/wp-includes/version.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/vol6_7/epizy.com/epiz_30806720/htdocs/wp-settings.php on line 33

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/home/vol6_7/epizy.com/epiz_30806720/htdocs/wp-includes/version.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear/') in /home/vol6_7/epizy.com/epiz_30806720/htdocs/wp-settings.php on line 33

This is what line 32-34 contains.

global $wp_version, $wp_db_version, $tinymce_version, $required_php_version, $required_mysql_version, $wp_local_package;
require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/version.php';
require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/load.php';

While version.php doesn't exists in /htdocs/wp-includes/

Chara Estremos
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  • How did you upgrade WP? Did you also update the `wp-settings.php`-file? And from what version to which version? Please add more details/specifics to your question. – M. Eriksson Feb 13 '22 at 08:27
  • Hello. Sorry. I updated from 5.8.3 to 5.9. I deleted everything in htdocs except wp-content and wp-config as per the instruction. After that, I put all the files from the WordPress package except the wp-content and wp-config – Chara Estremos Feb 13 '22 at 08:56
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    /wp-includes/ should include version.php file. Please download fresh copy of same wordpress version and replace existing wp-includes folder. Error occurred was due to missing of required files – Roby Raju Oommen Feb 13 '22 at 10:10
  • Thanks. You're right. I retransferred all the files and now my site is back. Thanks! That's so dumb of me lol – Chara Estremos Feb 13 '22 at 12:21
  • For what it's worth, the WordPress developers put a *lot* of testing effort into their automated upgrade procedure. May as well use their work by avoiding manual upgrades. – O. Jones Feb 13 '22 at 13:57

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