there has been a critical error on this website

[Robinsonwalkar]

updated a wordpress plugin and now my whole site is a white screen with this critical error message. how do i get to the admin panel?

 

[jack_turner]

oh man, the white screen of death is the worst. had that happen a few times myself. you definitely can't get to the admin panel directly when it's like this. your best bet is to use FTP. connect to your site, go to wp-content/plugins, and find the folder for the plugin you just updated. rename it (like 'plugin-name_old'). that should deactivate it and hopefully bring your site back so you can log in.

 

[andy67]

oh man, the white screen of death is the worst. had that happen a few times myself. you definitely can't get to the admin panel directly when it's like this. your best bet is to use FTP. connect to your site, go to wp-content/plugins, and find the folder for the plugin you just updated. rename it (like 'plugin-name_old'). that should deactivate it and hopefully bring your site back so you can log in.

thanks this is really helpful