{"id":10486,"date":"2017-05-03T18:40:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T18:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websiteghana.com\/?p=10486"},"modified":"2017-05-03T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T18:40:09","slug":"fix-wordpress-index-of-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websiteghana.com\/blog\/fix-wordpress-index-of-error\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix WordPress Index of \/ Error"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hell when you try opening your website and all you see is an index of your files and folders. You may end up pissing your pants, seriously. I hate it when my website goes off. You then wonder how to fix the WordPress Index of \/ error.<\/p>\n<p>Especially when you are running a big website with a lot of users and a lot of money and time invested. You would cry.<\/p>\n<p>When such happens, don&#8217;t kill yourself yet. There is a quick solution. Really quick.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot of the WordPress Index of \/ Error<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-post-small wp-image-10487\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteghana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Index-of-screenshot-320x250.png\" alt=\"wordpress index of error\" width=\"320\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/websiteghana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Index-of-screenshot-320x250.png 320w, https:\/\/websiteghana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Index-of-screenshot-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/websiteghana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Index-of-screenshot-440x344.png 440w, https:\/\/websiteghana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Index-of-screenshot.png 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>This is exactly what you see when you experience the Index \/ of Error.<\/p>\n<h2>Fixing the WordPress Index of \/ Error<\/h2>\n<p>Follow the steps below to fix WordPress index of Error:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">zip file of WordPress<\/a>\u00a0from the official WordPress.org website.<\/li>\n<li>Extract the Downloaded file into a folder format.<\/li>\n<li>Open the folder till you come across\u00a0a list of the following folders; wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes; and files, .htaccess, licence, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Look for the <strong>index<\/strong> file.<\/li>\n<li>Upload this file into the root directory of your website in your cpanel\u00a0file manager.<\/li>\n<li>Refresh your site and you are back up.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This is really simple to do. If you were not able to do it, send us a message on our <a href=\"https:\/\/websiteghana.com\/blog\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact page<\/a> and we would help you out.<\/p>\n<p>Usually when this error occurs, the dashboard, I mean the backend is active whereas the front page rather has the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The first time I saw this error on one of my websites, I thought I had lost everything. Upon checking through the WordPress website directory, I realized I had only lost the index file.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure what really caused the loss, I had to reupload this file really quick to prevent the loss of more customers.<\/p>\n<p>This is when\u00a0Website Monitoring services like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uptime Robot<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pingdom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pingdom <\/a>become handy.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading. Spread the good news bro!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hell when you try opening your website and all you see is an index of your files and folders. You may end up pissing your pants, seriously. I hate it when my website goes off. You then wonder how to fix the WordPress Index of \/ error. 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