Wordpress installations being created with unmodified wp-config.php

Submitted by craigh on Fri, 02/22/2019 - 09:35 Pro Licensee

It looks like since the upgrade to 6.06 that Wordpress installations done through Virtualmin are being done with wp-config.php files that are identical to the sample file:

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define( 'DB_NAME', 'database_name_here' );

/** MySQL database username */
define( 'DB_USER', 'username_here' );

/** MySQL database password */
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here' );
...

define( 'AUTH_KEY',         'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'SECURE_AUTH_KEY',  'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'LOGGED_IN_KEY',    'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'NONCE_KEY',        'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'AUTH_SALT',        'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'LOGGED_IN_SALT',   'put your unique phrase here' );
define( 'NONCE_SALT',       'put your unique phrase here' );

etc.

I've confirmed this with two Wordpress installations in the last 12 hours.

Craig

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by craigh on Sat, 02/23/2019 - 15:58 Pro Licensee

Presumably if I just manually edit the wp-config.php file the Wordpress installation will work, but my concern when something like this breaks is that something else is also broken.

I know it's the weekend, but I'd like some feedback on this by Monday morning UTC so that I can move forward with the user. Thanks.

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Submitted by timbrogdon on Sun, 02/24/2019 - 12:44 Pro Licensee

I have also confirmed this. It used to always setup the database connection details in wp-config.php file, however now a manual edit is required to get wordpress working. As a sysadmin this is an easy work around but for a customer, this will not be known, so having the file auto updated is somewhat important.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 02/24/2019 - 23:01

Do you have the wp CLI command for installing Wordpress on your system?

Submitted by craigh on Mon, 02/25/2019 - 02:32 Pro Licensee

Hi Jamie,

No. I'm aware of its existence, but I have never installed it and don't even know off the top of my head if it's something installed server-wide or if it's something that's somehow jailed inside a particular Wordpress installation.

But the short answer is NO.

Craig

Submitted by craigh on Mon, 02/25/2019 - 04:43 Pro Licensee

I can confirm that manually creating the wp-config.php file gets Wordpress working. Like I say, however, I don't know if other functions related to "installing" web apps generally might be affected by whatever has broken.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Mon, 02/25/2019 - 23:53

I had a closer look at this, and it turns out that the format of wp-config.php changed slightly in the latest Wordpress release. We will release an update to the script installer to handle this case.

Submitted by IssueBot on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 00:56

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.