Warning: WordPress 3.2 released – Tweet This plugin breaks the database!

WordPress 3.2 was just released; in the process of updating, one plugin broke our database and left us for about 5 minutes without access to the WordPress administrative section.

How did we fix it? Simple.

If a plugin breaks your database, you need to remove it from the list of active plugins in the database. Assuming you have access to CPanel, you go to the phpMyAdmin section, select the database in question and click on the wp_options table.

You can then edit the row active_plugins, by clicking on the pencil icon to edit this value.

In our case, the Tweet This plugin isn’t compatible with WordPress 3.2 so we had to edit it out by removing the line:

i:9;s:25:”tweet-this/tweet-this.php”;

The numbers shown above will vary, depending on how many plugins are installed.

Hit “Go” at phpMyAdmin to update the database and you’re all set, although you will have to re-enable all plugins in the admin section 🙂

Next time, preferably, back up your database prior to updating WordPress!

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