WordPress site crashed following Plugin incorrect upload

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WordPress site crashed following Plugin incorrect upload

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Hi

We were updating some Plugins, and now the Blog site is not working at all.
Is there some method to kick start it via a database or checking a page?

If we go to the site, we get a blank white screen. No errors, nothing.
wp-admin has a white page as well.
The database is running fine.

I fear it's the plugin, that was updating, failed and that's killed it.

Any solution to fixing?
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Re: WordPress site crashed following Plugin incorrect upload

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http://codex.wordpress.org/Common_WordPress_Errors
This worked, but then how do we slowly reactivate a plugin, to find which one caused the problem?
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Re: WordPress site crashed following Plugin incorrect upload

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You certainly don't do it in production.

Leave WP_DEBUG set to true. Go into wp-admin, activate a plugin, check that things work. Rinse, repeat. Once things stop working, see what errors come up. Work from there.
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Re: WordPress site crashed following Plugin incorrect upload

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Yeah in the end, I created a new plugins folder. Moved each folder in there and checked. Found the two flaws. Reinstalled the plugins and it all works fine.
Was just bad when it suddenly went down, with no obvious was to login again as it was the "White screen of death".
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