title: What would cause WordPress admin screen to be blank, except for nav bar?
body: <p>So I've read through all the similar questions and can't find a solution here.  Basically the user-facing site looks fine and is functioning properly.  The WP Admin, however, shows only the left navigation menu... and nothing more.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried all the basic solutions -- removing themes, removing plugins, turning on error reporting, and all that I get is a few typical warnings.</p>
  
  <p>The admin was working fine a week or two ago - and I haven't been in it since.  Also, it's a couple of versions old - but he original designer of this site warned NOT to upgrade WordPress or it would break the code.</p>
  
  <p>So I thought I'd post the page source here to see if anyone may have a suggestion as to where to look from here.  NOTE, this is the WPADMIN page source, not the the source from the website.</p>
  
  <p>Here's a screenshot of what I'm seeing.<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/S9RkT.png" alt="Screen Shot Here"></p>
  
  <p>Here is what I get when I login to the WP ADMIN:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
  &lt;!--[if IE 8]&gt;
  &lt;html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="ie8"  dir="ltr" lang="en-US"&gt;
  &lt;![endif]--&gt;
  &lt;!--[if !(IE 8) ]&gt;&lt;!--&gt;
  &lt;html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"  dir="ltr" lang="en-US"&gt;
  &lt;!--&lt;![endif]--&gt;
  &lt;head&gt;
  &lt;meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /&gt;
  &lt;title&gt;Dashboard &amp;lsaquo; Suncoast Surgical Associates | Tampa and Brandon, Florida General Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery &amp;#8212; WordPress&lt;/title&gt;
  &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
  addLoadEvent = function(func){if(typeof jQuery!="undefined")jQuery(document).ready(func);else if(typeof wpOnload!='function'){wpOnload=func;}else{var oldonload=wpOnload;wpOnload=function(){oldonload();func();}}};
  var userSettings = {
          'url': '/',
          'uid': '3',
          'time':'1391720939'
      },
      ajaxurl = 'http://suncoastsurgicalassociates.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php',
      pagenow = 'dashboard',
      typenow = '',
      adminpage = 'index-php',
      thousandsSeparator = ',',
      decimalPoint = '.',
      isRtl = 0;
  &lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;link rel='stylesheet' href='http://suncoastsurgicalassociates.com/wp-admin/load-styles.php?c=1&amp;amp;dir=ltr&amp;amp;load=admin-bar,wp-admin&amp;amp;ver=7f0753feec257518ac1fec83d5bced6a' type='text/css' media='all' /&gt;
  &lt;link rel='stylesheet' id='thickbox-css'  href='http://suncoastsurgicalassociates.com/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.css?ver=20111117' type='text/css' media='all' /&gt;
  &lt;link rel='stylesheet' id='colors-css'  href='http://suncoastsurgicalassociates.com/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css?ver=20111206' type='text/css' media='all' /&gt;
  &lt;!--[if lte IE 7]&gt;
  &lt;link rel='stylesheet' id='ie-css'  href='http://suncoastsurgicalassociates.com/wp-admin/css/ie.css?ver=20111130' type='text/css' media='all' /&gt;
  &lt;![endif]--&gt;
  &lt;link rel='stylesheet' id='akismet.css-css'  href='http://suncoastsurgicalassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.css?ver=2.5.4.4' type='text/css' media='all' /&gt;
  &lt;link rel='stylesheet' id='jcrop_style-css'  href='http://suncoastsurgicalassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/scissors-continued/css/jquery.Jcrop.css?ver=3.3.1' type='text/css' media='all' /&gt;
  &lt;link rel='stylesheet' id='scissors_style-css'  href='http://suncoastsurgicalassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/scissors-continued/css/scissors.css?ver=3.3.1' type='text/css' media='all' /&gt;
  &lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt;
  /* &lt;![CDATA[ */
  var WPAkismet = {"comment_author_url_nonce":"3190b6c9aa"};
  /* ]]&gt; */
  &lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;script type='text/javascript' src='http://suncoastsurgicalassociates.com/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=1&amp;amp;load=jquery,utils&amp;amp;ver=edec3fab0cb6297ea474806db1895fa7'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;script type='text/javascript' src='http://suncoastsurgicalassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.js?ver=2.5.4.6'&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
      &lt;style type="text/css"&gt;
      #adminmenu .toplevel_page_formidable div.wp-menu-image{background: url(http://suncoastsurgicalassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/formidable/images/form_16.png) no-repeat center;}
      &lt;/style&gt;    
      &lt;style type="text/css" media="print"&gt;#wpadminbar { display:none; }&lt;/style&gt;
  &lt;/head&gt;
  &lt;body class="wp-admin no-js  index-php admin-bar branch-3-3 version-3-3-1 admin-color-fresh"&gt;
  &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;document.body.className = document.body.className.replace('no-js','js');&lt;/script&gt;
  
  &lt;div id="wpwrap"&gt;
  
  &lt;div id="adminmenuback"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div id="adminmenuwrap"&gt;
  &lt;div id="adminmenushadow"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;ul id="adminmenu" role="navigation"&gt;
  
  
      &lt;li class="wp-first-item wp-has-submenu wp-has-current-submenu wp-menu-open menu-top menu-top-first menu-icon-dashboard menu-top-last" id="menu-dashboard"&gt;
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      &lt;div class='wp-submenu'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-wrap'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-head'&gt;Dashboard&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="wp-first-item current"&gt;&lt;a href='index.php' class="wp-first-item current" tabindex="1"&gt;Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='update-core.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Updates &lt;span class='update-plugins count-3' title='1 WordPress Update, 2 Theme Updates'&gt;&lt;span class='update-count'&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='index.php?page=akismet-stats-display' tabindex="1"&gt;Akismet Stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-not-current-submenu wp-menu-separator"&gt;&lt;div class="separator"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu open-if-no-js menu-top menu-icon-post menu-top-first" id="menu-posts"&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-menu-image'&gt;&lt;a href='edit.php'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="wp-menu-arrow"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href='edit.php' class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu open-if-no-js menu-top menu-icon-post menu-top-first" tabindex="1" aria-haspopup="true"&gt;Posts&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-submenu'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-wrap'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-head'&gt;Posts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="wp-first-item"&gt;&lt;a href='edit.php' class="wp-first-item" tabindex="1"&gt;All Posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='post-new.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Add New&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category' tabindex="1"&gt;Categories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='edit-tags.php?taxonomy=post_tag' tabindex="1"&gt;Tags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-media" id="menu-media"&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-menu-image'&gt;&lt;a href='upload.php'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="wp-menu-arrow"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href='upload.php' class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-media" tabindex="1" aria-haspopup="true"&gt;Media&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-submenu'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-wrap'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-head'&gt;Media&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="wp-first-item"&gt;&lt;a href='upload.php' class="wp-first-item" tabindex="1"&gt;Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='media-new.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Add New&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-links" id="menu-links"&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-menu-image'&gt;&lt;a href='link-manager.php'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="wp-menu-arrow"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href='link-manager.php' class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-links" tabindex="1" aria-haspopup="true"&gt;Links&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-submenu'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-wrap'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-head'&gt;Links&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="wp-first-item"&gt;&lt;a href='link-manager.php' class="wp-first-item" tabindex="1"&gt;All Links&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='link-add.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Add New&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='edit-tags.php?taxonomy=link_category' tabindex="1"&gt;Link Categories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-page" id="menu-pages"&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-menu-image'&gt;&lt;a href='edit.php?post_type=page'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="wp-menu-arrow"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href='edit.php?post_type=page' class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-page" tabindex="1" aria-haspopup="true"&gt;Pages&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-submenu'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-wrap'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-head'&gt;Pages&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="wp-first-item"&gt;&lt;a href='edit.php?post_type=page' class="wp-first-item" tabindex="1"&gt;All Pages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='post-new.php?post_type=page' tabindex="1"&gt;Add New&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-comments menu-top-last" id="menu-comments"&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-menu-image'&gt;&lt;a href='edit-comments.php'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="wp-menu-arrow"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href='edit-comments.php' class="wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-comments menu-top-last" tabindex="1"&gt;Comments &lt;span class='awaiting-mod count-1'&gt;&lt;span class='pending-count'&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-not-current-submenu wp-menu-separator"&gt;&lt;div class="separator"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-appearance menu-top-first" id="menu-appearance"&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-menu-image'&gt;&lt;a href='themes.php'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="wp-menu-arrow"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href='themes.php' class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-appearance menu-top-first" tabindex="1" aria-haspopup="true"&gt;Appearance&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-submenu'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-wrap'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-head'&gt;Appearance&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="wp-first-item"&gt;&lt;a href='themes.php' class="wp-first-item" tabindex="1"&gt;Themes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='widgets.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Widgets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='theme-editor.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Editor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-plugins" id="menu-plugins"&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-menu-image'&gt;&lt;a href='plugin-install.php'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="wp-menu-arrow"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href='plugin-install.php' class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-plugins" tabindex="1" aria-haspopup="true"&gt;Plugins &lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-submenu'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-wrap'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-head'&gt;Plugins &lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="wp-first-item"&gt;&lt;a href='plugin-install.php' class="wp-first-item" tabindex="1"&gt;Add New&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='plugin-install.php?page=akismet-key-config' tabindex="1"&gt;Akismet Configuration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-users" id="menu-users"&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-menu-image'&gt;&lt;a href='profile.php'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="wp-menu-arrow"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href='profile.php' class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-users" tabindex="1" aria-haspopup="true"&gt;Profile&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-submenu'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-wrap'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-head'&gt;Profile&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="wp-first-item"&gt;&lt;a href='profile.php' class="wp-first-item" tabindex="1"&gt;Your Profile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='user-new.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Add New User&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-tools" id="menu-tools"&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-menu-image'&gt;&lt;a href='tools.php'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="wp-menu-arrow"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href='tools.php' class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-tools" tabindex="1" aria-haspopup="true"&gt;Tools&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-submenu'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-wrap'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-head'&gt;Tools&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="wp-first-item"&gt;&lt;a href='tools.php' class="wp-first-item" tabindex="1"&gt;Available Tools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='import.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Import&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='export.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Export&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;li class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-settings menu-top-last" id="menu-settings"&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-menu-image'&gt;&lt;a href='options-general.php'&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="wp-menu-arrow"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href='options-general.php' class="wp-has-submenu wp-not-current-submenu menu-top menu-icon-settings menu-top-last" tabindex="1" aria-haspopup="true"&gt;Settings&lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;div class='wp-submenu'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-wrap'&gt;&lt;div class='wp-submenu-head'&gt;Settings&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li class="wp-first-item"&gt;&lt;a href='options-general.php' class="wp-first-item" tabindex="1"&gt;General&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='options-writing.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Writing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='options-reading.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Reading&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='options-discussion.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Discussion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='options-media.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='options-privacy.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Privacy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='options-permalink.php' tabindex="1"&gt;Permalinks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='options-general.php?page=fancybox-for-wordpress' tabindex="1"&gt;Fancybox for WP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='options-general.php?page=mappress' tabindex="1"&gt;MapPress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li id="collapse-menu" class="hide-if-no-js"&gt;&lt;div id="collapse-button"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Collapse menu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div id="wpcontent"&gt;
  
  
  &lt;div id="wpbody"&gt;
  
  &lt;div id="wpbody-content"&gt;
          &lt;div id="screen-meta" class="metabox-prefs"&gt;
  
              &lt;div id="contextual-help-wrap" class="hidden"&gt;
                  &lt;div id="contextual-help-back"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
                  &lt;div id="contextual-help-columns"&gt;
                      &lt;div class="contextual-help-tabs"&gt;
                          &lt;ul&gt;
  
                              &lt;li id="tab-link-overview" class="active"&gt;
                                  &lt;a href="#tab-panel-overview"&gt;
                                      Overview                                &lt;/a&gt;
                              &lt;/li&gt;
  
                              &lt;li id="tab-link-help-navigation" class=""&gt;
                                  &lt;a href="#tab-panel-help-navigation"&gt;
                                      Navigation                              &lt;/a&gt;
                              &lt;/li&gt;
  
                              &lt;li id="tab-link-help-layout" class=""&gt;
                                  &lt;a href="#tab-panel-help-layout"&gt;
                                      Layout                              &lt;/a&gt;
                              &lt;/li&gt;
  
                              &lt;li id="tab-link-help-content" class=""&gt;
                                  &lt;a href="#tab-panel-help-content"&gt;
                                      Content                             &lt;/a&gt;
                              &lt;/li&gt;
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                      &lt;/div&gt;
  
                                          &lt;div class="contextual-help-sidebar"&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I noticed that the help sidebar is where it ends.  Yet that doesn't give me anywhere specific to look.</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks...</p>