# Deploy fails : This does not seem to be a WordPress install

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/deploy-fails-this-does-not-seem-to-be-a-wordpress-install/9152
**Category:** trellis
**Created:** 2017-03-22T05:54:28Z
**Posts:** 3

## Post 1 by @jasperfrumau — 2017-03-22T05:54:28Z

Tried to update a box with deploy. Had PHP 7.1 errors. Then I decided to reprovision and then deploy once more. Site still cannot be reached and has error 500s. When I did try to deploy the second time I had this error

```
Error: This does not seem to be a WordPress install.
Pass --path=`path/to/wordpress` or run `wp core download`.
fatal: [site.nl]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "cmd": ["wp", "core", "is-installed", "--require=/srv/www/site.nl/shared/tmp_multisite_constants.php"], "delta": "0:00:00.218009", "end": "2017-03-22 05:46:32.097653", "failed": true, "failed_when_result": true, "rc": 1, "start": "2017-03-22 05:46:31.879644", "stderr": "Error: This does not seem to be a WordPress install.\nPass --path=`path/to/wordpress` or run `wp core download`.", "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": [], "warnings": []}
```

And that is not a good thing. I checked and the database is still there so not sure why I am having this issue now. Locally all went well with the updates of plugins and core themes as well. Not sure what is going on here.

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## Post 2 by @fullyint — 2017-03-22T06:30:37Z

Maybe your deploy will work using these [steps for remote server](https://discourse.roots.io/t/johnpbloch-wordpress-moved-to-a-new-configuration-and-wp-goes-missing/9124/45)

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## Post 3 by @jasperfrumau — 2017-03-22T06:41:14Z

Yes, that helped. Thanks! So this means I will run into an issue on a lot of my setups I guess. All my existing ones I understood. Good to have guys like you around to share solutions. :grinning:

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## Post 4 by @swalkinshaw — 2017-03-22T12:20:41Z