WordPress can not be installed via WP Toolkit in Plesk: Specified column "guid" is not in the row

Renan Poss Moreira

Updated January 13, 2026 19:00

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It is not possible to install WordPress via WP Toolkit with the error:

PLESK_ERROR: Specified column "guid" is not in the row
The same error can be found in the file /var/log/plesk/panel.log:

CONFIG_TEXT: ERR [panel] Zend_Db_Table_Row_Exception: Specified column "guid" is not in the row
When updating or reinstalling an existing WordPress instance with WP Toolkit, a similar error to the following is written to /var/log/plesk/panel.log:

CONFIG_TEXT: DEBUG [extension/wp-toolkit] Exception: Database migration has failed. Log of phinx:
Phinx by CakePHP - https://phinx.org. 0.11.1

using config file ./usr/local/psa/admin/plib/modules/wp-toolkit/library/Db/phinx.php
using config parser PHP
using migration paths
- /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/modules/wp-toolkit/library/Db/Migrations
warning no environment specified, defaulting to: production
using adapter sqlite
using database /usr/local/psa/var/modules/wp-toolkit/wp-toolkit.sqlite3

== 20190517060827 ChangeColumnsDefinitionToCorrect: migrating
PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 11 database disk image is malformed in /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/modules/wp-toolkit/vendor/robmorgan/phinx/src/Phinx/Db/Adapter/PdoAdapter.php:168

Corrupted WP Toolkit SQLite database.

Add missing column to WP Toolkit database:

For Plesk Linux

Connect to the server via SSH
Create a backup of the SQLite3 database:

# cp /usr/local/psa/var/modules/wp-toolkit/wp-toolkit.sqlite3 /usr/local/psa/var/modules/wp-toolkit/wp-toolkit.sqlite3.bak
Access the SQLite3 database:

# sqlite3 /usr/local/psa/var/modules/wp-toolkit/wp-toolkit.sqlite3
Update the table Instances

# sqlite> ALTER TABLE Instances ADD COLUMN guid VARCHAR(36) NULL;
Disconnect from the SQLite database:

# sqlite> .q

For Plesk Windows

Connect to the server via RDP
Create a backup of the original database at %plesk_dir%\var\modules\wp\-toolkit\wp-toolkit.sqlite3
Open a command-line window and access the database using the SQLite3 utility with the following command:

C:\> "%plesk_bin%\sqlite3" "%plesk_dir%\var\modules\wp-toolkit\wp-toolkit.sqlite3"
Update the table Instances:

C:\> sqlite> ALTER TABLE Instances ADD COLUMN `guid` VARCHAR(36) NULL;
Disconnect from the SQLite database:

C:\> sqlite> .q

Note: In case the resolution above does not fix the issue remove the extension WP Toolkit and install it again.