I could not access wp-admin to try and fix whatever went wrong and, at the same time, the visitors would not be able to reach the blog.
So I went to check the server logs in cPanel and found out that the problem was somehow related to the WP to Twitter plugin, but how could I fix it without access to the administration panel?
The errors found:
[warn] mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Warning: require_once() [function.require-once]: Unable to access /var/www/vhosts/
[warn] mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Warning: require_once(/var/www/vhosts/
[warn] mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/var/www/vhosts/
Easy solution: manually remove the plugin
Accessing through FTP I went to the plugins directory inside wordpress instalation directory ( in my case it is /httpdocs/wp-content/plugins ) and removed the plugin directory 'wp-to-twitter'.
Wordpress was available again so I went to wp-admin and 're'installed WP to Twitter. All configurations were kept so everything ended up alright.
Anyway, next time I'll make sure to check compatibility information regarding installed plugins and update them or disable before a wordpress upgrade.
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