WordPress & CMS
WordPress, headless CMSs, plugins, themes and updates.
ok weird one just finished migrating to a new host and was feeling great until I opened the site: i copied the files and imported the database... i updated wp config.php with what i believe are teh new credentials. Still the same error :D i've triple checked…
guys pls help woke up, opened my site, and isntead of my homepage theres one grey sentence: i think it happened after an ovrenight auto update... wp admin shows teh same message, so i cant log in to undo anything. i suspect a WooCommerce add on cuz it…
help!! this is a good thread. Imagine your phone buzzing in the middle of the night because a clients store is showing this to every visitor: thats the etnire page. front end and /wp admin both. i had auto upadtes on for plugins, so something udpated…
were redoing the website for a photographers portfolio. half the team wants to stay on WordPress, the other half wants a flat file CMS. im supposed to make teh call. id love input from people whove maintained both: what actually matters over three to five…
Say u update several plugins at once and the whole WordPress site, admin included, goes blank. uve got file acecss but no clue which update did it. The front end shows teh generic critical error mesasge and the login…
hmmmm ok small business site, and its completely down. all I see is this: WordPress sent an email about a technical issue mentioning a plugin, but the recovery mode link just loops back to teh error. This started right after coyping staging to live. I'm not…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my site on a small VPS keeps randomly falling over with this: A restart of the server or waiting a while fixes it, then it comes back a few days later. It got noticeably worse after the host's maintenance window. I'd…
maintenance mode is not supposed to last all afternoon, right? i started updating the translation files from teh dashboard 😤 The progress spinner ran for ages, then my laptop went to sleep. Since then teh site is stuck on the maintenance message... i have…
long time lurker first post lol updates on this site have been flaky for a while. Today, updating WooCommerce failed with an error about not being able to create a directory, and now the site shows: Id like to fix both problems: get the site back now, and…
ugh. maintenance mode is not supposed to last all afternoon, right? I started updating my theme from the dashboard. The progress spinner ran for ages, then my internet dropped. Since then the site is stuck on the maintenance message. I have access to my…
ok weird one maintenance mode is not supposed to last all afternoon, right? i started updating WooCommerce from the dashboard. The progress spinner ran for ages, then i clicked away too early. Since then the site is stuck on the maintenance message. i have…
im literally losing my mind here long time WordPress user here, slowly losing patience, for a membership community, Im seriously considering a flat file CMS. the pitch is faster, simpler and more secure... the worry is that every small change will end up as…
Developer here, but WordPress isnt my daily thing. A clients site broke after bumping the PHP version: The classic critical error page. Their setup has around twenty plugins including a forms plugin, i want to find teh exact cause instead of randomly…
so annoyed rn were redoing the website for a local bakery. Half teh team wants to stay on WordPress, the other half wants a custom Laravel site. Im supposed to make the call. Id love input from people whove maintained both: what actaully matters over three…
Developer here, but WordPress isn't my daily thing. A client's site broke after a bulk plugin update: The classic critical error page. Their setup has around twenty plugins including a forms plugin. I want to find the exact cause instead of randomly…
ok weird one every page on my site now shows a single line of text: error establishing a database connection. this started after migrating to a new host... my biggest fear is that years of posts are gone... im on a local XAMPP install. I can get into the…
long time lurker first post lol developer here, but WordPress isnt my daily thing. A clients site broke after bumping the PHP version: the classic critical error page. their setup has around twenty plugins including a security plugin... i wanna find the…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts im planning a site for a university department and Im torn, wordPress is the obvoius choice and i know it well, but Im tired of plugin updates, security patches and page builders. a custom Laravel site keeps coming up as…
my site on a Docker setup keeps randomly falling over with this: A restart of the server or waiting a while fixes it, then it comes back a few days later. it got noticeably worse after a sudden traffic spike. I'd like to understand whether the database…
guys pls help developer here, but WordPress isnt my daily thing. A clients site broke after an overnight auto update: The classic critical error page. Their setup has around twenty plugins including a forms plugin. I wanna find teh exact cause instead of…
just finished the hosts maintenance window and was feeling great until I opened the site: i copied the files and imported the database... i updated wp config.php with what i believe are the new credentials ;) still the same error. ive triple chceked the…
Maintenance mode is not supposed to last all afternoon, right? I started updating my theme from teh dashboard. the progress spinner ran for ages, then my internet dropped. since then the site is stuck on the maintenance message. I have access to my host's…
ok weird one im planning a site for a local bakery and Im torn. wordPress is the obvious choice and i know it well, but Im tired of plugin updates, security patches and page builders... a hosted website builder keeps coming up as the modern alternative 🙏…
My site on a managed WordPress plan keeps randomly falling over with this: A restart of the server or waiting a while fixes it, then it comes back a few days later. It got noticeably worse after restoring a backup. I'd like to understand whether the database…
help!! my site on shared hosting keeps randomly falling over with this: A restart of the server or waiting a while fixes it, then it comes back a few days later... it got noticeably worse after migrating to a new host. id like to understand whether the…
