To troubleshoot many common WordPress issues, you will need access to your site\u2019s files, preferably through something like FTP or sFTP, but you could use a web interface for a File Manager, if need be. DO NOT rely on the built-in WordPress editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If nothing on your site or server changes, your website will not just suddenly stop working. A problem arises from a cause. Did you update your theme? Did you update a plugin? If you haven\u2019t touched your site, reach out to hosting support to confirm there isn\u2019t a hosting issue. If you need developer assistance, knowing the last steps taken before the issue happened can save a lot of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the exception of the PHP white screen of death, most errors trigger a helpful message that identify what the error is. They may even call out the problematic plugin, file or issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE ISSUE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your website homepage is working but clicking to any subpage is triggering a 404 error. Your pages are in the backend\u2026 what gives?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE SOLUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Go to Settings > Permalinks and resave your permalinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE ISSUE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n None of your site is accessible and all anyone sees on any page is this error message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE SOLUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Check your database settings in your wp-config file. Check with your hosting company to see if they are having MySQL server issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All of these errors will display with a start of \u201cSyntax Error: [details on error]\u201d They typically do include filename. Most commonly they are triggered by copying & pasting code from the web into your theme and either there is an inherent issue in the code or you missed part of the code snippet or similar. However, they can occasionally be caused by a plugin or theme update. The error message provides a clue on where to look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE ISSUE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your site is displaying a maintenance message but you\u2019re not doing any maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE SOLUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Delete the .maintenance file from your site install\u2019s root directory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every time you try to upload media to your site, you get a permission denied error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SOLUTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The permissions of your uploads folder may need to be adjusted on your host to be writeable (744 permissions or 755 if still having issues.) Contact your host for assistance on changing folder permissions, if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE ISSUE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your site is displaying\u2026 nothing. A complete white screen of nothingness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE SOLUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Almost always caused by PHP code errors or memory exhaustion. Try deactivating all plugins, increasing memory limits or turn on WP DEBUG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To troubleshoot many common WordPress issues, you will need access to your site\u2019s files, preferably through something like FTP or sFTP, but you could use a web interface for a File Manager, if need be. DO NOT rely on the built-in WordPress editor. \u201cMy site just suddenly broke, but I didn\u2019t touch anything.\u201d If nothing … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trend.ajirakazi.co.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trend.ajirakazi.co.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trend.ajirakazi.co.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trend.ajirakazi.co.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trend.ajirakazi.co.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trend.ajirakazi.co.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trend.ajirakazi.co.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trend.ajirakazi.co.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trend.ajirakazi.co.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Error Establishing Database Connection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Syntax Errors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Stuck in Maintenance Mode<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Cannot upload media files or broken images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
PHP White Screen of Death<\/h2>\n\n\n\n