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How to fix a server error 500 on WordPress
A 500 error on WordPress means something failed on the server. It doesn’t say what failed. The fastest fix starts with the log entry for the failing request, so find that before you disable anything.
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Read article ›What an HTTP 405 code means on WordPress and how to fix it
An HTTP 405 means one URL refused one method, such as a form’s POST or an integration’s PUT. The code doesn’t tell you which layer refused it, so capture the failing request first and fix only what the evidence points to. Saving permalinks or switching off security rarely solves it.
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Read article ›DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG on your WordPress site
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG means Chrome could not turn your domain into an IP address. Your WordPress site never got the request, so plugins, themes and settings are not the cause. The first test is whether anyone else sees it: if only one device or network does, fix the local DNS path, and if every network does, fix the domain’s DNS records.
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Read article ›WP malware removal that does not come back
Removing WordPress malware means removing the compromise, not just the file a scanner flagged. That includes backdoors, rogue admins, database payloads, cron jobs, stolen credentials and the vulnerable plugin that let the attacker in. If you skip any of these, the site gets reinfected.
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Read article ›Why your WordPress font change is not showing
A saved font change that still shows the old typeface is usually one of five things: a cache you did not clear, a setting changed at the wrong scope, theme CSS that outranks yours, a font registered but never loaded on the front end, or a font file that never arrives. Each has a different check. Two minutes in your browser’s developer tools tells you which one you have.
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Read article ›How to fix a WordPress website white screen
A white screen is not an error. It is a fatal PHP error with the message switched off, which is why guessing at fixes takes longer than reading a log. Work the sequence instead: note what is blank, check for the recovery email, turn on logging, read the file path in the error, then isolate the plugin or theme it names.
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Read article ›How to fix WordPress plugins that are not working
A plugin that stopped working almost never stopped on its own. Something changed first: an update, a PHP version, a cache rule, a snippet pasted into a theme file. The fastest route back is to find what changed, test one variable at a time, and resist the urge to fix three things at once.
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