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There are several routes back in depending on what is wrong. All of them need cPanel access, so...
Moving a WordPress site to a new domainWordPress stores its own address in the database in many places, so a domain change is more than...
Moving an existing WordPress site to usA move goes wrong in predictable ways. Doing it in this order avoids all of them. 1. Set the...
Object caching, and why Redis is not available hereWordPress can store the results of database queries in memory so that repeated requests do not...
Permalinks, .htaccess and 404 errors on every page but the home pageA very recognisable fault: the home page loads perfectly and every other page returns 404. The...
Securing a WordPress site: what actually mattersWordPress sites are attacked constantly and automatically. Most compromises come down to a small...
Staging: testing changes before they go liveA staging site is a copy of your live site where you can break things safely. If your site earns...
The white screen of death: how to diagnose itA completely blank page means PHP stopped part-way through and had nothing to show. The page...
Understanding the wp-config.php settings we usewp-config.php holds WordPress's core configuration. If we set your site up, some of these...
Updating WordPress, plugins and themes without breaking the siteMost broken WordPress sites we see were working perfectly until an update ran. The updates are...
Why WP-Cron is disabled on our servers, and what replaces itWordPress has its own scheduling system, WP-Cron, which runs scheduled tasks – publishing...
Why your WordPress site is slow, and where to look firstWork through these in order. The first two account for most cases and cost nothing to check. 1....
WordPress cannot send email: fixing it properlyWordPress sends mail with PHP's built-in mail function by default. It works, but the message...
WordPress database maintenance: revisions, transients and autoloaded optionsA WordPress database grows quietly and is rarely looked at. Three things account for most of the...
Your uploads folder is huge: images and disk usageOn most WordPress sites the uploads folder is the largest thing on the account, and it grows in...
