Wordpress is the one of the best and mostly used CMS platform for website development and blogging. WordPress is more popular because of its simple and user friendly feauture that allows anyone to make simple website for their business. As per stat 34% of websites are built on Wordpress.
Most of the Online businesses prefer Wordpress platform and this is because of its stability. So running multiple site requires best server response. Generally WordPress work fine sometime things may go wrong and your WordPress website not working normally. So before all things get complicated we need to fix that problems to make website work properly. And every problem has solution, There are many WordPress Support options are avialble now.
Lets us discuss about some common Wordpress Issues and There Solutions.
1.White Screen of Death:
As per its name , When you try to access website it display white screen of death. i.e you see nothing on screen like blank page.
Why
There are multiple reasons behind WSOD. But most common factor is the compability issues with pligins we use or themes. Most of the plugins works better with compatible version of wordpress Similarly Some themes may not be work normally after an Update.
Solutions
a.Disable Plugins and Themes ( add ss )
Check for not working plugins and thems which wont work properly.
b.Resolve Syntax Errors
Check for syntax error which were made by mistyping in code and make changes.
c. Switch on Debugging
To start debugging you need to open wp-config.php and check for following line
define {‘WP DEBUG’, false}
here you need to replace false with true and just reload website.
d.Check for Failed Auto-Update
For this you need to go Wordpress root directory and and check for .maintenance file and delete that file and reload if update gets succesfully but wordpress failed to remove thois file automatically. For more information follow this manual update procedure.
2. 500 Internal Server Error
This is a common https status code informing about there is problem having with websites server. But server has no ideas about what the exact problem is .
Why
Most common reason behind it is due to currupted .htaccess file. Other reasons conflicting with plugins or theme and Wordpress installation problem.
Solutions
In some cases php memory limits so it cause 500 internal server error then you have to
Enable WP-DEBUG and check for error log.
Then open wp-config.php and locate below lines
define {‘WP-DEBUG’, False} is replace with define {‘WP-DEBUG’, true}
3. 404 error
Oops that page can’t be found.
It indicates that the page you requested is not found on server.
Why:
It happens may be because of Server response time out
or due to broken link.
Solution
The main Cause of 404 error is broke Links. Find Broken links and redirect them to the targeted page.