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500 Internal Server Error The server encountered something it could not handle.WHAT IT MEANSA general failure. The specific... A Failed Update Broke the Site The most common reason to need a backup.IMMEDIATE ACTIONIf you took a backup before updating,... A Plugin or Extension Broke Everything Recovering without a full restore.THE SYMPTOMThe site was working, you installed or updated... Adding Custom Code Safely Functions and snippets.WHERE CODE GOESA child theme's functions file, or a code snippets... Backing Up Files with FTP or File Manager Simple methods without special tools.USING FILE MANAGERcPanel > File Manager.Select... Blank White Page Nothing displays at all.WHAT IT MEANSPHP stopped and errors are not being displayed, which is... Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance The site is stuck in maintenance mode.WHAT IT MEANSWordPress creates a file called .maintenance... Cannot extract archive or extraction failed Unpacking a file fails.THE COMMON CAUSESThe archive is corrupt, usually from an interrupted... Cannot Log In to the Administrator Area Locked out of your own application.FIRST CHECKSIs the password correct? Reset it rather than... Changing the Document Root of a Domain The document root is the folder a domain serves files from. Changing it is useful when a... Checking Whether You Have Been Compromised Verification.WHAT TO CHECKYour user list, for accounts you do not recognise Files modified... Compressing and Extracting Archives Working with zip files.WHY COMPRESSTransferring one large file is far faster than thousands of... Compressing and Extracting Files in cPanel Working with one archive is faster and far more reliable than moving hundreds of individual... Deceptive Site Ahead A phishing warning on your domain.WHAT IT MEANSContent resembling a phishing page was found on... Decommissioning an Old Application Retiring something you no longer use.BEFORE REMOVING ITExport anything you may need: content,... Destination folder already exists Installing something that is partly there.WHAT IT MEANSWordPress tried to create a plugin or... Diagnosing a Blank Page The white screen.WHAT IT MEANSA fatal PHP error with error display disabled.The server produced... Disabling the WordPress Theme and Plugin File Editor The built-in editor under Appearance and Plugins lets anyone with administrator access write PHP... Downloading Your Files Getting a copy.WHYA backup Migrating away Working locally Archiving a site you are retiringTHE... Editing Files from the Command Line Making changes without a file manager.THE EDITORSnano is simple. Controls are shown at the bottom... Enabling Two-Factor Authentication on WordPress Two-factor authentication (2FA) requires a one-time code from your phone in addition to your... Enabling WP_DEBUG and Finding Your Error Logs When something breaks, the log tells you exactly what failed. Guessing is slower. WordPress debug... Everything Worked Yesterday The general case of a sudden failure.WHAT CHANGED AT YOUR ENDAn update applied, possibly... File Ownership and Why It Matters Who a file belongs to.WHAT OWNERSHIP ISEvery file belongs to a user and a group.WHY IT... File Permissions for Applications Getting them right.THE VALUESDirectories: 755Files: 644Configuration containing credentials:... Fixing "Briefly Unavailable for Scheduled Maintenance" WordPress creates a file named .maintenance in the root while it updates, and deletes it when... Fixing "Error Establishing a Database Connection" WordPress cannot reach or authenticate to its database. There are four realistic causes. 1. Wrong... Fixing "Too Many Redirects" (ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS) The browser is being bounced between two addresses in a loop. There are four common sources. 1.... Fixing 404 Errors on Every Page Except the Homepage If the homepage loads but every other page returns "Page not found", the rewrite rules are... Fixing a 500 Internal Server Error A 500 error is the web server reporting that something failed without saying what. Work through... Fixing Image Upload Errors in WordPress "Unable to create directory", "The uploaded file could not be moved" and HTTP errors during... Fixing the WordPress White Screen of Death A completely blank page with no error message almost always means a PHP fatal error with error... Freeing Up Disk Space on Your Hosting Account A full account breaks uploads, email delivery and database writes. Here is where the space... Hidden Files and Why They Matter Files you cannot see by default.WHAT THEY AREFiles whose names begin with a full stop.The most... How to Install and Activate a WordPress Theme Your theme controls how the site looks. WordPress ships with a default theme, and thousands of... How to Install WordPress Manually (File Manager and phpMyAdmin) Manual installation is useful when you are restoring a specific WordPress version, installing... How to Install WordPress with Softaculous in cPanel Every ZillionKingHost hosting plan includes the Softaculous auto-installer, which sets up a... I Deleted Files by Accident Recovering from a mistake.STOP FIRSTDo not continue working. Further changes make recovery harder... Importing and Exporting a Database Exporting produces a .sql file containing your entire database. Importing loads one back... Inode limit reached Too many files, regardless of their size.WHAT AN INODE ISOne file or directory, whatever its... Installing a Plugin Safely Before you click activate.BEFORE INSTALLINGBack up Check it is maintained Check reviews Know what... Moving WordPress from a Subfolder to the Root Domain If you installed into a folder such as /wp and your site now loads at yourdomain.com/wp, here is... Navigating Your System Confidently Finding your way around.WHAT TO LEARNWhere your files are stored by default How to open the file... Permissions or ownership wrong after restore Files present, site failing.WHAT IT MEANSFiles transferred but their permissions or ownership did... Recovering a Site You Cannot Log Into Regaining access without the admin interface.FOR WORDPRESSWP-CLI creates a user, resets a... Recovering From a Plugin That Broke Your Site Getting back in.THE SYMPTOMA blank page, or a fatal error, or no admin access.THE FASTEST... Reducing the Number of Applications You Run Consolidation as maintenance.WHY IT HELPSEvery application is updates to apply, backups to... Restoring Files from a Backup Getting the website files back.FROM JETBACKUPcPanel > JetBackup > File Backups. Select a... Restoring Your WordPress Site from a Backup Restoring reverses the backup method you used. Take a fresh copy of the current broken state... Server and Account Terms What you see in cPanel.PUBLIC_HTMLThe folder whose contents are served publicly on your main... Setting Correct File and Folder Permissions for WordPress Permissions that are too loose let other processes write to your files; permissions that are too... Setting File and Folder Permissions in cPanel Permissions decide who can read, write and execute a file. Wrong values cause both 403 errors and... Setting Safe File Permissions Permissions control who may read, write and execute each file. Loose permissions let one... Showing Hidden Files (Dotfiles) in File Manager Files whose names begin with a dot are hidden by default. These include several of the most... Spotting Files That Should Not Be There Recognising compromise.WHAT TO LOOK FORPHP files in directories that should contain only images... Symptom: A White or Blank Page Nothing but white.WHAT IT MEANSA fatal error occurred and the error message is not being... Symptom: Files or Data Missing Something is gone.WHAT TO ESTABLISHWhat is missing, and when it was last seen Who has access What... The site is experiencing technical difficulties The older wording of the WordPress fatal error page.WHAT IT MEANSThe same as the critical error... There has been a critical error on this website WordPress caught a fatal error.WHAT IT MEANSA PHP fatal error occurred. WordPress shows this... Three Ways to Install a WordPress Plugin Plugins add features to WordPress. There are three installation methods, and the right one... Too few arguments to function A function was called incorrectly.WHAT IT MEANSThe code called a function without supplying... Too many failed login attempts An account is locked out.FOR CPANEL OR FTPRepeated failures block your IP address at the... Understanding Backdoors and Web Shells A backdoor is code left behind so an attacker can return without needing the original... Uninstalling WordPress and Starting Over Cleanly Sometimes a fresh start is faster than repairing a badly broken or compromised site. Before you... Unusual activity or login from a new location A security notification.WHAT TO DO IMMEDIATELYIf it was not you, change the password for that... Updating WooCommerce Safely Shop updates carry more risk than ordinary site updates, because breakage costs sales.BEFORE... Updating WordPress Core, Themes and Plugins Safely Out-of-date WordPress installations are the leading cause of hacked sites on shared hosting.... Upload failed or file too large File transfers refused.THROUGH THE APPLICATIONRaise upload_max_filesize and post_max_size in... Uploading Files Correctly Getting files onto the server.WHERE TO PUT THEMWebsite files: public_html, or the directory for... Uploading Your Website Files public_html is the folder served to visitors. A file at public_html/about.html is reachable at... Uploading Your Website Files to public_html public_html is the folder served to visitors. A file at public_html/index.html appears at... Using cPanel File Manager The browser-based option.WHEN IT IS BETTER THAN FTPA single edit Checking what is there... Using File Manager to Upload, Edit and Manage Files File Manager is the built-in file browser for your hosting account. It handles everything FTP... Warning: include or require failed to open stream A file could not be loaded.WHAT IT MEANSThe code tried to load a file and could not find it or... Website went down with no error Unavailable, nothing logged.THE THREE CHECKSDoes cPanel load? If yes, the server is running. Does... What Changed? The Most Useful Question Errors follow changes.THE QUESTIONWhat was different immediately before this started?Almost every... What FTP Is and When to Use It File transfer basics.WHAT IT DOESTransfers files between your computer and the server.WHEN TO USE... What to Do When Your Store Stops Taking Orders The most urgent problem a shop can have.FIRST, CONFIRM ITBuy something yourself, as a guest, on a...
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