Site Health Check is a new feature which was introduced in WordPress 5.2. This new feature can be found in the WordPress menu under Tools->Site Health. The Site Health Check will give you information on possible critical configuration problems and recommended improvements which might be a good idea to implement or change on your WordPress […]
If you are having problems with a theme then one of the first things you should do is to update it to the latest version. If you don’t know which the latest version of the theme you are running is, then please check the changelog of the theme in question. It’s likely available for you […]
Fatal PHP error protection WordPress 5.2 includes protection for fatal errors in PHP code, when a fatal error is detected by WordPress then the user will see a WordPress error message instead of a “white screen of death”. An email is also sent to the administrator of the site. Recovery mode Recovery mode means that […]
How to disable or deactivate the Gutenberg editor in WordPress 5. Adding a snippet to your functions.php file is all that is required.
PHP version 5.6 will not be supported from the 1st of January 2019 and onwards. PHP 7.0 will likewise lose its security support on December 3 2018. Please update your PHP version to 7.1 or 7.2 if you haven’t done so already. Read more about the topic and what actions you should take on the […]
Maintaining a WordPress site is not as easy as one may think. There are numerous thing which can go wrong, especially during updates on the site. If you are maintaining WordPress sites but you don’t consider it one of your core business areas, then it might be a good idea to let someone who does […]
What should you use your staging site for? Perform all theme, plugin or code updates Test out new plugins or themes Test out new styling or features Perform tests on after updates Security and stability Updates, upgrades and testing A staging site is where you should perform all updates and changes before applying them to […]
Caching plugins can be a great asset in serving your WordPress site faster to end-users, but it’s not always a good idea to have caching active. Here are a few website states where using a caching plugin is not a very good idea: When developing the site When developing your site you tend to do […]
When do things actually break in WordPress sites? For something to break in WordPress, something has to be changed in one way or another either in the code on the site, or on the server. Changes could for example be: Added or changed code Updated plugins Updated theme Changes or software updates on the server […]
The spectrum of what could be going wrong on a WordPress site is very broad, but there are usually general debugging methods that you can try out. When debugging, always try to minimise all things which can possibly go wrong – you will want to exclude things one by one. Unless you are faced with […]