After upgrading to WordPress 7.1, you may find that custom CSS and JavaScript configured to load as external files suddenly stop working. The site may lose styling or JavaScript functionality even after you: But when you change the same custom code from: External File to: Inline everything starts working again. That difference is the most … Read more
When image spacing looks correct on desktop but changes unexpectedly on tablet or mobile in Elementor, the image itself is often not the real problem. The visible space around an image can come from several different places: Changing random margin values until the mobile preview looks correct can create even more inconsistencies. The better approach … Read more
A particularly confusing Matomo for WordPress problem occurs when tracking is clearly working, historical reports look normal, but the current day’s aggregated reports remain empty. The environment may look perfectly healthy: Meanwhile: That distinction is extremely important. This is almost certainly an archiving/report-generation problem, not a tracking problem. Matomo itself recommends using Visits Log or … Read more
An unusual WordPress debugging situation can look like this: But when the same broken page is opened from another browser where nobody is logged in: Then clicking the link from that email produces: This behavior can make it appear that Query Monitor is interfering with WordPress Recovery Mode. There is actually a technical reason why … Read more
A strange WordPress caching problem can look like this: Then you purge LiteSpeed Cache and immediately get: Everything may remain normal for several days before the menu disappears again. If LiteSpeed Cache’s page cache is enabled but CSS/JS minification, combine, defer, and similar optimization options are disabled, this is an important clue. LiteSpeed’s own troubleshooting … Read more
If a WordPress slider suddenly develops extra space underneath it only after the page is edited and saved, do not immediately add a negative margin to hide the gap. That behavior provides an important clue. When the slider looks correct before editing but changes after clicking Update, one of these things is usually happening: The … Read more