Practical solutions for WordPress errors, fatal errors, admin problems, plugin conflicts, migrations, cron failures, database issues, and common website malfunctions.
The Enable Media Replace plugin makes it easy to replace a PDF, image, or other WordPress Media Library file without manually updating every page that uses it. However, a problem can occur when the replaced file was selected through an Advanced Custom Fields, or ACF, File field. You may select: Replace the file, use the … Read more
A WordPress website owner may notice that their Google Reviews plugin displays only five reviews even though the company has many more reviews on Google. For example: My company currently has 49 Google reviews, but the WordPress plugin is loading only five. What could be causing this? In most cases, nothing is wrong with the … Read more
Are you unable to connect Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Bluesky to Jetpack Social? When attempting to add an account through Jetpack → Social, you may receive this message: Error connecting account. Something went wrong while creating a connection. In some cases, previously connected Facebook and Instagram accounts suddenly stop sharing. After disconnecting them as a … Read more
A WP Migrate Lite export may occasionally appear to finish successfully, while the downloaded ZIP file is much smaller than the size displayed by the plugin. The automatic download may also fail, or the ZIP file may be corrupted and impossible to extract. A typical report looks like this: The export job shows as complete, … Read more
Rank Math can automatically generate an llms.txt file for WordPress websites. However, some site owners have found that the generated file produces warnings or errors when tested with strict tools such as llms.txt Checker and the llms-txt.io Validator. Common problems include: The file may still open successfully at: However, successfully loading the file does not … Read more
After updating to WordPress 7.0.2, the Gutenberg block editor may stop loading when the Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin is active. Instead of displaying the editor, WordPress shows a completely blank editing screen. The rest of the WordPress dashboard may continue working normally, and deactivating Seriously Simple Podcasting may appear to restore the editor. The browser … Read more
A Wordfence 403 loopback error can appear when a WordPress website hosted on Bluehost uses the Bluehost-managed Cloudflare CDN. The website may continue working normally for visitors, but Wordfence reports the following error under Wordfence > Tools > Diagnostics: You may also see a warning stating that Cloudflare appears to be preventing the website from … Read more
A WordPress import may fail with Cloudflare error 524 when Cloudflare proxying is enabled, even though the same import works after the Cloudflare proxy is disabled. The error commonly appears while importing: Cloudflare error 524 during a WordPress import does not usually mean Cloudflare cannot connect to the website. It means Cloudflare successfully connected to … Read more
The Cannot redeclare icl_register_string error is a WordPress fatal error caused by Polylang and WPML loading two versions of the same PHP function. A typical error message looks like this: The error can take down both the public website and the WordPress administration area. It commonly appears after activating WPML String Translation on a website … Read more
The PNFPB Custom Push Prompt may start appearing on every page after updating the Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress plugin. This can happen even when the Re-show After Cancel (days) option is set to seven days. A visitor clicks Cancel, refreshes the page or visits another page, and the same subscription prompt immediately appears … Read more