WordPress
58 posts
Elementor Editor Not Loading? Fix a Blank or Frozen Screen
You click "Edit with Elementor," and instead of your page loading, you get a spinning loader that never finishes, a blank white panel, or a message like "The w…
Fix Missing WordPress Thumbnails: GD & Imagick Extension Guide
You upload a photo to the WordPress media library and it looks fine at first — the file shows up, you can even open the full-size image. But the thumbnai…
Fix WordPress xmlrpc.php Attacks: Disable It Safely
If you've ever opened your access logs and seen a wall of POST /xmlrpc.php requests hitting your site every few seconds, you're not imagining things. xmlrpc.ph…
Locked Out of WordPress After Enabling Two-Factor Auth?
You did the responsible thing and turned on two-factor authentication for WordPress. Then your phone died, or you switched authenticator apps and forgot to re-…
Fix robots.txt Blocking Google From Indexing Your Site
Google Search Console is showing "Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt" or, worse, "Blocked by robots.txt" on pages you actually want ranked. Your traffic has…
Fix WordPress XML Sitemap Returning 404 (Yoast/Rank Math)
Google Search Console shows a red "Couldn't fetch" next to your sitemap, or you click the sitemap link in your SEO plugin and get a plain 404 page instead of X…
Fix WordPress "Not Allowed to Access This Page" Error
You log into WordPress with credentials that worked fine yesterday, and instead of the dashboard you get a single blunt line: "Sorry, you are not allowed to ac…
Fix WordPress Heartbeat API High CPU Usage
If your CPU graph looks like an actual heartbeat monitor — regular spikes every 15 to 60 seconds, even when nobody's supposedly doing anything — th…
Fix WordPress "File Type Not Permitted" Upload Errors
You try to add a logo, an icon font, or a nice crisp SVG graphic to a page, and WordPress stops you cold: "Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security …
Fix WordPress 'Update Failed: Could Not Create Directory'
You click "Update Now" on a plugin or theme, the progress bar spins for a few seconds, and then WordPress hits you with a wall of red text: "Update failed: Cou…