All In One WP Migration is one of the easiest plugins to use for migrating sites. I use it to test sites on different hosts. Unfortunately, in the free version, the upload is limited to 512MB. You can try to change the PHP settings in your host control panel, change the PHP max upload size…
I migrated a WordPress site between VPS machines. I had an issue after the migration where this error was on my admin dashboard I checked Site Health and confirmed that all other folder permissions were ok but the uploads directory was not writeable. I double-checked on my VPS and the folder was writeable. I finally…
I recently had a site that I did not use or update regularly have the admin dashboard corrupted. There was no styling, only text jumbled up on the screen. It was impossible to navigate. I tried to clear the cache, disable the plugins folder via file manager/ftp but it did not work. I found this…
I spend several hours over two days trying to figure out what this error was. I tried refreshing permalinks, deleting the .htaccess file and all sorts. In the end, I found this helpful post on the WordPress support forums. I narrowed the issue to a URL issue as it could not find the URL. From…
I set up a lot of WordPress sites and I keep text files of the bits of code I add to the .htaccess file and config file on all new installs. To keep WordPress going smoothly, there are a few bits of code I add to files when I install WordPress on a new domain….
I read about a great plugin called Instant Images for WordPress that makes blogging a little easier. A blog post without a featured images looks a little naked and unfinished. Trawling around free images sites takes time, especially when you want to write a quick post and get it up asap. Instant Images is a…
I was working with a WordPress plugin and I needed to import a load of products, no problem there is a CSV import option. I tediously went through the products and entered them into a file, saved as CSV and uploaded. Unfortunately, the file was not recognised as nothing was imported. I tried entering the…
I changed my PHP from 7.1 to 7.2 at my host Guru Cloud. I noticed that my WordPress site was no longer working, I got the error: Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress I switched back to 7.1 and it was working fine. I searched around and…
I noticed an issue with some of my WordPress websites where the share icons and the search icon would be distorted. I had been upgrading and changing themes, trying out new plugins and trying out Litespeed cache plugin as some of my sites are on a Litespeed server. The social share icons and search icons…
WordPress HTTP error fix Being fairly new to WordPress, I have been pleasantly surprised with how easy it has been to get a site going with relatively few issues. Unfortunately this morning I experienced an issue I had not seen before. I was writing a blog post on another site and I needed to…