15. Troubleshooting Common Problems

By the end of this chapter, you will know how to fix the most common, and some of the uncommon, problems that can crop up on a WordPress blog.

Nothing always goes as planned. That’s a maxim in life, and in WordPress, so it stands to reason that occasionally things will go wrong and you have to fix them to get back on track. In this chapter, I cover the most common gremlins that crop up and how to manage them, fix them, and prevent them from happening again. I’ve put the sections in order from most common to least common, which also turns out to be in order from easiest to hardest as well. It’s at this moment you know that the usual lecture on backups comes. When things go wrong, knowing that you have a backup ...

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