- Fixing "connection timed out"Check your pressy.site address first — it tells you in one step whether the problem is your site, your domain, or your own connection.
- Fixing "error establishing a database connection"WordPress cannot reach its database. Restart the container first, then check the credentials in wp-config.php against the Databases screen.
- Fixing "your domain is not pointing here"The records are missing, wrong, or split between two providers. Check what the internet sees rather than what your own computer sees, and give it time.
- Fixing 404 errors on your pagesIf the homepage works and everything else 404s, it is the permalinks. Re-saving them in WordPress fixes it in about ten seconds.
- Fixing a 500 internal server errorAlmost always a plugin, a theme, or PHP running out of memory. Read the error log first, then deactivate the culprit from the Files screen if you cannot reach wp-admin.
- Fixing a slow siteCheck the health panel before spending money — it tells you whether you are short of vCPU, short of memory, or neither. Most slow WordPress sites are neither.
- Fixing a white screen with no error messageA blank page is a 500 with the error hidden. Switch on debug logging to make PHP say what broke, then treat it as a 500.
- Fixing HTTPS when the certificate will not issueThree causes, in the order they happen — the domain is not resolving here yet, a CAA record is blocking us, or the week's issuance allowance is used up.
- Fixing WordPress emails that never arriveWordPress sends mail through PHP by default and it goes to spam or nowhere. Install an SMTP plugin and point it at a real mail provider — the fix takes about ten minutes.
- My site is downFour checks, in order, that tell you which of the specific fixes you need. Most sites that look down are one of five things, and this narrows it in about a minute.
- What to do when you are locked out of wp-adminStart with the one-click sign-in from your dashboard — it needs no WordPress password and gets past a forgotten login. Then work through the four other causes.
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