Fix It: The Diagnosis Order for Any WordPress Problem
Six steps that identify the cause of almost anything, in the order that finds it fastest. Start here when you do not know where to start.
By Sumit · 12 Jul 2026White screens, 500 errors, stuck maintenance mode. The fixes, in diagnosis order.
Open Fix ItDomain to first published post. Nothing skipped, nothing upsold.
Open the guideEvery one installed on a live site and run before it gets a score.
See all reviewsFind it, remove it, close the hole, then prove it is gone. In that order.
Open the checklistLCP, CLS and INP, in the order that actually changes the number.
Open the guidesChecked against live Indian retail every month. No twelve-way ties.
All buying guidesSomething is broken. Diagnosis order, cause, and the fix — written by someone who has had the problem.
Six steps that identify the cause of almost anything, in the order that finds it fastest. Start here when you do not know where to start.
By Sumit · 12 Jul 2026The files exist, the database rows do not. Here is what breaks the link and how to rebuild it.
10 Jul 2026 · 30 min“Missed schedule” means WP-Cron did not fire. The fix is a real cron job, and there is a way to publish the…
8 Jul 2026 · 20 minThere are six caching layers between your edit and a visitor's screen. Clearing the plugin clears one of them.
5 Jul 2026 · 20 minFour layers decide whether a comment appears: the global setting, the per-post setting, moderation, and the theme template.
3 Jul 2026 · 15 minStuck in maintenance mode, a plugin folder half-written, or core partly replaced. Here is how to finish or reverse it cleanly.
1 Jul 2026 · 30 minThree routes back in: WP-CLI, the database, or a temporary function in the theme. All of them work without email.
30 Jun 2026 · 20 minThe menu still exists. It lost its location assignment, because menu locations are registered per theme.
28 Jun 2026 · 10 minFour causes: theme support, a broken image path, missing thumbnail sizes, or a lazy-loading conflict.
26 Jun 2026 · 15 minCaching hides the front end's problems and leaves the admin exposed. That asymmetry is the diagnosis.
24 Jun 2026 · 30 minThe site is white, the admin is gone, and the update log is unhelpful. Here is how to get back in and…
21 Jun 2026 · 25 minThe homepage works, everything else is a 404. It is the rewrite rules, and there are three places the problem can be.
19 Jun 2026 · 15 min