Overcoming "The website with technical difficulties" in WordPress

WordPress is the best blogging engine ever, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect because there are still some issues with WordPress. But even then, the obstacle does not appear suddenly, i.e. the result of an action by the user.

One wrong action can cause a website to crash. For example, you wrote incorrect database information in your WordPress configuration settings and as a result the site does not open and an error message appears.

There is now one type of bug that is somewhat mysterious, namely the appearance of a notification “The site is experiencing technical difficulties”After doing something with the site. But it can still be overcome in a number of ways. Please see below how to solve it.

1. Clear the cache in the browser

Of the many cases, this problem occurs more often after upgrading the WordPress version. So that the notification suddenly appears after the update process has been carried out and nothing more can be done, even open the dashboard.

The ultimate solution is to give it a try Wait at least 5 minutes and after that clear the cache in the browser and then try to access the website again. The notification is usually displayed because of an update, so files will be lost and replaced. However, if you wait for the process to complete, then surely everything will be normal.

2. Turn off all plugins

This method is also effective for dealing with a WordPress site that suddenly goes blank after updating a plugin. So maybe you run into this problem after updating a plugin, and of course the solution to it is to turn off the recently updated plugin.

However, if you do not remember which plugin was updated, please turn off all plugins via FTP. Why via FTP? Because when the notification appears, you will not be able to access the admin / dashboard page.

So please go to FTP and move all the folders in the directory / wp-content / plugins / and then try to access the site again. When the site opens, please try restoring the plugin folders one by one to see which plugin is affecting this issue.

3. Use the latest version of PHP

Since WordPress version 5.2, a notification appears in the dashboard for websites that are still using the PHP version 5.6. They asked to upgrade the PHP version to 7.3 or the latest version for compatibility with all WordPress plugins, themes, and the system itself.

Perhaps you are currently using PHP version 5.6 which is no longer supported in the latest versions of WordPress and which is causing this problem. It is therefore highly recommended that you use the latest version of PHP.

Also read: Tutorial changing the PHP version via cPanel

4. Restart the web server and the database

If you are using a VPS to install WordPress, please restart the web server that is used in connection with the database. This is more common the first time you install WordPress.

I encountered this problem while using it Apache When installing WordPress, all the settings in the wp-config were correct, but it turned out that the problem was with the web server itself, which had to be restarted.

So have you found a way to fix it? Some of the above options will definitely work as long as you get it right. So there is no need to reinstall as long as it can be easily fixed. And if you have any questions please comment.

Hopefully useful and good luck

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