I got some WordPress problems with two websites that i lead but finally it works for me and now i want to share with you some tips about WP blank page problems. Anyway i have this CSS gallery that was offline since some time… i mean wp-admin pages works fine but front page was blank. This bug was after i migrate to another hosting company. So yesterday finally i found time to fix that bug. All off that i found on google or think myself.
Maybe this helps someone…. when you see blank page with your WordPress blog you can use my tips to find bug and fix that annoying problem.
1. Turn off all plugins
2. Change theme to another one (refresh/check)
3. Creates or/and update .htaccess file
(you can browse it by linux console for example)
4. Edit and save post, permalinks…. stuff like that
5. Update to newest version of WordPress
6. Check what PHP version you have
7. Check this out:
WordPress should compress articles (gzip) if browsers ask for them
… in my situation this fix my blank page error.
8. Check error logs if there is something interesting about your problem
This (point 7) helps me with my CSS gallery. But I also generate problem with SilenBits and it was blank too…. the problem solved when i use this fix:
2. Change theme to another one (refresh/check)
So good luck and no WordPress blank pages for you !
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Peter
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Ramenos
For PHP errors, I find the easiest way to trouble-shoot when developing a plugin is to make a direct HTTP request for the file. eg
domain.com/blog_dir/wp-content/plugins/pluginfile.php
This way will show syntax errors and other PHP error messages.
When the file is OK PHP-wise, you will then see errors like
[WordPress-function name here] not found.
For incompatibility problems though, deactivating and reactivating is the best way, especially now that WordPress “sand boxes” and will show a “could not be activated” message.
And don’t learn the hard way. Back-up, back-up, back-up!
Thanx Mittineague for sharing, nice tip for any plugin problems.
Thanx you! Point 7 fixed my problem
Glad this helps
Nicely done. Been searching forums and Google for 2 days and no one suggested disabling plugins. Turned out my “ShiftThis.net | Swift SMTP” plugin was causing the issue.
Thanks for doing the “heavy-lifting” and sharing!
David
No problem, thx for sharing your comments.
I had the other problem after upgrading my Wordpress to 2.5: blog pages were fine, but admin pages were blank.
The fix was incredibly simple though:
http://blog.boullosa.org/en/20.....em-branco/
Thx for the tip. I am still afraid of 2.5 version and upgrade..
@Beto Boullosa thx for info !