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 !
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 !
Thanks for the tips. Much needed for a busy teacher having student blogs turning up blank!
where do i find that
WordPress should compress articles (gzip) if browsers ask for them
plz give a reference
I am also having the same problem..
the only think is I can’t access my admin page.. and I am not allowed to download Filezilla here on my workstation:(
Hi
I have no clue about these coding stuff.
How and where do you disable plugins if you only see a white screen?
Regards
Thanks. Step 2 did it for me. Somehow I had two versions of a theme, or some such problem. Great troubleshooting tips, it would have taken me forever to figure that out.
Apart from problem with comments, people can also get a blank page on commenting because some of their comments are marked as spam by blog owners. Akismet sends a 403 error along with blank page in this case. You might want to check that out.
i solved this issue by removing every empty line in functions.php, inside my theme’s folder
I had this very problem myself not too long ago. I almost had heart failure. Here’s what I did to fix it.
http://www.spicywebdesign.com/.....lank-page/
Tnx for link.
check out the http error log before anything. in my case it was a dangling * in wp-config…
A common cause of blank WordPress pages is including the header twice. Try removing get_header() and see what happens.
In addition to going blank when some comments are added some of the time, it goes blank when I change the admin email address!
My blog is about 5 months old. Today I’m changing the default you@yourdomain.com to the actual email address, then it all goes blank.
Any ideas here?
So, My page goes blank because of the custom theme I am building…(the default theme everything works fine). What are some tricks to debugging that problem. Thanks!
I upgrade this post and published it here: http://wpnoise.com/10-tips-how.....lank-page/ !
Tnx for every comment here and hope to see you there also..