Tag: htaccess

  • Auto-upgrading WordPress and the .htaccess file

    A pattern I have observed in the past months:
    A couple of days after auto-upgrading WordPress, access to the WordPress blog is blocked.

    My non-programmer’s workaround is:

    • Rename the .htaccess file on the WP level. The WordPress blog displays.
    • Login and go to Settings > Permalinks and re-save settings, or copy old .htaccess file content and upload by FTP to the server.

    I would like to understand why this happens. Immediately after upgrading the WP install, there are no visible problems… but 2 -3 days later I come home to see that my site is down.

  • WordPress Woes

    I am having some problems with the .htaccess file on the WordPress level. I tried regenerating the permalinks. Hope that will help for a while.

    A couple of days ago there was a lonely s at the end of the file. Amakhala scared.

    And:
    I am seeing a lot of “MySQL server has gone away” error messages in different context,
    e.g. when I updated the WP install, when I try to access the website, in the right-hand area displaying categories.

    I asked the hosting company and they pointed me to this link (which I haven’t tried yet).

    If you have any hints please let me know.