What to Do When an Update Breaks Your WordPress Website

Normally, updates to WordPress, themes, and plugins are fast and easy — you click the update button and, a few seconds later, the process is over and you’re happily moving on with your day. But if you’re reading this, chances are things didn’t go as expected.

While updates usually don’t cause issues, things can sometimes go wrong during the update process, especially during a major upgrade. This may be something as minor as an update not completing fully or it may be something that breaks your site entirely, making it unreachable.

These issues can be pretty scary for a website owner. If you find yourself experiencing problems after an update — don’t panic. Fixing the most common update issues is often quick and painless.

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How to Put Your WordPress Site into Maintenance Mode

Performing updates and maintenance tasks is important to keep your WordPress website secure and running smoothly. Yet when you’re in the process of making changes to your site, you may not want visitors to access it.

Fortunately, putting your website into maintenance mode can help inform visitors that it’s currently under construction and they should come back again soon. This can also prevent them from landing on a broken site or page that isn’t working. 

In this post, we’ll explain what WordPress maintenance mode is and when you should use it. Then we’ll show you three methods for activating it in WordPress. Finally, we’ll teach you how to create a more custom maintenance mode design using a page builder.

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How to Protect Your WordPress Website Against SQL Injections

WordPress is one of the most used website building platforms because of its wide range of potential applications. You can build an online store, host a blog about your favorite hobby, create a community through forums, or represent a large corporation.

But however you use it, a primary responsibility is keeping your site safe from hackers. That’s why it’s important to understand how to prevent Structured Query Language (SQL) injection attacks. 

The good news is that there are plenty of steps you can take to protect your WordPress site from this malicious code. Learning how to detect, remove, and prevent SQL injections can help you effectively secure your valuable data and make you less susceptible to attack.

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How to Clean Up Your WordPress Media Library

As your WordPress website grows, you may end up accumulating hundreds, if not thousands, of images. While hosts aren’t usually stingy when it comes to storage space, it still makes sense to clean up your website. If you don’t, you might find yourself with a massive collection of unused media files that can slow things down.

Fortunately, WordPress makes it easy to both upload and delete media files. That means there’s no excuse not to tidy up your image collection from time to time. Once you do, you should see your site running more smoothly and your workflows improved.

In this article, we’ll discuss why you may want to clean up your WordPress Media Library. We’ll then show you how to prepare for that process, two ways to do it, and some maintenance tips for when you’re finished. Let’s dive in!

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Jetpack 10.7: An easier way to build your own Jetpack

This month, we’re excited to launch My Jetpack, a new dashboard that allows you to manage your Jetpack products all in one place. Additionally, we’ve been making design and performance improvements for some of your favorite blocks.

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How to Create a Staging Website on WordPress (a Complete Guide)

Updating a WordPress website can be more complicated than you’d think. Usually, publishing a new page or post isn’t a problem. But if you’re updating WordPress components or making major design or functionality changes, you run the risk of breaking your website. The best way to avoid this problem is by using a staging site.

With a WordPress staging site, you get a safe environment where you can test any changes you want to make. Once you’re satisfied that everything is working correctly, you can then move (or ‘push’) those changes from the staging website to a live environment.

In this article, we’re going to break down what staging sites are and how they work. We’ll then discuss the pros and cons of using a staging environment, and show you how to create your own. 

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What is Time on Page and Why Is It Important?

You might already understand the importance of optimizing your landing page views and attracting new site visitors. But there’s another website performance metric that you should consider: time on page. 

Analyzing time on page can help you understand whether you’re attracting the right kind of visitors or false leads — people who land on your site only to realize that it’s not what they were looking for. It can also give you valuable insight into how your content is performing. 

In this post, we’ll look closer at the time on page metric to learn how it works. We’ll also explore what information this measurement can reveal about your site’s performance. 

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Severe Vulnerability Fixed In UpdraftPlus 1.22.3

During an internal audit of the UpdraftPlus plugin, we uncovered an arbitrary backup download vulnerability that could allow low-privileged users like subscribers to download a site’s latest backups.

If exploited, the vulnerability could grant attackers access to privileged information from the affected site’s database (e.g., usernames and hashed passwords).

We reported the vulnerability to the plugin’s authors, and they recently released version 1.22.3 to address it. Forced auto-updates have also been pushed due to the severity of this issue. If your site hasn’t already, we strongly recommend that you update to the latest version (1.22.3) and have an established security solution on your site, such as Jetpack Security.

You can find UpdraftPlus’ own advisory here.

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How to Fix “Your Connection is Not Private” on WordPress

There are several errors you could run into while navigating the web, including HTTP error codes, issues with certificates, and connection problems. A lot of times, fixing these errors will require a bit of troubleshooting on your end. The “Your connection is not private” error is no exception.

This error usually (but not always) is due to an issue with the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate. There are several ways to troubleshoot, depending on whether it originates from your website or your server.

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at this connection error and discuss its main causes. We’ll then show you how to troubleshoot depending on its cause. 

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How to Fix “This Account Has Been Suspended” on WordPress

When you pay for hosting, there are almost always some caveats. Hosting providers reserve the right to terminate your account under particular circumstances — for example, if your site has malware or content that violates the host’s guidelines. If your account gets flagged, you’ll see a message like “this account has been suspended.”

The positive side is that “suspended” isn’t the same as “terminated.” When an account is suspended, you can usually appeal the decision or fix the problem that caused your web host to take action against you. If your efforts succeed, you’ll regain access and control over your website.

In this article, we’ll talk about the potential causes for hosting account suspensions. We’ll then discuss what to do if you run into the “this account has been suspended” message and how to proceed after you fix things.

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