How to Fix WordPress Login Redirect Loops (Cookies, URL Mismatch, Cache, Cloudflare)

How to Fix WordPress Login Redirect Loops (Cookies, URL Mismatch, Cache, Cloudflare)

WordPress login redirect loops feel like getting tailed in a bad neighborhood. You enter the right door, you know the password, and still you’re shoved back out to the sidewalk. Sometimes it shows up as ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS. Sometimes it just “refreshes” wp-login.php like it’s stuck on repeat. I’ve fixed this enough times to know the pattern….

How to Enable AVIF Images in WordPress (Server Support, Plugins, and Safe Fallbacks)

How to Enable AVIF Images in WordPress (Server Support, Plugins, and Safe Fallbacks)

The first time I tried to enable AVIF WordPress support on a busy site, I expected a simple win, smaller AVIF images in, faster pages out with better Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). Instead, I got a quiet failure: uploads worked, but some thumbnails never showed up, and a few browsers grabbed the wrong format. As…

How to Fix “The Link You Followed Has Expired” in WordPress (Upload Limits, Timeouts, Plugin Checks)

How to Fix “The Link You Followed Has Expired” in WordPress (Upload Limits, Timeouts, Plugin Checks)

The first time I saw “The Link You Followed Has Expired”, I thought I’d clicked a bad bookmark. Then it happened again, right after I tried uploading a perfectly normal plugin ZIP while working within the WordPress dashboard. Same bland message, no clue what actually broke. It felt like a detective handed me a case…

How to Fix WordPress 500 Internal Server Error (htaccess, PHP errors, plugin conflicts)

How to Fix WordPress 500 Internal Server Error (htaccess, PHP errors, plugin conflicts)

The 500 Internal Server Error always feels personal. One minute my site is fine, the next it’s a blank page or a cold “Internal Server Error” (HTTP error 500) message, like a locked door with no keyhole. When it happens, I treat it like a quick detective job. My troubleshooting process is simple: I don’t…

How to Fix Allowed Memory Size Exhausted in WordPress (PHP Limits, Plugin Culprits, Safe Increases)

How to Fix Allowed Memory Size Exhausted in WordPress (PHP Limits, Plugin Culprits, Safe Increases)

How to Fix Allowed Memory Size Exhausted in WordPress (PHP Limits, Plugin Culprits, Safe Increases) The first time I saw “Allowed memory size exhausted” on a WordPress site, it felt like walking into my office and finding the lights on, the door cracked open, and papers everywhere. Nothing “looked” broken, but something clearly went off…

How to Fix the WordPress White Screen of Death (Log Files, Debug Mode, and Common Culprits)

How to Fix the WordPress White Screen of Death (Log Files, Debug Mode, and Common Culprits)

The wordpress white screen doesn’t crash with fireworks. It just goes quiet, like a streetlight dying mid-block. One minute your site’s fine, the next you’re staring at a blank page with no error, no hint, no alibi. When I get called in on this case, I treat it like any other: secure access first, then…

How to Fix WordPress Stuck in Maintenance Mode After an Update (and prevent it next time)ab

How to Fix WordPress Stuck in Maintenance Mode After an Update (and prevent it next time)ab

I’ve seen it at the worst time, coffee in hand, update just “about to finish,” and then my site turns into a crime scene. Yellow tape across the front door: wordpress maintenance mode. Visitors get the same line on repeat: “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.” Most of the time, this…