Critical Errors Guides for WordPress
3 guides cover critical errors problems in WordPress, from the first symptom to the fix that holds.
The white screen of death and the 'There has been a critical error on this website' message both mean PHP stopped before WordPress could render. The cause is almost always a plugin, theme, or memory limit, and the recovery path is the same: read the error log, isolate the offender, and bring the site back without losing data. These guides take you through that process step by step, including what to do when you cannot log in at all.
Fatal error: Allowed memory size exhausted in WordPress? Here's the real fix
The 'Allowed memory size of X bytes exhausted' fatal is one of the most misdiagnosed WordPress errors. Most guides tell you to bump WP_MEMORY_LIMIT in wp-config.php and call it done. On half the hosts I work with, that line does nothing. Here is what the error actually means, how to find the real memory cap on your host, and how to raise it without hiding a memory leak.
Jul 7, 2026
WordPress White Screen of Death: How to Fix the WSOD
The WordPress white screen of death has a handful of real causes. Here is the order I use to fix it on client sites.
Jun 20, 2026
How to Fix 'There Has Been a Critical Error on This Website' in WordPress
A practical guide to the WordPress 5.2+ 'critical error on this website' message, Recovery Mode emails, and matching the error ID to your debug.log.
Jun 4, 2026