How To Fix White Screen of Death For WordPress Admin?
August 21st, 2016 | by Ravi Chahar || 4 Comments |
Are you running a WordPress website and want to know every aspect of the WordPress so that it won’t be hard in your upcoming time? Have you ever encountered the problem of the white screen of death in WordPress? It is frustrating when you try hard to drive traffic to your blog and you see the errors in WordPress.
If you haven’t get this error then you’re the lucky one. There are many WordPress users who are striving to fix white screen of death. There are many common errors in WordPress which can annoy you. But you should try to know the cause and the solution.
In this tutorial, I am going to let you know the reasons fo the occurrence of the white screen of death and the solution.
Is White Screen of Death In WordPress A Major Problem?
When you see any error, whether it is HTTP error, 404 error, internal server error, or any other error. It’s obvious that you will freak out. Instead of seeking for the solution, most of the people get scared. You shouldn’t be like them. Just try to find the cause and then solve it.
When you see the white screen and not able to login to your WordPress admin panel because you won’t see anything on that page.
Most of the time, the reason is that the memory has been exhausted. It may happen due to many reasons.
How To Get Rid Of White Screen of Death?
There is always a thought in your mind that you should get rid of this error. No one would want to see the white screen in their admin area.
Let me provide you the reasons and the fixes:
1. Your Recently Updated Plugin
It is possible that one of your plugins is creating the problem. It may happen when you update any plugin and it exceeds the memory due to its poor PHP code. There are many things to do when you choose the best plugin which can satisfy you.
It can be solved by deactivating all the plugin at once or just check by deactivating one by one. But if you’re locked away from the admin panel then you have to go to your web hosting account to access the plugin folder to deactivate it.
How to deactivate all the plugins at one?
- Login to your cPanel and open the file manager.
- Search for the wp-content folder and find plugins folder.
- Rename the folder and all the plugins will get deactivated.
2. The Theme You Are Using.
There are many themes present on the web and people are developing more. But are they all well-coded? Is your theme well-coded? It is possible that your WordPress theme is creating the problem and exceeding the memory.
You should revert to your default WordPress theme and then check whether you see the white screen of death in WordPress or not. If you see the normal admin panel then you the problem is with the theme.
You should always backup WordPress theme before doing any change. To remove this error, just delete the theme from the cPanel or you can do that by using the phpMyAdmin.
That’s why it is always recommended to choose the right WordPress theme which is coded properly and can support the plugins.
3. Memory Limit Gets Exceeded.
It may happen because of your web hosting isn’t able to handle the traffic of your blog. When you have the small plan and the visitors are more then it is the time to upgrade the web hosting plan.
Though, you can adjust the memory limit by defining it in the wp-config.php file for which you have to go to the cPanel and then edit the wp-config.php file.
Just place the code in the file and save it.
Even after this step, you see the error then ask your web hosting providers to fix white screen of death.
4. Any WordPress File Is Corrupted.
Sometimes the WordPress files may get corrupted by any plugin or any website hack. So it would be better if your delete WordPress from your website and reinstall it. It would freshen up all the files present in the WordPress directory.
To check the type of error, you can activate the debugging mode by adding a code in the wp-config.php file.
error_reporting(E_ALL);ini_set(‘display_errors’, 1);
define(‘WP_DEBUG’, true);
The above-written code will tell the WordPress to show the errors in the white screen so that you can have an idea about the type of error.
Are you ready to fix white screen of death error?
No one wants to see the errors on his/her website. All the WordPress errors are so much annoying. If you see the error establishing database connection then it won’t show anything on your website.
The same goes with the white screen of death in WordPress. You won’t be able to login to your admin panel if the problem is caused by any plugin. To know how to get rid of white screen of death, you have to follow the above-mentioned steps.
If you still face any problem then the final thing is to ask for the web hosting support. They will look after the problem and will guide you.
Hi Ravi,
Oh my gosh…if this ever happened to me and I didn’t read this post I would be running to the Apple store. But you are a saving grace! I did hear some chatter about “white screen” but never paid it any attention…probably because I never experienced it.
Here, you have given exact protocol of what to do. Wow…this is like reading a sigh of relief.
Thank you so much and I will spread the word.
-Donna
Hey Donna,
Most of the time we don’t pay attention to such things until we encounter it. Even I was not into knowing about WordPress but the time let use learn more.
I have faced the errors and it can happen to anyone.
WordPress is a unique platform and people are living their dreams but when they see the white screen, they fret a lot. The main reason is the memory exhaustion.
Thanks for being here.
Have a wonderful day.
~Ravi
I didn’t get this error yet, but it’s a good guide to teach users how to fix the white screen of death error in WordPress.
I would recommend all users to backup WordPress more frequently to ensure that there is no corrupted file on your WordPress blog, avoid one reason that can cause this error.
Hey Tony,
Such type of error seems when any of the plugins use more memory and exhaust it. There are many reasons to appear the white screen of death. It’s important to know the solution because in case you get this error then you can easily fix it.
Thanks for stopping by.
Enjoy the day.
~Ravi