Blank Page after posting – WordPress Error Fix

Blank Page after posting – WordPress Error Fix
Hello all,  let me share my latest experience with another wordpress problem – “Blank Page” after posting. Very weird problem indeed. You see all your post from edit window. But when you publish the post, everything vanishes. You end up with nothing but a Blank Page. You panic! I panicked as I went back to my blog and started checking some random posts and realized that many of my old posts are also got a blank page! That also explained my sudden drop in adsense income that I am experiencing for few weeks. I never thought that the older pages/posts could be blank even in my dreams. So, I needed a fix. Nice and clean, easy and simple trick to fix the notorious wordpress problem.

Blank Page after posting - WordPress Error Fix

Blank Page after posting - WordPress Error Fix


What I was using? Hybrid theme, php5, lots of plugins, WordPress 2.7.1

What could lead you to the blank page wordpress problem?
1. Database problem
2. Plugin problem – some of your plugin may become inpompatible with the version of WordPress you are using.
3. Theme Problem – your theme may be inpompatible with the latest version of the WordPress you are using.
4. .htaccess problem – check for garbage code.

Check 1: Start your testing here.
Login to your wordpress admin panel and simply change your theme to another one. See if the problem persists. If the problem is gone, you are pretty much sure that it was due to theme issue and you can now pay attention to the theme you were using. Go to the theme release website and check if they have a theme upgrade. This is how I fixed y problem. However I did not start with this check. I was using Hybrid News theme in my entertainment site CalcuttaTube for long time. The problem appeared. After spending long time, I visited themehybrid webpage and found that Justin (the author of Hybrid) indeed had a bug-fix upgrade of his theme.

2. Look for newly installed plugins
If you see that the “Blank Page after Posting” is NOT a theme problem, check your plugin compatibly. First, deactivate some of the plugins you have recently installed one by one and check theme after each plugin deactivation. Some of the plugins are also “WordPress Theme Sensitive”. Means not all wordpress plugins are compatible with every single wordpress theme. I have solved numerous wordpress problems just by deactivating plugins.

3. Are you using the latest WordPress Version?
If you are not using the latest version of the wordpress, upgrade your wordpress installation to the latest one. Take proper back up of database and files before you do.

4. Check for error logs.
I did not receive any errors due to blank page at all. But you may be lucky to find useful error log that will lead you to a quick solution.

5. Check .htaccess code
If you are running php 4, you may want to add the code at the top of your .htaccess file to make it compatible with php 5:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

6. Go to your hosting control panel.
If you have access to PHPMYADMIN, find out the wordpress database you are using and perform “Optimize” and “Repair” actions on your MySql database.

7. Drop garbage tables – clean your database
A long list of wordpress plugins insert tables into your wordpress MySql database. Some of them may become obsolete over time or you may not be using some of the plugins anymore. However, the database tables are still there. Check for such tables in your MySql databade and “DROP” such tables. It will clean up your database, make your site faster and garbage free.

Some known Plugin Problems:
If you are using WP-Super cache – clear the cache and restore default settings. you may also have to edit the wp-cache-phase2.php. Search for “ob_end_clean()” and replace it with “ob_end_flush()”.

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