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Roll back a WordPress update that broke your site, without losing data

An update to WordPress, a plugin, the theme or PHP, and the site is no longer itself: layout in pieces, a white screen, a form that stopped working. Rolling back is done component by component, keeping everything the site has received since, orders and messages included. Here are the steps, in order.

Published on 8 October 20269-minute read

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How to fix "Error establishing a database connection" in WordPress

Your site shows a single line: "Error establishing a database connection". WordPress could not open the database that holds your pages, settings and accounts. Your content is usually intact: this guide shows how to find which of the four possible causes is at play, and how to fix it.

Published on 5 October 20268-minute read

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Hosting account suspended: find the cause and get your website back

Where your website used to be, a page now says the account has been suspended. A suspension usually comes down to one of four causes, and each is resolved differently: a hacked site, resource usage over the limits, an unpaid invoice, or a complaint received by the host. Here is how to tell which one, and the steps to get the site back online.

Published on 28 September 20269-minute read

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Chrome says your website is dangerous: how to get the warning removed

Visitors hit a red "Dangerous site" screen before reaching you, or Google writes "This site may be hacked" under your search result. The warning comes from the Google Safe Browsing list, and it is lifted through a set process: find out what Google detected, clean it up, then request a review.

Published on 24 September 20269-minute read

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WordPress site redirecting to a spam site: find and remove the redirect

Visitors land on a lottery page, a pill shop or a fake tech support screen, yet the site looks fine when you open it. That is the mark of an injected redirect, usually a conditional one. This guide shows how to trigger it on purpose, locate it in the files or the database, and shut the door it came through.

Published on 21 September 202610-minute read

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Free website creation for nonprofits: 15 services

A nonprofit looking for a free website mostly finds online builders: the tool is free, the work is not. Here are fifteen services, ordered by how much each one takes off your hands, with what every provider publishes about its own free offer.

Published on 6 September 2026Offers read on 6 September 2026

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AI visibility tools: which ones your own AI can read

Knowing what AI assistants answer about your company has become a job of its own. Seven platforms do it. The question here is a technical one: which of them can your own assistant query directly, without going through a dashboard.

Published 7 August 2026Pricing read on 26 July 2026

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