It’s never enjoyable to see your WordPress website suddenly go completely white on you while you’re trying to make an update. You wonder if your WP site is lost forever? Is it broken? Will it ever come out of this maintenance mode? The good news is, this message is not nearly as ominous as it looks and it can be fixed quite easily.

Why am I experiencing this WordPress problem?

If you are experiencing the Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute problem right now, it’s probably because you just tried to update your WordPress software and plugins. When you start the update process, WordPress creates what should be a temporary .maintenance file in your WordPress root folder which generates this message. But sometimes the WP update process doesn’t go as smoothly as it should so the .maintenance file doesn’t get deleted, and the maintenance mode page doesn’t go away.

How to fix a stuck WordPress Maintenance mode page

• Take a deep breath and don’t panic! This error does not mean your WP site is broken.
• Wait a few minutes. Depending on your server’s speed and the number of plugins you are updating, you may have to wait a few minutes before you see your WordPress website come back to life.
• If after 3-5 minutes you are still seeing this briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance, check back in a minute page, it’s time to take further action.

How to delete the .maintenance file so that your WP site can come back online

1. Open up your FTP program and connect to your website or log into your file manager.
2. Navigate to your WordPress root folder.
3. Look for the .maintenance file and delete it.

4. You should see your website come back online immediately!

5. Make sure you look at your dashboard page to check if all your plugins and software updated correctly.

Don’t forget to backup your website before attempting updates.

While this particular problem is not serious, there are other more critical issues which can occur when updating your WordPress site. It’s very important to backup your website before you attempt an update. Trust me on this, I’ve learned the hard way!

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Error establishing a database in WordPress is a common problem.

I’ve been using WordPress for more than 13 years now and I still love what it can do. Using this hugely popular CMS, it is relatively easy to throw up a good looking website in a matter of hours. But even though I consider myself a WordPress guru, it also sometimes drives me absolutely crazy. The error establishing a database connection WordPress problem is a good example of an issue I have experienced many times over the years. So rest assured, you are not alone!

What causes the error establishing a database WordPress problem?

Ninety-nine percent of the time, this error is due to an incorrect WordPress database username or password. It is very easy to enter in your username or password incorrectly so you really need to pay attention to what goes where in the configuration file. But first you need to know where the database configuration file is in your WordPress installation.

How to fix the error establishing a database WordPress issue

1. Navigate to your WordPress root folder using FTP or a file manager (most commonly cPanel)
2. Look for the file wp-config.php

3. Download the file in FTP or edit it in your file editor (always make a backup of your file before you start editing!).

4. Look for DB_NAME and make sure your database name is entered correctly in between the apostrophes. If you’re not sure what your database name is, please look for it in MYSQL Databases in cPanel.

5. Look for DB_USER and make sure the username is entered correctly in between the apostrophes. If you’re not sure what this username is, you can find it under MYSQL Databases in cPanel. Make sure that your database has a username assigned to it and that this user has all the necessary privileges.

6. Make sure the DB_PASSWORD is entered correctly in between the apostrophes. If you’ve forgotten what the password is, you can reset it under MYSQL Databases.

7. In the VAST majority of WordPress installations, ‘localhost’ should be the correct setting for DB_HOST. But if you are sure you have entered your database credentials correctly and you are still having trouble, you might want to check with your host to make sure localhost is correct.

What if I’m still having the WordPress database error problem?

In a small number of cases, it’s possible the database may be corrupted. You can repair the database by navigating to PHPMyAdmin in Cpanel.

Navigate to your database, select all of the tables, and click on repair tables.

Are you still having database connection issues or do you need help locating your database username and password?

Check with your host to make sure your MYSQL database server is up and running!

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Since I first published this a few years ago, thousands of people looking for help with a stuck text and visual editor on WordPress have visited this page. I have also assisted many people with this issue on their websites.

While all my instructions below for solving this WordPress visual editor issue remained the same, I have added a step to make sure you have properly updated your WordPress theme.

I also wanted to let you know that I am available to solve this common WordPress issue for a flat $75 price. I do the work first, you pay when you’re satisfied.

I recently experienced this WP error myself

So I just had this issue today on one of my own websites. The editor in my WordPress pages and posts was stuck on visual. I was unable to switch back and forth between the text and visual editors. I also noticed that all of the text in my pages were in the color white which was very strange.

What did I do first? I panicked of course! Just kidding. Having fixed this issue on many WordPress websites, I knew right away what I needed to do.

Here’s how to solve the problem

Let me preface this by telling you that you MUST backup your WordPress installation before you try any of these steps. Using a free plugin like Updraft Plus will give you the peace of mind that you need to fix this issue.

Here are the steps that you should follow to troubleshoot a stuck visual editor in WordPress. After each step, refresh a post or page to see if you can switch between the visual and text editors.

1. Clear your cache – if this doesn’t work, go ahead and disable your cache for the time being while you troubleshoot this problem.
2. Update or reinstall WordPress –  If for some reason, you are unable to reinstall WordPress through the dashboard, you will need to manually install a fresh copy through FTP or your file manager.
3. Update your WordPress plugins and themes
4. Make sure your theme was updated correctly. Many WordPress users are using paid themes which may not update automatically with the rest of the plugins and themes.
5. If you get to this step without success, you will need to take some more drastic steps to diagnose the problem. If you run a busy website, you may want to consider 1). putting the site in maintenance mode or 2). copying your site to another location where you can run some tests.
6. Disable ALL of your plugins and reactivate them one-by-one – yes, this sounds horrible, doesn’t it? But chances are high that you WILL discover that one of your plugins is acting up. When you identify the misbehaving plugin you will probably need to find an alternative and/or contact the plugin’s author to report the issue.

The solution to my stuck WordPress editor today was reinstalling the latest version of WordPress. Now I am able to switch back and forth between the two editors seamlessly. Problem solved!

This post was originally published in 2016. It was updated in September, 2020.

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• Reducing the size of header, background, and gallery images in your WordPress installation.
• Compressing CSS, JS, and text using GZIP (I have seen this have a dramatic effect on WordPress load times).
• Installing a caching plugin such as WT3 Cache or WordPress Super Cache.
• Reducing the number of plugins or replacing plugins with others that are designed better.

Unfortunately, there are times when no amount of tweaking will speed up a WordPress website. That’s when it’s time to go beyond WordPress and take a close look at your host. If your slow WordPress site is on a shared hosting package, you may be competing for resources with dozens of other websites.  If some of those websites are resource intensive, they may hog the server and slow down all of the other websites.

If you are serious about improving your website’s performance, you will need to think about either switching to a better shared host or upgrading your hosting package to a VPS (virtual private server). Some shared hosts are better than others because they throttle websites that are hogging resources. A VPS is the best option because it will insulate your website from other websites on the server and ensure that your site is getting the resources that it needs.

Higher quality shared hosting or a VPS will cost you more money but upgrading will be well worth the money. Don’t forget that Google takes your page speed into consideration when determining where you will appear in the ranking. In other words, page speed is very important for SEO purposes. Besides that, you want to have a WordPress website that runs smoothly for your visitors.

By the way, you’ve probably noticed that my site is very fast. It absolutely is! Take a look. We are faster than 78% of the websites on the Internet:

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Before I start working on a client’s website, I almost always install a free plugin called Updraft Plus which allows me to backup files and databases very quickly. If anything goes wrong during my work on the site, I can simply restore the backup and the site will be restored. I know that implementing WordPress backups is my insurance policy in case anything goes wrong.

Where should I store the WordPress Backups?

Updraft Plus gives you the option of storing your backups on the server or in a remote location. While storing the backups on the server is useful in many situations, I always advise my clients to prepare for the worst. What if your installation is hacked or simply disappears? The best option is to store your WordPress Backups in Dropbox or Google Drive, which are both supported in Updraft Plus. If your installation is small enough, you can even have it sent to an email address.

How often should I backup WordPress?

Updraft Plus allows you to automatically backup your installation of WordPress on a regular basis. How often you should backup your site really depends on how often you are updating your site. If you are running an active WordPress blog with new posts and comments every day then it might be good to backup your site every few hours. If your site goes for days without changing then backing your website every two weeks would probably be fine.

I cannot tell you how many times a WordPress backup has saved my bacon. Knowing that I can quickly revert a website back to how I found it gives me the peace of mind that I need to do my job and do it well.

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