Bits & Brews

Stories about PHP, WordPress, web development, debugging, security, and lessons learned from real projects.

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Debugging in production without panic: a calm checklist - A fixed order of operations for when something breaks in production and everyone is looking at you. It starts with reading the error rather than changing code.
WordPress White Screen of Death: what to do when your site goes blank - Your WordPress site is a blank white page. This is how to find the cause, from memory limits to plugin and theme conflicts, in the right order.