Running a WordPress website or a blog is exciting. The thrill of being able to share your content with your audience at ease is the driving factor in why WordPress powers over 30% of all the websites. A people’s platform, WordPress is a popular Content Management System (CMS) for new and experienced users alike.
WordPress[1] however, does offer its fair share of issues that trouble its users. Some of these issues are generic and can be addressed with small amendments. Other complications with the system demand a technical learning curve to solve. This article highlights the common issues and how to solve them.
Issues with themes and plugins
Themes and plugins are essentially the structures that support WordPress’ framework[2]. Users often have to deal with issues related to them.
Theme issues:
- Theme installation failed
- Missing stylesheet
- Sample data import errors
- HomePage not similar to the demo etc.
The root cause of such theme related issues could be that something is missing in the zip folder or you could have simply missed uploading the root theme folder.
For sample data import errors, you can try any of these solutions:
- Once you have activated the theme, make a check and ensure that your theme includes custom post types and taxonomies
- If you fail to import media, you can open the sample data in a text editor and try and locate one of those files and test the link in your browser
- Alternatively, you can get in touch with the theme developer and share your issues if you are unable to address them successfully.
Plugin issues:
Regularly updating and ensuring that you download