A WordPress Lesson

Some of you may have noticed yesterday that my blog was down (or you didn’t, unless you’re family and check it every day). Anyway, it was. What happened? I updated a plugin.

 If you’re on WordPress, you’re probably familiar with that little red notification bubble telling you one of your plugins has an update. Most of them get regular updates and improvements, and it’s never been an issue for me before. I check the box, click update, and go on with my day. Not the case yesterday.

Updates Snip
See that notification bubble on the left? That’s what I mean.

 

Basically, the developer of one of my plugins (not the one seen above) released a faulty upgrade… and it completely messed up my site. I couldn’t get into anything. When they released a fix a short time later, I was already out of luck. No more blog.

I won’t bore you with the whole process of how I got it back up (unless you want to email me and ask), but suffice it to say it was a stressful day.  Lessons learned:

  • Make sure your site is backed up regularly to a place you can get to if it goes down. Thankfully, I have backups through my hosting provider (BlueHost), so I was set on this. I was able to get to my backups even though I couldn’t get into my dashboard.
  • Utilize all your resources. I eventually got it back up with the help of a blogging facebook group I joined maybe two weeks ago. I was in a few already, but I’m so glad I recently joined this one. Between some fixes they recommended and one last check by BlueHost, I was back up.
  • Wait to update your plugins. If I hadn’t updated immediately, I probably never would have had this issue, since the developer released a fix within hours of when I updated. From now on, I’m giving any updates a few days before I hit that update button. Just in case.

What lessons have you learned from blogging on WordPress?

About Jess

About Jess

Jess Beer is a full-time working mom of two girls who writes about motherhood, wellness, easy meals and style.

Related Posts

Stay Up to Date

Easy meals and mom tips are just a few clicks away! Subscribe now and get access to my free resource library!

4 Responses

    1. Me too! And now I’m waiting at least 24 hours to update mine. That was not a fun day.

I’m Jess! I’m a working mama of two sweet sisters living in the DC area. This is my space to share inspiration, real stories of working motherhood, recipes, style, and more! I can’t start my day without coffee and always try to show the real side of motherhood – the good and the challenging. I’m so glad you’re here – thanks for following along on my journey!

Stay Up to Date

Easy meals and mom tips are just a few clicks away! Subscribe now and get access to my free resource library!

never miss a post

Easy meals and mom tips are just a few clicks away! Subscribe now and get access to my free resource library!