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Force HTTPS in cPanel: .htaccess Redirect Without Loops
You installed an SSL certificate, the padlock shows up when you type https:// by hand, but visitors who land on http://yoursite.com still get the old, unencryp…
Fix Nginx 403 Forbidden Errors on Your VPS
You've set up Nginx on your VPS, pointed the domain, hit refresh, and got a plain "403 Forbidden" page. Nothing is crashing, and the server is clearly answerin…
Fix Nginx 'Primary script unknown' (File not found) on a VPS
You open your site and get a bare white page that says File not found. The browser shows a 404, but the page doesn't look like your theme's 404 at all. Then yo…
Fix 'Call to undefined function' Missing PHP Extensions
You install a plugin, upload a new script, or bump PHP to a newer version, and the site dies with something like Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined…
Fix WordPress cURL Error 28: Operation Timed Out
You click "Check for updates" or try to install a plugin, and WordPress stalls. Then it shows something like cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 10001 mil…
Fix phpMyAdmin Token Mismatch & Session Expired Errors
You click into phpMyAdmin to tweak one table, step away for a coffee, and come back to "Token mismatch" or "Your session has expired. Please log in again." Or …
Fix ERR_CONNECTION_RESET: Causes and Fixes for Your Site
You open your site and Chrome says "This site can't be reached — The connection was reset." Firefox calls it "The connection was reset" too. Other sites load f…
Fix Nginx server_names_hash_bucket_size Errors on Your VPS
You add one more domain to your Nginx config, run nginx -t, and instead of "syntax is ok" you get a cryptic complaint about a hash bucket. Nothing was wrong a …
Fix SSH "kex_exchange_identification" Connection Closed
You type ssh root@your-vps-ip, and instead of a password prompt you get this: kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host. Sometimes it's Con…