Guides from the NOC

Skip the extra Varnish daemon. Set up Nginx's built-in FastCGI cache to speed up PHP-FPM sites on your VPS, with safe rules for logged-in users and carts.

Getting a #1005 or foreign key constraint fails error during a phpMyAdmin import? Here's exactly why it happens on cPanel and the steps to fix it safely.

phpMyAdmin keeps kicking you back to login or showing 'Loading Failed' mid-query in cPanel? Here's what actually causes it and how to fix it for good.

Learn why old MyISAM tables cause crashes and locking issues, and how to safely convert them to InnoDB in phpMyAdmin without breaking WordPress or WooCommerce.

Upgrade to PHP 8.5 in cPanel without breaking your site. See what's new, check PHP version support status, and follow a safe MultiPHP Manager rollout.

Learn which wp-config.php changes are safe—memory limit, debug mode, forced SSL, file editing—and the syntax mistakes that cause a WordPress white screen.

phpMyAdmin import stuck or showing 'MySQL server has gone away'? Fix max_allowed_packet errors on shared cPanel hosting and VPS, with prevention tips.

PHP 8.4 filling your cPanel error log with deprecation notices? Learn what's normal, how to triage it, and how to upgrade without breaking your site.

phpMyAdmin export stuck, blank, or crashing on a large cPanel database? Fix the timeout, memory limit, and CDN causes and get a reliable backup out safely.

VPS clock right but cron, WordPress, and MySQL times don't match? Fix timezone settings across OS, PHP, MySQL, cron, and Docker layer by layer.

phpMyAdmin import stuck, timing out, or erroring on a big .sql file in cPanel? Fix upload limits, timeouts, and packet size, or import via SSH instead.

Confused why permissions or PHP settings behave differently on cPanel? Learn what suPHP, DSO, FastCGI, and LSAPI do, and how to fix the errors they cause.

WooCommerce import or database restore stalling with 'maximum execution time exceeded'? Learn which of four timeout layers is really at fault and how to fix it.

Site crawling or throwing 502s under traffic? Learn how to calculate pm.max_children and pick dynamic vs ondemand vs static PHP-FPM on your VPS.

Site suddenly showing 'Deprecated:' or 'Warning:' text above your header after a PHP upgrade? Here's why it happens and how to fix it properly in cPanel.

Edited a PHP file but the site still shows the old version? Learn how PHP OPcache caches compiled code, why it goes stale, and how to clear it safely.

Learn how to raise memory_limit, upload_max_filesize, and max_execution_time per domain using cPanel's MultiPHP INI Editor - no SSH or .htaccess needed.

Rebuild PHP and Apache with cPanel EasyApache 4 in WHM safely - avoid the missing extensions, PHP handler mismatches, and 500 errors a bad rebuild causes.

Learn how to switch PHP versions in cPanel using MultiPHP Manager, and fix the errors that show up right after - from deprecated functions to plugin crashes.

Learn to create MySQL databases and users in cPanel, fix #1045 access denied errors, and import or export large databases through phpMyAdmin without timeouts.

The connection opened and closed with nothing in it. That points at a backend that never replied, and there is one log line that names the cause exactly.

An HTTP/2 stream was rejected as malformed. Usually a bad header, a proxy that mangles frames, or PHP emitting output after the response - here is how to find which.

The connection opened, the request went out, and the server closed it without sending a response. Here is how to find out which layer hung up, and why.

Move a WordPress site off WP Engine to Getwebup without downtime — remove leftover mu-plugins, rebuild wp-config.php, and cut over DNS and SSL safely.