Guides from the NOC

Site flagged as 'Dangerous' or 'Deceptive' in Chrome? Learn how to check Safe Browsing status, request a Google review, and get delisted fast.

Scheduled WordPress posts stuck on 'Missed Schedule'? Learn why WP-Cron fails to fire and how to fix it for good with a real server cron job in cPanel.

WordPress not creating featured image or thumbnail sizes on upload? Learn the real causes - Imagick, memory limits, permissions - and how to fix each one.

Learn what CAA DNS records do, why a misconfigured one silently blocks Let's Encrypt or AutoSSL, and how to add one correctly in cPanel's Zone Editor.

Learn what SRV records do, how the priority, weight, and port fields work, and how to add one correctly in cPanel's Zone Editor without breaking your DNS.

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.

Site slow or unreachable on mobile data but fine elsewhere? Learn what AAAA records do, how a broken one causes this, and how to fix or remove it.

Learn how to enable DNSSEC correctly, fix the DS record mismatch that takes sites offline, and verify the chain of trust actually works end to end.

WordPress logging you out after login or every few minutes? Learn the real causes - cookie domain, salts, server time - and how to fix each one for good.

Step-by-step guide to creating FTP accounts in cPanel, scoping directories, setting safe permissions, and connecting with FileZilla or WinSCP correctly.

WordPress page builder or WooCommerce settings not saving fully? Learn how the PHP max_input_vars limit silently drops form fields and how to raise it.

Resized your VPS but the extra disk, RAM, or CPU still isn't showing up? Learn why partitions don't auto-grow and how to safely expand them with growpart.

Seeing 'There has been a critical error on this website' in WordPress? Learn why it happens and fix it step by step, even if wp-admin is locked out too.

Getting a 401 Unauthorized error on your site, API, or webmail? Learn the real causes - bad tokens, stripped headers, clock drift - and fix each one.

Getting 'MySQL server has gone away' on WordPress or a PHP app? Learn the real causes - timeouts, packet size, crashes - and fix each one step by step.

Getting a 405 Method Not Allowed error on your site or API? Learn which layer - Apache, Nginx, Cloudflare, or WordPress - is blocking the request and fix it.

Set up cPanel autoresponders correctly and fix common issues: mail loops from a zero interval, replies that never fire, and auto-replies landing in spam.

Seeing a 504 Gateway Timeout on your site or API? Learn which layer - Cloudflare, Nginx, Apache, or PHP-FPM - is stalling, and fix each cause step by step.

Site feels sluggish but CPU looks fine? Learn how to enable the MySQL slow query log, read it with mysqldumpslow, and fix the queries actually slowing you down.

Seeing a 502 Bad Gateway error on your site? Learn what's really failing behind the scenes - PHP-FPM, LiteSpeed, Cloudflare - and fix it step by step.

Mail bouncing or looping even though MX records look right? Learn how cPanel Email Routing works and fix Local vs Remote Mail Exchanger misconfigurations.

Learn how to set up cPanel email forwarders and default addresses, fix mail loop errors, and stop forwarded mail from silently landing in the spam folder.

Learn how to redirect a domain or set up URL forwarding without breaking SEO, email, or SSL. Step-by-step 301 redirect guide for cPanel, Apache, and Nginx.

Step-by-step guide to deploying a Node.js app in cPanel with Setup Node.js App - env variables, Passenger errors, npm install failures, and restarts.