{"id":21218,"date":"2024-05-17T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/?p=21218"},"modified":"2024-05-17T08:51:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T06:51:18","slug":"wordpress-website-downtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wordpress-website-downtime\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Tips for Preventing WordPress Website Downtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Downtime is an integral part of having a website. Your business website<\/a>, online store<\/a>, or even a WordPress blog<\/a>, will not be up and running one hundred percent of the time \u2013 periods of downtime are bound to happen for one reason or another.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]Still, you shouldn\u2019t let that dissuade you from doing whatever you can to prevent your WordPress website downtime. There\u2019s a difference between a website that\u2019s down a couple of hours a year and one that\u2019s only up a couple of hours a year.
\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]Before we share our tips, let\u2019s go through some common causes of website downtime and explain why downtime matters.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”new-top-picks-banner”][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

What Causes Website Downtime?<\/h2>\n

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\n \"What <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”38px”][vc_column_text]The fact that your website is down doesn\u2019t necessarily mean there\u2019s something wrong with it. Server maintenance is a perfectly normal occurrence that can cause website downtime.<\/strong> Website maintenance is another cause of website downtime, and you can perform it even when nothing is wrong with the website.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]Still, even these benign reasons for downtime can become an issue if they happen too often. A server that goes down for maintenance for more than a couple of hours a year isn\u2019t good.<\/strong> A website that requires lots of maintenance might benefit from a serious looking into and troubleshooting.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]Then, there are bad things that can happen to your website and cause it to be unreachable. It can undergo a DDoS attack. It can experience a crippling plugin incompatibility issue.<\/strong> You can put a piece of code on your website that just \u2013 breaks it.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]Sometimes, the things you do to prevent some causes of website downtime might become causes of downtime<\/strong>, too. You can use a CDN<\/a> to prevent DDoS attacks or lighten the server load. Then again, using a CDN can sometimes lead to a 504 gateway timeout error<\/a>. Plugins are incredibly useful for optimizing your website, but they\u2019re among the more common causes of the 503 service temporarily unavailable error<\/a>. It takes skill, patience, and sometimes trial-and-error to run a website well.<\/strong> Downtimes can happen, and you can cause them.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”68px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Why Does Website Downtime Matter?<\/h2>\n

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\n \"Why <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”38px”][vc_column_text]The simple and most obvious reason why website downtime matters is because a website that\u2019s down can\u2019t perform the function you gave it when you built it. A business website that\u2019s down does nothing for your business. An online store can\u2019t sell when it\u2019s not online. People can\u2019t read your blog if they can\u2019t reach it.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]But even if you\u2019re confident that your website visitors will come back later after they found that your website is down \u2013 which you most likely shouldn\u2019t be \u2013 you still want your website to be up and running as much as possible.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]A website that doesn\u2019t work well also doesn\u2019t speak well of the person or entity that\u2019s running it.<\/strong> If you can\u2019t be bothered to ensure the proper running of your website, you will look unprofessional, uncommitted, and you\u2019ll start losing your visitors\u2019 goodwill to stick with you through any issues your website might be experiencing.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]Now that you know that some website downtime is fine, but lots of website downtime is awfully bad, let\u2019s see what you can do to minimize it. Some of the steps might be obvious but even they bear repeating because there\u2019s nothing as easy \u2013 or as embarrassing \u2013 as overlooking something very obvious.<\/strong> Here\u2019s what to do:[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”22px”]