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1. sstillwell
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Running WP2.1

   OpenSuSE 10.2
   Apache 2.2.3
   MySQL 5.0.26
   PHP 5.2.0

   P4 2.8GHz, Hyperthreading on
   1GB RAM
   80GB HD, 65GB free.

   When enabling plugins, it seems somewhat random that enabling a plug will totally bork the site...no 404s, no errors per se, just an empty page returned from every URL.

   Most recently, I enabled Photon, then set the options and saved...poof, gone. Restore db from backup.

   Am I doing something wrong? I'm very new to WordPress, but not so new to LAMP.

   Regards,

   Scott

2. sstillwell
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Anybody?

3. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 5 years ago #

   It's possible for a malfunctioning plugin to prevent the site from displaying. However, deactivating a plugin in this scenario (and restoring the site) is as simple as removing the plugin's php files.

   If you find that the database is becoming damaged, then I would look elsewhere. Most plugins don't touch the database (some do, admittedly).

4. sstillwell
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Thanks, I'll check it out.

   Scott

5. TimoK
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   The empty page most likely comes from the error_reporting/display_errors settings in PHP. You can either check the error_log or change your settings (see the php manual)

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