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FG-106 Updates

WordPress 7.1 Broke My Site: Known Issues and Fixes

Trouble after updating to WordPress 7.1? See what 7.1 changed, which bugs 7.1.1 fixed, how to prove the update is to blame, and how to roll back safely if you must.

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11 min read
FG-107 Updates

WordPress 7.0 Broke My Site: Known Issues and Fixes

Problems after WordPress 7.0? Learn what changed (PHP 7.4 minimum, iframed editor, pattern locking), which bugs 7.0.1 fixed, and how to roll back or report a bug.

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10 min read
FG-108 Updates

WordPress 6.9 Broke My Site: Known Issues and Fixes

Problems since WordPress 6.9? See the changes that broke sites (email sender, post navigation loops, classic theme styles), what 6.9.1 to 6.9.4 fixed, and how to roll back.

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11 min read
FG-112 DNS

Domain Hijacked? How to Recover a Stolen or Transferred Domain

Your site and email vanished and the domain now points somewhere else, or sits at a registrar you never used. Confirm what changed with RDAP, lock down the email behind the registrar login, then escalate through the registrar, the transfer dispute process and ICANN.

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13 min read
FG-113 DNS

Former Web Designer Has Your Domain or Logins? How to Get Control Back

Your designer went quiet, closed their business or will not hand over the domain or hosting. Find out what you already control, prove you are the registrant, recover accounts in your own name, and rebuild access for anything you cannot get back.

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12 min read
FG-114 WordPress

Taking Over an Inherited WordPress Site: A Step by Step Playbook

You have just been handed a WordPress site you did not build. Work through it in a safe order: inventory and access first, an off-server backup before any change, then users, code integrity, licenses, updates and monitoring.

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13 min read
FG-116 Security

Scary Website Emails: Beg Bounties, Fake DMCA Notices and Renewal Scams

An email says your site has a vulnerability, broke copyright, is about to lose its domain or will be suspended. Most are scams, some are real. Verify each one by logging in to the real account yourself, never through the link in the email.

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12 min read

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