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WordPress: There Has Been a Critical Error on This Website
A PHP fatal error (usually from a plugin or theme) stopped WordPress; the real error is in the debug log or recovery-mode email.
PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected …
PHP can’t parse the file because of a syntax mistake — the real error is often on the line before the one reported.
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function
PHP can’t find the function you called — usually a missing extension, missing include, or namespace issue.
Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception
A MySQLi query or connection failed; since PHP 8.1 MySQLi throws exceptions by default.
Fatal error: Uncaught DivisionByZeroError: Division by zero
Code divided by zero (or used modulo by zero) — PHP 8 throws instead of warning.
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function x() on null
Code called a method on a variable that is null instead of an object.
Fatal error: Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function foo(), 1 passed and exactly 2 expected
A function was called with fewer arguments than it requires.
WordPress: Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function wp_get_current_user() / add_action() / get_header()
Code called a WordPress function before WordPress loaded, or a theme/plugin file was opened directly.
WordPress on PHP 8: Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function create_function() / each()
An old plugin/theme uses functions removed in PHP 8 (create_function, each), so the site breaks after a PHP upgrade.
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare function foo() (previously declared in …)
The same function (or class) was defined twice — usually a file included more than once.
WordPress: Installation failed: Could not create directory (plugin/theme install or update)
WordPress can’t write to wp-content/plugins, themes or upgrade — ownership/permissions or disk space.
Elementor: The preview could not be loaded / Server Error 500 / Preview Debug
Elementor’s editor couldn’t load the page preview in its iframe — PHP errors, memory limits, mixed URLs, or plugin conflicts.
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HTTP 500 Internal Server Error
The server hit an unexpected condition — usually an unhandled exception or misconfiguration in the application.
PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of X bytes exhausted
The script tried to use more memory than PHP’s `memory_limit` allows.
WordPress: Error Establishing a Database Connection
WordPress can’t connect to its MySQL/MariaDB database with the credentials in wp-config.php, or the database server is down.
MySQL ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax
MySQL couldn’t parse the query. The text after “near” shows where parsing failed.
IndentationError: unexpected indent / expected an indented block
Python’s block structure is broken — inconsistent indentation or mixed tabs and spaces.
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Python couldn’t parse the code. The caret (^) points at or just after the mistake.
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class "X" not found
PHP couldn’t load the class — autoloading failed, the namespace is wrong, or the dependency isn’t installed.
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent
You called `header()`, `setcookie()` or `session_start()` after output had already been sent to the browser.
Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: foo(): Argument #1 ($x) must be of type int, string given
A function received a value of the wrong type for a typed parameter.
MySQL ERROR 1062 (23000): Duplicate entry for key
An INSERT/UPDATE would create a duplicate value in a PRIMARY or UNIQUE key.
SQL Error: division by zero / Divide by zero error encountered
An expression divided by a value that was 0 for at least one row.
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array
Code used array syntax (`$x['key']`) on an object.
ZeroDivisionError: division by zero
A number was divided (or modulo’d) by zero.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
Code dereferenced a variable that is `null` — the .NET equivalent of Java’s NullPointerException.
PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded
The script ran longer than `max_execution_time` and PHP stopped it.
java.lang.NullPointerException
Code called a method or accessed a field on a reference that is `null`.
Composer: PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 1610612736 bytes exhausted
Composer ran out of memory while resolving or installing dependencies.
Fatal error: Maximum function nesting level of '256' reached, aborting!
Recursion went deeper than Xdebug’s max_nesting_level allows (or PHP crashed with a segfault without Xdebug).
Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: message in file.php:12
An exception was thrown and nothing caught it, so PHP stopped the script.
To perform the requested action, WordPress needs to access your web server. Please enter your FTP credentials to proceed
WordPress can’t write directly to its files (ownership differs from the PHP user), so it falls back to asking for FTP details.
WordPress: Destination folder already exists. Plugin installation failed
A folder with the plugin/theme’s name already exists in wp-content, usually from a failed or partial previous install.
The package could not be installed. No valid plugins were found
The uploaded zip doesn’t contain a plugin main file with a plugin header at the expected level — often a zip of zips, a theme, or…
Deprecated: strlen(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated
PHP 8.1+ warns when null is passed to a built-in function that expects a string/int.
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Foo::$bar is deprecated
PHP 8.2+ deprecates creating properties that aren’t declared in the class.
Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Unsupported operand types: string + int
An arithmetic or array operator was used with incompatible types (PHP 8 is stricter than PHP 7).
Warning: include(x.php): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory
PHP couldn’t open a file for include/require/fopen — wrong path, missing file, or no permission.
Linux: Permission denied
Your user (or the service user) lacks read/write/execute permission on a file, directory or one of its parents.
WordPress: Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2026/10. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
PHP can’t write to wp-content/uploads — wrong ownership/permissions, a wrong upload path, full disk, or open_basedir restrictions.
WordPress: The uploaded file could not be moved to wp-content/uploads/2026/10
PHP received the upload but couldn’t move it from the temp directory into uploads — permissions, disk space, or open_basedir/temp…
WordPress: ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS / redirected you too many times on wp-admin or the whole site
WordPress and the server/proxy keep redirecting to each other — usually siteurl/home mismatch (http vs https, www vs non-www) or…
WordPress: The plugin x has been deactivated due to an error: Plugin file does not exist.
An active plugin’s main file can’t be found — the plugin folder was renamed, deleted or moved outside WordPress.
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