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The 5 most common reasons WordPress sites go down

WordPress runs roughly 40% of the web. It also has a predictable set of failure modes that take sites down — usually quietly, often slowly, and almost always preventable. Here are the five we see most often, and what to do about each.

MyUptimeBot Team · June 16, 2026 · 7 min read · For site owners

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DNS for website owners: what it is, and how it breaks

DNS is the address book of the internet. When it works you forget it exists. When it breaks, your site appears to vanish — even though nothing on your server has changed. Here's a plain-language guide to what DNS does, why it goes wrong, and what to do when it does.

MyUptimeBot Team · March 25, 2026 · 6 min read · For site owners

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