{"id":10118,"date":"2019-05-21T09:38:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T09:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=10118"},"modified":"2019-05-21T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T10:17:56","slug":"how-to-solve-the-site-is-experiencing-technical-difficulties-in-amp","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/article\/how-to-solve-the-site-is-experiencing-technical-difficulties-in-amp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to solve &#8220;The site is experiencing technical difficulties.&#8221; in AMP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever heard of the Blue Screen of Death with Windows, well WordPress has an equivalent, which is called the White Screen of Death. That seems scary. The error \u201cThe site is experiencing technical difficulties\u201d is actually a similar version of the White Screen of Death. After WordPress 5.2, this is usually seen instead of the former White Screen of Death. Please do note that even though it may be scary, your site isn\u2019t lost. It can be fixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"why-fatal-error-occurs\"><strong>Why this error Occur<\/strong>s\u00a0<strong>?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li> These happen when your function name same, syntax error, missing the code from a file or incorrect code at that time Fatal error will occur.<\/li><li>This error usually occurs when installing or upgrading a theme or plugin. They could be conflicting with each other maybe because of the same function name or class name. It could also be caused by a failed plugin\/theme update.<\/li><li>Due to this above reasons, your website will be blank and the 500 error message will appear on the browser. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/error-1-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10128\" width=\"480\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/error-1-3.png 362w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/error-1-3-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/error-1-3-50x19.png 50w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/error-1-3-60x22.png 60w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/error-1-3-100x37.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"how-to-debug-a-fatal-error\"><strong>How to debug it<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;check your website directory and open the wp-config file on your server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"615\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-config.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-config.png 615w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-config-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-config-50x43.png 50w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-config-60x52.png 60w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-config-100x87.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this file you need to search for this code WP-DEBUG it will be false you need to make that true see the below screenshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"731\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/true-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/true-1.png 731w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/true-1-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/true-1-50x11.png 50w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/true-1-60x13.png 60w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/true-1-100x21.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you save this file and refresh your website it will show exact error why your site is down like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"869\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fatal-error-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fatal-error-2.png 869w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fatal-error-2-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fatal-error-2-768x204.png 768w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fatal-error-2-50x13.png 50w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fatal-error-2-60x16.png 60w, https:\/\/ampforwp.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fatal-error-2-100x27.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;From the above screenshot, you can see the exact path which has caused your website down and you can see the exact path that is the line number along with the name of the file and also the plugin name. So you need to read the message and find out which plugin or theme made your website down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Once you got it then you need to delete that particular plugin or theme and your website will be up and running instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;If it is one of your old plugin or theme which you are using then you just need to rename the file name and it will automatically be deactivated in the dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, you just need to contact that particular plugin or theme authors and tell them that you have faced this issue when installing or updating their plugin or theme and there will help you in fixing those error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That\u2019s it for this tutorial!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope it helped you. 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