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A client's website redirect loop took me two full days to fix
They had an old plugin conflict on their WordPress site that kept sending visitors in circles. I thought it would be a quick fix, but I spent over 16 hours digging through .htaccess files and server logs. Has anyone else had a simple plugin turn into a multi-day debugging nightmare?
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abbyf7914d ago
Yeah was it something dumb like a redirection plugin conflicting with a security plugin? I've had that exact mess. Had a client whose site was doing the same thing, took me a day just to realize Wordfence and a simple 301 redirect plugin were fighting over the same URL rules. Ended up disabling all plugins, then re-enabling them in groups of 5. Found the pair in about an hour that way. Also learned to always check the server error log first - saved me hours on the next one.
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That .htaccess digging sounds brutal, but at least you found the plugin conflict.
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lee5821mo ago
Digging through .htaccess for 16 hours is rough. What was the actual conflict, like a security plugin fighting with a redirect plugin? I've seen that break a login page completely. @matthew_west had a caching issue, which can look the same. Did you have to turn off every single plugin and test them one by one, or did you find a clue in the server logs first?
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