WordPress White Screen of Death Solution

What is the WordPress White Screen (WSoD) Error?

When you try to log into your WordPress site or the admin panel (wp-admin), you may encounter a completely white page without any error code. The main causes of this error, known as the "White Screen of Death", are usually plugin conflicts, faulty code in your theme, or reaching the PHP memory limit.

1. Turn on Debug Mode

A white screen tells us nothing. To see what crashed in the background, go to your hosting file manager or cPanel and edit the wp-config.php file. Find the following line:

define('WP_DEBUG', false);

And change it to:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);

When you refresh the page, instead of a white screen, it will detail which file caused the error (e.g., fatal error in wp-content/plugins/plugin-x...).

2. Disable Plugins

If you think the error is caused by a plugin, temporarily rename the wp-content/plugins folder to plugins_old via FTP or File Manager. If the site opens when you refresh the page, the problem is in a plugin. You can rename the folder back to its original name and activate the plugins one by one from the admin panel to find the culprit.

3. Increase PHP Memory Limit

Especially if you are using heavy page builders like Elementor, you may have hit the limits on a shared hosting package. Add the following code to the wp-config.php file:

define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '512M');

If the problem is still not resolved despite this, it means your site has structurally exceeded its hosting limits. You can step up to our new generation 100% dedicated virtual server packages that offer dedicated resources for an uninterrupted WordPress experience.