lesterleith

Thanks again. I installed WP in the subdir, yes. My host says the problem is with WordPress, and it’s true that when I have had problems in the past they were caused by WordPress issues such as bad plugins and the like. This all started when a database backup program that ran each night encountered a problem in that the file size it was trying to create was too big, causing an error. The site wouldn’t work at all. I deactivated that program and deleted it through the WP dashboard, and the problem has become less severe but still persists. It makes me wonder if there is a bit of code that needs to be replaced. Since removing the plugin I have updated to the most recent WP version, which I would have hoped would solve the problem. No such luck so far, however.

Thanks for your quick reply, Rev. Yes, my site is in a subdir but called from the main directory (I think?).

I have made no edits to index.php.

The site seems to fail overnight–I was having trouble with a db-backup plugin, getting error messages in my log, so I removed it. It helped a bit, but the site is still unaccountably shutting down overnight and not coming up again in the morning.

Thanks, kmessinger. There weren’t any in the file, however. Any other ideas?

Great, thanks, that helps a lot. So would my best bet be to contact my provider, give them the error messages, and ask them to explain why their server keeps failing? And what do I do when, inevitably, they say it’s my fault because I probably have some bad code in my templates? How do I prove a negative?

True, thanks. OK, dumb question, what is the MySqul server and what does it do, and how might it go wrong? I’m not getting any good help from my hosting company and would benefit from knowing what questions to ask them.

That seems weird as it’s a big-name web hosting service. Would they really have such a problem? I’m wondering if there is some php conflict or something.

Thanks, Esmi, but they say it isn’t (as of course they would). The error messages seem to indicate something’s wrong. They can be viewed here: https://wordpress.pastebin.com/NFnHu9cb. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.