Thanks for taking the time to reply. ummmmm I am one of those self taught website updaters (no one would do it so I put my hand up) have been going for over a year and loving it: https://www.ssclub.net.au/
In saying that I have no idea about the background stuff.
I disabled and reactivated the plugins – how do I identify a problematic plugin?
Also I have 9 that require updates, unfortunatly the passwords that have been handed over do not work……