Field Notes
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Real bugs from production work across WordPress/Elementor, Next.js, and web animation. Written from first-hand experience, not theory.
A Form Guard That Only Knew `bot` or `not`: A Real Person Told to Wait for an Email That Was Never Sent
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Searching an Author Name Returns 1 Result While Four New Posts Stay Invisible? The Theme Had No `search.php`
September 18, 2026 -
Hero Video Feels Juddery? A CSS Ken Burns Scale Stacked on Footage That Already Moves
September 16, 2026 -
33 Rank Math Meta Descriptions Had to Come from a Client CSV: Set Them Through the Internal `rankmath/v1/updateMeta` REST Endpoint, Not the Per-Page Editor
September 14, 2026 -
Clicking a Photo Locks Scroll But the Screen Stays Empty? JS Toggled a Class, CSS Revealed on an Attribute
September 11, 2026 -
Old URLs 301 to a 404 Even Though the Middleware Redirect Table Is Correct? `redirects()` in `next.config.ts` Runs First
September 9, 2026 -
`add_meta_box()` Box Never Shows Up in wp-admin? The String 'side' Landed in the `$screen` Argument
September 7, 2026 -
38px Black Bars Baked into the New Hero Frame PNGs? `cropdetect` Measured Them, Then the Crop Rode Along with the WebP Conversion
September 3, 2026 -
`php -l` Says Unmatched '}' on Line 466 but the Braces Balance: A `?>` Inside a `//` Comment
September 2, 2026 -
Footer `lg:grid-cols-[1.6fr_repeat(6,minmax(0,1fr))]` Collapses to Three Columns in Tailwind v4? Arbitrary Values That Vanish at Compile
August 31, 2026 -
The Bypass Rule Existed and the Header Still Said cf-cache-status: HIT. Cloudflare Cache Rules Are Last-Match-Wins
August 29, 2026 -
Canvas Frame Sequence Blank Until the User Scrolls? The First Frame Loaded Fine, Nothing Ever Told It to Draw
August 29, 2026 -
Import Succeeded, Counts Matched, Every Image Broken: The Parser Stored `MEDIA.cover` as Text
August 29, 2026 -
Muddy Double Image at the Seam Between Two Pinned Sections? Dissolve Through One Base Color, Do Not Stack Two Scenes
August 29, 2026 -
`revalidateTag` Fires But the Listing Page Stays Stale: Prerendered Pages Need Their Own `revalidatePath`
August 29, 2026 -
Edited `default-menu.ts`, Shipped It, and Staging Still Points at the Old Route: a Sanity Singleton Shadows the Code Default
August 29, 2026 -
A Loose Zone plus `onToggle isActive`: The ScrollTrigger Rule That Outlived Its Bug Report
August 28, 2026 -
Swapped the Image Files, Touched No CSS, and They Rendered Roughly Twice as Big? `max-width` Constrains the Canvas, Not the Subject
August 28, 2026 -
`browser_click` Timing Out on `waiting for stable`? Reveal Animations Mean the Element Never Stops Moving
August 28, 2026 -
`ADD TO CART` Wrapping Onto 3 Lines on iPhone? The Button Is Not Too Narrow, Its Label Is Too Full
August 27, 2026 -
Tabbed FAQ Invisible to AI Crawlers? Server-Render All Hundred Q&A into Static HTML
August 27, 2026 -
The Category Filter That Never Filtered: I Mapped `?category=` to `s=`, and `s=` Is an AND-Search
August 26, 2026 -
Scroll Rotation Fires Sometimes and the Image Is Wrong: One Complaint, Two Unrelated Bugs
August 26, 2026 -
Headers Say `spf=pass` but Mail Still Lands in Spam? DMARC Is the One Failing, Because SPF Aligns With the Server's Domain
August 26, 2026 -
Every Exported Email Reads `[email protected]` and One Line on the Page Stops at `<`? That's Edge Email Obfuscation
August 25, 2026 -
Rotating Word Leaves a Ghost Strip While You Scroll? The Container Is 84px, the Line Box Is 74.4px
August 25, 2026 -
GSAP Layer Lands in the Wrong Place After a `yPercent` Tween? Your CSS `translateY(102%)` Was Parsed as a Separate Pixel `y`
August 24, 2026 -
Elementor's Heading Widget Strips `background-clip: text`, So Gradient Text Renders as a Solid Box
August 23, 2026 -
Phantom `<video>` Element Shows Up in 2 of 10 Requests Even Though the File Was Deleted Hours Ago? That's PHP's Stat Cache, Not OPcache
August 23, 2026 -
Image Block Renders 528px Wide in a 335px Column After a Landscape Swap? `min-height` Makes `aspect-ratio` Compute Width, Not Height
August 22, 2026 -
RSS `alternate` Link Missing on Every Page With Its Own Metadata? Next.js Replaces `alternates`, It Does Not Merge
August 22, 2026 -
Five Child Pages Return 404 and One Returns 200 With the Wrong Content: a CPT Rewrite Slug Swallowing an Entire Prefix
August 21, 2026 -
A 196-Frame Hero Upscale Came Out Striped and Ran on the Wrong GPU? Both of Those Were Defaults
August 21, 2026 -
Every Number Says the Database Rolled Back Two Months? The Apache Vhost Points at a Retired Install That Carries Its Own Database
August 20, 2026 -
Whole Site 500s While `php -l` Is Clean and md5 Matches? `umask 077` in the Deploy Shell Shipped Mode 600 Files
August 20, 2026 -
Every URL Returns HTTP 200 With a Zero-Byte Body and Not One PHP Error? `index.php` Sets `$wp_did_header` Before `wp-blog-header.php` Gets to Run
August 19, 2026 -
Video Only Shows Its Poster Frame? The Element Sits Off-Screen at First Paint
August 19, 2026 -
FR/EN Bilingual Without WPML: Three Client-Side i18n Mechanisms in One WordPress Theme
August 18, 2026 -
Sanity Webhook Fires but Per-Slug Pages Stay Stale? An Empty Projection Turns It Into `revalidatePath('/glossary/[object Object]')`
August 18, 2026 -
Hero Background 404s on Mobile Only? cssnano Stripped the `../` Prefix From `url()`
August 17, 2026 -
18,000 `?range=` URLs Still Getting Crawled With Correct Canonicals? Canonical Doesn't Save Crawl Budget
August 17, 2026 -
Last Card Cropped at the End of a Horizontal Scroll Lock? `scrollWidth - clientWidth` Drops the Right Padding
August 17, 2026 -
CSS Marquee Looping With a Huge Empty Gap? `translateX(-50%)` Needs a Track Twice the Viewport
August 16, 2026 -
New Listings Never Reach the Moderation Queue or Search? `_listing_status` Is Never Written on Create
August 16, 2026 -
Login Returns `302` to /account/ but the Browser Stays Logged Out: Cloudflare Flexible SSL Makes `is_ssl()` False at the Origin
August 15, 2026 -
Elementor Editor Warns About `unsaved changes` When the Database Is Already Clean? An Autosave Revision Is Resurrecting the Old Content
August 15, 2026 -
Ticker Says $77k, Table Says $76k: Two Days Chasing a Bug That Was Just a Different Cache Key
August 15, 2026 -
Text Appears, Hides, Then Animates In Again? A `force-reveal` Safety Net That Rescued Too Much
August 14, 2026 -
GSAP Tween Ignored and a "Ghost" Element Left Behind? `animation: infinite` Outranks Inline Style
August 13, 2026 -
Every Headless Chrome Screenshot Comes Back Dark Behind the Preloader? The Hero `<video>` Means `load` Never Fires
August 13, 2026 -
Pinned ScrollTrigger Cards Covering Your CTA? Blame `end: "bottom top"`
August 13, 2026 -
`out.webm` Came Out Bigger Than `in.mp4`? VP9 CRF Is a Quality Target, Not a Size Target
August 13, 2026 -
Pinned Section Renders as an Empty Box? `<picture>` Is `display:inline` and `object-fit` on `<source>` Never Runs
August 12, 2026 -
Shared Element Morph Invisible on Open? The Clone Inherits the Overlay's `opacity` Fade
August 12, 2026 -
Drawer Close Animation Never Plays? `visibility: hidden` Snaps Back the Instant the Class Comes Off
August 11, 2026 -
Elementor's Icon Widget Turns Outline SVGs Into Solid Blobs, `primary_color` Paints the Circle, and `icon-list` Has No Typography
August 11, 2026 -
A Paid Booking Stuck at `approved`? `mark_booking_paid()` Only Knew One Starting Status
August 11, 2026 -
`Cannot redeclare theme_geo_label()`: php -l Said Clean, Uploading `inc/` Took the Whole Site Down
August 9, 2026 -
`react-hooks/set-state-in-effect`? 27 React Compiler Lint Errors in Next 16 and Which Ones Deserve a Disable
August 9, 2026 -
`autoplay: false` Then `.play()` in anime.js v4? The Animation Snaps to Its End State With No Tween
August 8, 2026 -
`is-open` Stuck From Page Load? GSAP Timeline `.add()` Callbacks Also Fire During ScrollTrigger Refresh
August 8, 2026 -
Clipped Letters in Big Headings? Tailwind v4 `text-5xl` Quietly Ships `line-height: 1`
August 8, 2026 -
Commit Message Reduced to `@'`? A PowerShell Here-String Run in CMD
August 7, 2026 -
Section-to-Section Gradient Banding and an Obvious Fake Scrim? A Scrim on Top of the Photo, 4 Linear Stops, and No Colour Checkpoint
August 7, 2026 -
`body_class()` Adds `search-results` to `<body>`, and My Whole Search Page Got Squished
August 6, 2026 -
Raw `<?php` Tags Printing on the Page? FSE Template Parts Never Execute PHP
August 6, 2026 -
GSAP Tween Overwritten by `requestAnimationFrame` Every Frame in a Three.js Gallery? The Render Loop Owns `position.x`
August 6, 2026 -
`·` and `•` in Your Rendered PDF? `Get-Content` Read Your UTF-8 as Windows-1252
August 6, 2026 -
`abort()` Fired but No `AbortError`? A Proxy-Buffered Compressed Body Never Gets Cancelled
August 5, 2026 -
Logo Squished Even Though `width: auto` Is Set? An `img { max-width: 100% }` Reset Clamping to the Parent
August 5, 2026 -
The Color Belongs to `post_content`, Not `theme.json`: Editing `content.raw` Over REST and Patching the Seeder
August 4, 2026 -
`?email=name@domain.com` in the URL Bar: A Newsletter Form That Shipped Without a Handler
August 4, 2026 -
`?error=` Vanishes From `$_GET`: Never Name a Query Param After a WordPress Reserved Var
August 4, 2026 -
A Page Is 200 in `curl` but the Browser Says couldn't load? RSC Stream 500 From `revalidateTag` During Render and an Exhausted Upstash Quota
August 3, 2026 -
1 Million Sanity CDN Requests Gone Before the Month Ended? `force-dynamic` Turns Every Child Fetch Into `no-store`
August 3, 2026 -
Still Burning 150k Sanity Requests a Day After the Cache Fix? 85% of It Was 4 `layout` Singletons
August 3, 2026 -
1,343 Pages Scraped, 1,343 Identical Bodies? The `article .entry-content` Cascade Grabbed a Sidebar Widget
August 3, 2026 -
`Module not found: Can't resolve '@sanity/ui'`? A Silent Turbopack Build Failure and a Deploy That Never Landed
August 3, 2026 -
WXR Import Fails With `PCDATA invalid Char value 18` and `Sequence ']]>' not allowed`? Sanitize the Bytes First
August 3, 2026 -
Purge Workflow Exits 1 with "Zone ID not found": Cloudflare Zones Register Against the Apex, Not the Subdomain
August 1, 2026 -
White Text Vanishes on a Light Background While Scrolling? Hardcoded Text Color Desyncs From the Morphing Background
July 31, 2026 -
`plan_limit_reached` 402 From Sanity Turned Every Page Into a Cloudflare 522 One Day After Launch
July 31, 2026 -
Route Only 500s in Production, `pnpm dev` Is Fine? `DYNAMIC_SERVER_USAGE` From an Empty `generateStaticParams` That Reads `searchParams`
July 31, 2026 -
GSAP Flip `absolute:true` Collapsed My Grid and Tiles Overlapped the Next Section?
July 30, 2026 -
Hero Text Overlapping the Phone Image on Mobile? `object-cover` Silently Re-centers When an `absolute` Layer Stretches Past `min-height`
July 30, 2026 -
`post_link` Filter Is Correct but Some Posts Stay at Root? Permalink Manager Lite Overrides at Priority 99
July 30, 2026 -
Swapped an Image and Video but the Client Still Sees the Old One? `Cache-Control: max-age` Keeps Same-Name Files Cached
July 30, 2026 -
`--site-colour` Stuck Dark After a Pinned Section? Pinning Shifts ScrollTrigger Coordinates
July 30, 2026 -
Background `<video>` Flashes Black Repeatedly in Chrome/Brave on Windows? DirectComposition Overlay Plane + Loop Encode
July 30, 2026 -
The Seam Between a Hero `<video>` and the Photo Below Never Lines Up? Video Frames Are a Function of Time, Not Scroll
July 29, 2026 -
CV Bullets Pile Up at the Bottom of the PDF and Fail ATS Parsing? A `li::before` Hack Chrome Paints in a Late Pass
July 29, 2026 -
White Hero Text Vanishes on Fast Scroll-Up? `onEnter`/`onLeave` ScrollTrigger Callbacks Race and Strip `scene-dark`
July 29, 2026 -
683px of Overflow Appears After Removing `body { overflow-x: hidden }`? A Flex Cell With No `width`
July 28, 2026 -
AI Outpaint Models Repaint the Whole Source Image? Measure the PSNR First, Then Steer It With a Blockout
July 27, 2026 -
New Block Theme Patterns Not Showing Up? WordPress Caches the Pattern List in a `site-transient` for a Week
July 26, 2026 -
Sections Permanently Hidden After `gsap.from()` + ScrollTrigger? The Inline `opacity:0` That Never Gets Cleared
July 26, 2026 -
Reveal Text Stuck at `opacity: 0.25`? Your i18n Engine Re-applies `innerHTML` and Detaches the Animated Nodes
July 26, 2026 -
WordPress Staging on a Subpath 301-Redirects to Production? Two Rewrite Blocks Stacked in `.htaccess`
July 26, 2026 -
`transform` Silently Dropped by the Browser? `calc()` Still References a Renamed CSS Variable
July 25, 2026 -
Abandoned Checkout Locks Booking Dates Forever? `booking_payment_failed` Fires With Zero Listeners
July 23, 2026 -
Booking Badge Stuck on Processing? `closest()` Returned the Button, Not the Card
July 23, 2026 -
New WordPress Theme but the Homepage Still Renders the Old Elementor Body? Elementor's `Page Layout` Bypasses the Template Hierarchy
July 23, 2026 -
Property Edit Page 500s Only During PHP Shutdown? `esc_textarea()` Got an Array `house_rules`, Not a String
July 23, 2026 -
`get_page_by_path('add-property')` Returns `null` for a Nested Child Page? Production Ballooned to 137 Duplicate Pages
July 23, 2026 -
HTML5 `pattern` Validation Breaks in Chrome with a `SyntaxError`? The `v` Flag Requires Escaping `(`
July 23, 2026 -
A Dead Email Domain Passes as a WordPress User? `is_email()` Only Checks Syntax, Not Deliverability
July 23, 2026 -
Uploaded Every Patched File but the Site Is Still Broken? LSCache Is Serving Stale HTML (`X-LiteSpeed-Cache: hit`)
July 23, 2026 -
A 1px Line Cuts Across the Hero, Only on WordPress Staging? The WP Staging Banner Shifts a Decorative `::before` Into the Viewport
July 23, 2026 -
Owner Listings Always Publish With Zero Photos? Upload Only Builds a Preview, the Publish Handler Skips `gallery`
July 23, 2026 -
Purged Every Cache but the Browser Still Loads Old CSS? The `?ver=` Query You Forgot to Bump
July 23, 2026 -
Checkout Always Redirects to the Homepage: `empty( $property['id'] )` Is Always `true` Because `get_property_data()` Has No `id` Key
July 22, 2026 -
Headings Have Real Dimensions but Are Invisible in Every Dark Section? A Global `color` Rule on `h1-h6` Blocks Inheritance
July 22, 2026 -
One Availability Toggle Wipes Every Block? A JSON String Meta Read as a PHP Array
July 22, 2026 -
Background Video Shows as a Colored Rectangle Against the Section? Chroma-Key With `ffmpeg` and Stop Hardcoding `#ffffff`
July 21, 2026 -
SVG Icon Renders `11×20` Instead of `20×20` in Elementor? Missing `width`/`height` Meets `flex-shrink`
July 21, 2026 -
Deploying an Elementor Page to Production Randomizes Every Element ID and Kills Custom CSS? The Template Library Import Trap
July 21, 2026 -
`IntersectionObserver` Never Fires on a 350vh Sticky Section? The Threshold Is Mathematically Impossible
July 21, 2026 -
Judge.me Review Widget Renders Nothing on the PDP? `data-widget='widget'` Should Be `data-widget='review'`
July 21, 2026 -
Warning `Undefined array key 'file'` in `wp-includes/media.php` on Every Render From `wp_insert_attachment` SVG
July 21, 2026 -
1.7 Million API Calls a Month With Zero Visitors: a 15-Second TTL Times Cache Fragmentation Times Bot Crawl
July 20, 2026 -
3 Ways I Failed to Center an Absolute Decoration in Elementor (and the 1 That Worked)
July 20, 2026 -
Elementor `background_bg_width` Missing From the CSS: the UI Says 'Custom', the Data Says 'initial'
July 20, 2026 -
Elementor Site Renders Unstyled After Importing Prod: WP Rocket RUCSS Inside a Local Studio Clone
July 20, 2026 -
The WP Rocket RUCSS Safelist Is Not Regex: `.elementor-3(.*)` Strips Your Entire Elementor CSS
July 20, 2026 -
Fear & Greed Index Stuck at 72 While the API Says 26: a Hardcoded Placeholder Hiding an Outage
July 18, 2026 -
"Text First, Then the Animation, Then the Text Again": `gsap.set` Waiting for the Preloader
July 18, 2026 -
`admin_init` Lockdown Silently Kills EVERY Front-End Form (0 Members Ever Registered)
July 17, 2026 -
Swapping a 176-Widget Elementor Page via REST: `_elementor_data` Is Not Exposed on Custom Post Types
July 17, 2026 -
Elementor v4 Container Set to `position: absolute` Stays in Flow? Containers Use Unprefixed Controls
July 17, 2026 -
Elementor v4 Flex Container `width: 296px` Renders Full Width? The `content_width` Gate
July 17, 2026 -
A Homemade Login Throttle Locks Out Real Users: Office IP Collateral From a Bot Spray
July 17, 2026 -
Square Wallet Button Keeps Coming Back Despite `display:none`? The SDK Injects It Late, Fight It With MutationObserver
July 17, 2026 -
`wp_mail` Dead on a Raw EC2: 'Could not instantiate mail function' and the Passwordless Google Workspace SMTP Relay
July 17, 2026 -
Settings Field Set to `0` Snaps Back to Default? `array_filter()` Drops Your Legit Zero
July 16, 2026 -
`ctx.drawImage` Throws `InvalidStateError` in Production but Not Locally? One Frame Is a 404
July 16, 2026 -
A ~24px White Strip Above a Full-Bleed Hero in a Block Theme? It's `--wp--style--block-gap`
July 16, 2026 -
Custom SplitText Renders a Literal `&` On Screen? You Are Reading `innerHTML`
July 16, 2026 -
View Transitions API Flashes and Animates on Every Back Button? The Opt-in Meta Hits Every Navigation
July 16, 2026 -
Wildcard 301 Redirect Across Hosts Turns Every Old URL Into a `404`? The Path Does Not Exist on the New Host
July 16, 2026 -
`wp_mail()` Silently Fails and Zero Emails Arrive? Your Managed Host Disabled PHP `mail()`
July 16, 2026 -
Cmd+K Search Returns "No matches" for Almost Every Keyword in Prod? The Index Was Built From Placeholders
July 15, 2026 -
`max-height: 0` Accordion Still Leaks a Sliver? Padding Sneaks Through `overflow: hidden`
July 15, 2026 -
Sanity Panel 500s in Prod, API Returns 400 `score() function received unexpected expression`? boost() Only Takes Simple Predicates
July 14, 2026 -
Article Page Is 200 in `pnpm dev` but 500 in Production? `DYNAMIC_SERVER_USAGE` From a Nested Server-Component Fetch
July 14, 2026 -
`next/font` Not Applying in Tailwind v4? `var()` Inside `@theme` Resolves at Build Time, Not Runtime
July 14, 2026 -
Next.js `generateSitemaps` Returns an Empty `<urlset>` Instead of a `<sitemapindex>`? The Convention Can't Emit One
July 14, 2026 -
Your Next.js `not-found` Page Returns HTTP 200? The Soft-404 That Won't Let Google Deindex
July 14, 2026 -
Production Serving Stale HTML After a Deploy? A `Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'toFixed')` Was Crashing SSR
July 14, 2026 -
Product Cards Shrink to 240px on Desktop? A `display:none` Grid Item Breaks Column Auto-Placement
July 13, 2026 -
Inline Video Won't Autoplay on iPhone Safari? H.264 High Profile Is Rejected and the `autoplay` Attribute Is Blocked
July 13, 2026 -
`next dev` Is Green but `next build` Fails Type-Check: Dynamic Element With `ref` and `children` Typed `never`
July 13, 2026 -
Next.js 16 Works on `localhost` but HMR Dies Over a LAN IP? Add `allowedDevOrigins`
July 13, 2026 -
`overflow-y: auto` on `body` Silently Kills Every `position: sticky`? The Body Became a Scroll Container
July 13, 2026 -
`next dev` Turbopack Crashes With `invariant expected layout router to be mounted` on One Machine Only? A `node_modules` Junction Is the Culprit
July 13, 2026 -
`shopify theme push --theme=<ID>` Landed on the Wrong Store? The CLI's Store Context Is Sticky
July 12, 2026 -
SplitText Breaking Lines in the Wrong Places? It Split Before the Web Font Finished Loading
July 12, 2026 -
Animator's Video Only Plays in Safari? It's HEVC, and Dropping It to 30fps Creates a Second Problem
July 11, 2026 -
Canvas Hero Pixelated on Real Phones? The Tier Picker Reads `clientWidth`, Not Device Pixels
July 10, 2026 -
`{# ... #}` Comments Leaking as Text on Your Shopify Product Page? Liquid Has No Such Syntax
July 10, 2026 -
Pushing to Shopify Wiped the Client's Admin-Uploaded Image? Pull `templates/*.json` Before You Edit
July 10, 2026 -
`shopify theme push` Says Success But Staging Never Changes? The `order` Array Has a 25-Entry Cap
July 10, 2026 -
Shopify Theme Upload Rejected With `theme_author too long` and `default can't be blank`? Hidden Schema Limits Surface at Push
July 10, 2026 -
Deleted a Section From Shopify `templates/index.json` but It Keeps Coming Back? `order` and `sections` Are Coupled
July 10, 2026 -
Text With `text-[oklch(0.97_0.01_260/0.80)]` Renders With No Color in Tailwind v4? The Trailing Zero Means the Class Never Compiles
July 10, 2026 -
Empty Button Icons and 404 Images After an Elementor Migration? The Attachment ID Remap of `_elementor_data` Must Be Recursive
July 9, 2026 -
Footer Columns Overflow the Viewport on Mobile but Desktop Is Fine? Legacy `px` Margins in Elementor Silently Cascade to Every Breakpoint
July 9, 2026 -
ScrollTrigger `pin: true` + `scrub` Section Jitters on Mobile but Desktop Is Silky? Lenis and the URL Bar Are Fighting Over Scroll
July 9, 2026 -
Card Stuck in Its `:hover` State on a Playwright Mobile Viewport? That's a Phantom Hover From the Virtual Mouse, Not a Site Bug
July 9, 2026 -
Animations Look Choppy in Playwright? rAF Gets Throttled to Roughly 1 fps in an Occluded Window
July 9, 2026 -
SVG Icons Squished, Circles Rendering as Ellipses in Some Slots? `preserveAspectRatio` `none` Stretches Non-Uniformly
July 9, 2026 -
Built a Custom Gutenberg Block but It Never Shows Up in the Inserter? The Site Runs Classic Editor
July 8, 2026 -
Category Pages Showed `00 stories` Despite Published Posts? A Leftover Seeder `meta_query` Was Excluding All Real Content
July 8, 2026 -
Elementor Sections Always 20px Narrower Than the Figma Design? Containers Ship a Default `padding: 10px`
July 8, 2026 -
Saving a Post Returns a 502? Synchronous `media_handle_sideload()` Blows Past the Edge Proxy Timeout
July 8, 2026 -
Regex Search-Replace on `_elementor_data` Turns Text Widgets Into Lorem Ipsum? The JSON Is Corrupted, Elementor Falls Back to Its Placeholder
July 8, 2026 -
Photos Blurry on Retina but Sharp on a 1080p Monitor? Elementor's `Custom` Image Size Serves a 1x Asset
July 8, 2026 -
`ssh` Hangs at the Password Prompt Even With `SSH_ASKPASS` Set? A Set `DISPLAY` Sends It Waiting on a GUI Dialog
July 8, 2026 -
WAF Blocks Your `curl` Scraper With 403s and JS Challenges? Move Extraction Into the Logged-In Browser With a JSON-LD Bookmarklet
July 8, 2026 -
Shortcode Layout Inside `display: grid` Explodes on the Live Site? `wpautop` Injects Empty `<p>` Tags as Phantom Grid Items
July 8, 2026 -
WordPress Importer Dies Mid-Run With Cloudflare `524 A Timeout Occurred`? The 100-Second Cap Is Real, Rebuild It as a Batched State Machine
July 7, 2026 -
The EUR/USD Currency Switch Did Nothing? The Prices Were Stored as Pre-Formatted Strings Like `'€450'`
July 7, 2026 -
Editing a Theme's Source JS Changes Nothing in the Browser? The Enqueue Silently Loads a Stale `.min.js` From `dist`
July 7, 2026 -
Cleanup Script Dies With `Call to undefined function` on `require 'wp-load.php'`? Wipe WordPress via Raw `mysqli` Instead
July 7, 2026 -
`update_option` Migration Succeeded but the Frontend Still Shows the Old Value? One Setting Stored Under Two Option Keys
July 7, 2026 -
`xmlrpc.php` Still Returns 200 After `add_filter('xmlrpc_enabled', '__return_false')`? That Filter Does Not Kill XML-RPC
July 7, 2026 -
`new FormData(...)` Throws “not of type HTMLFormElement”: Your Selector Grabbed the Wrapper DIV, Not the FORM
July 6, 2026 -
Refund Fails With 422 “amount is required” Though the Docs Say It's Optional, Always Send `amount.value`
July 6, 2026 -
A Google Sign-In That Doesn't Verify the JWT Signature = Auth Bypass: Anyone Can Claim to Be Anyone
July 6, 2026 -
Site URL Migration With Better Search Replace Misses Gutenberg Blocks, You Need the Escaped `\/` Form
July 5, 2026 -
Buttons “Dead” Only on the Homepage: A Global Click Handler in a JS File Not Enqueued There
July 5, 2026 -
Scaled Down with `transform: scale()` but the Layout Still Reserves the Full Width? The Layout Box Never Shrinks
July 4, 2026 -
A Dimmed Row Is Not Authorization: An Owned Profile Was Still Claimable Through a Direct URL
July 3, 2026 -
Features That Are “Done” but Silently Dead: JS↔REST Contract Drift
July 3, 2026 -
Utility Classes Lose to `.prose-dark h4` by Specificity, Wrap Prose Rules in `:where()`
July 3, 2026 -
Swapped One Color `--token` but the Old Color Persists: Hardcoded Hex in JS Bundles & SVG
July 3, 2026 -
Tailwind v4 `@source` Resurrects Classes You Already Deleted, Exclude the Seed/Import Folder
July 3, 2026 -
Two Equal-Height Columns Without JavaScript: Grid Stretch + Flex Distribute
July 2, 2026 -
Leaflet Map Controls Leak Above Your Sticky Header, Fix It With a Stacking Context
July 2, 2026 -
`overflow-x: hidden` Kills `position: sticky` on iOS Safari, Switch to `overflow-x: clip`
July 2, 2026 -
Tailwind v4 Preflight Kills WordPress `alignleft`/`alignright`, Restore It Without `clear:both` on Headings
July 2, 2026 -
Gradient Text With `background-clip: text` Clips the Descenders (g, p, q, y), Here's the Fix
July 1, 2026 -
Clicking a Date Submits the Whole Form? Inside a `<form>`, a `<button>` With No `type` Defaults to Submit
July 1, 2026 -
A GoHighLevel Form Goes Invisible (White-on-White) After Flipping the Theme Dark↔Light
July 1, 2026 -
wp-admin Acting Haunted (Expired Nonce, AJAX Not JSON, Sidebar Vanishing)? That's CDN/Edge Cache, Not a Theme Bug
July 1, 2026 -
Rendering Page Content Without Elementor's Wrapper: Bypassing `the_content()` (and Why `remove_filter` Fails)
July 1, 2026 -
Your CSS Class Toggle Won't Show the Element? The HTML `hidden` Attribute Is `display:none`
July 1, 2026 -
Deployed + Cleared WP Rocket but the Public Still Sees the Old Version? Cloudflare Is Caching HTML for a Year
July 1, 2026 -
Checking a WordPress Site With `curl` Returns Empty Placeholders? WP Rocket Strips Content for Unknown UAs
June 30, 2026 -
Every Article Page Rendered `not-found`, and the Real Cause Was a Month-End CMS Quota
June 30, 2026 -
Naming a 2nd WP_Query `$more`/`$page` Collides With a WordPress Global, a Fatal That Masquerades as Out-of-Memory
June 30, 2026 -
Your PHP Filter Runs but the Page Is Empty? A Theme Missing `page.php`/`search.php` Silently Falls to `index.php`
June 29, 2026 -
Renaming Slugs + Changing URL Structure in One Deploy: Why Your Redirect 404s Instead of 301s
June 29, 2026 -
A Custom Post Type at the Root URL (`/title/`) Falls Through to the Homepage, Fix It With Per-Slug Rewrite Rules
June 28, 2026 -
CSS Modules Rejects a Data-Attribute Selector: `selector is not pure`
June 28, 2026 -
Background Music Dies Every Time an Anchor Link Is Clicked? `window.location.href` Is a Full Reload
June 28, 2026 -
Video Loop Still Hitches Even Though First and Last Frame Are Identical? The Seam Breaks at Encode, Not in the Source
June 27, 2026 -
“Works on My Machine”, Because You Checked as Admin: The Public Render Differs From the Logged-in One
June 26, 2026 -
`$wpdb->prepare()` With an Array Param Returns Empty on WordPress 7.0
June 26, 2026 -
Auditing a 3-Hop 301 Redirect Chain That Was Hiding Across Four Mechanisms
June 25, 2026 -
The `get_theme_mod($id, $fallback)` Trap: The Fallback Arg Silently Overrides Your Registered Default
June 25, 2026 -
PHP 8 Fatal: 'Attempt to read property on array' When a Getter Returns an Array
June 25, 2026 -
Lenis in the <head> Threw 'document.body is null' and Blocked Render, Move It to the Footer
June 25, 2026 -
Reusing `$x` Silently Wiped the Content When Porting React to PHP
June 25, 2026 -
Adding a require_once to a Live functions.php Locked Me Out of wp-admin, and the Recovery Tool With It
June 25, 2026 -
Smart Quotes (“ ”) Sneaking Into PHP Took Down the Site: A Baffling Parse Error
June 25, 2026 -
Class 'WP_List_Table' not found: How One Always-Loaded File 500s Your Entire Frontend
June 25, 2026 -
Transparent Overlay Header Covering Headings on Non-Homepage Templates? One Header Behavior Cannot Serve Both Page Types
June 24, 2026 -
Importing 131 Redirects at Once: Five Automation Paths Failed, a Headerless CSV Worked
June 23, 2026 -
A Page-Scoped CSS Override Silently Beat My 'Global' Component on Specificity
June 23, 2026 -
A 5-Second Clip Passes, the 8-Second Version of the Same Content Fails the NSFW Filter
June 23, 2026 -
Two add_rewrite_rule Calls With the Same Regex Don't Chain, the Second Overwrites the First
June 22, 2026 -
An Inline onclick stopPropagation Silently Broke Every Delegated Handler
June 22, 2026 -
Scroll-Reveal Content Stays Invisible When IntersectionObserver Never Fires
June 22, 2026 -
strtoupper Turned a WordPress Category Chip Into 'BANKING & NEOBANKS'
June 22, 2026 -
Tailwind v4 Compiles at Build Time, My New Classes (pl-16, h-7) Did Nothing in Production
June 22, 2026 -
A Countdown Widget Hitting a Third-Party API Straight From the Browser Every 60 Seconds: One 8-Hour Tab Equals 480 Calls
June 21, 2026 -
Tailwind v4 Tree-Shook My CSS Variable → Text Shipped Invisible White in Production
June 21, 2026 -
A Duplicate `style=` Attribute on One Element, The Browser Silently Keeps Only the First
June 20, 2026 -
Elementor POPOVER_TOGGLE: Saving 'yes' Gives Class e-yes, and Your Transform Never Fires
June 19, 2026 -
A Nested `<a>` Inside Another `<a>` Silently Collapsed My Card Grid
June 19, 2026 -
wp_localize_script Overwrites the Global (It Doesn't Merge), How It Wiped My Search Index
June 19, 2026 -
WP Rocket 'Delay JavaScript Execution' Breaks Your Header Dropdown, Correct Code That Never Runs
June 19, 2026 -
Elementor Changes Not Showing Even After Clearing Cache, The Real Cause
June 18, 2026 -
ScrollTrigger Below the Hero Breaks After Assets Load? GSAP pin vs CSS sticky
June 18, 2026 -
Next.js Environment Variable Undefined in Production? Here's Why
June 18, 2026 -
PHP 8 Bug: 'floatval' as a sanitize_callback Causes a Fatal Error in WordPress
June 18, 2026 -
update_post_meta Silently Strips Your JSON Slashes (and Hides the Bug for Days)
June 18, 2026 -
Mobile Menu & Dropdowns Break After Enabling WP Rocket? The RUCSS Trap
June 18, 2026