About WPRescue

WordPress Recovery Guides, Written by Engineers Who Actually Fix Sites

WPRescue is an independent troubleshooting library and toolkit for WordPress site owners, freelancers, and small agencies. Every guide on this site has been used to recover a real client site, often at the worst possible hour, before it was ever published.

12+

Years in WordPress

1,400+

Sites recovered

Published guides

500+

Monthly readers

Why WPRescue Exists

Search any WordPress error and you land on a wall of contradictory forum threads, half of them years out of date and half written by people guessing. WPRescue was built from that frustration: after 12+ years of rescuing live client sites, our lead engineer kept seeing the same pattern — a site goes down, the owner panics, and the first ten Google results either do not work or quietly recommend a paid plugin instead of fixing the actual problem.

So we wrote the guides we wished existed. Plain language, ordered steps, and the exact commands we would run on a paying client's site. No filler, no upsell, no chasing affiliate clicks.

Arjun Mehta

Lead author

WordPress recovery engineer, 12+ years rescuing broken sites

I have spent the last 12 years getting WordPress sites back online for agencies, small shops, and publishers you have probably read. Every guide on this site is something I have actually run on a real client site, usually under deadline.

Former senior WordPress engineer at two managed hosting providers
Contributor to Health Check, WP-CLI, and open-source recovery tools
Recovered live sites for SaaS, ecommerce, and publisher clients across 14 countries
First response to 500+ white-screen, database, and malware emergencies

WordPress core, plugin, and theme debuggingPHP fatal errors and debug.log interpretationDatabase recovery and .htaccess repairMalware cleanup and post-hack recoveryWordPress performance and security hardening

How We Test Every Fix

1We reproduce the exact error on a clean WordPress install matching the reader's likely PHP and MySQL versions.
2We run the proposed fix end to end, recording the commands, file changes, and recovery time.
3A second engineer reviews the guide against the recorded session before it is published.
4When WordPress, PHP, or a popular host changes behavior, we re-run the fix and bump the Last reviewed date you see at the top of each guide.

Our Editorial Standards

No affiliate-first recommendations. We only name a plugin or host when it is genuinely the right call. We do not accept paid placements inside guides.
No AI-generated filler. Every guide is drafted by an engineer who has run the fix, then reviewed by a second pair of eyes before it ships.
Corrections matter. If a step is wrong for your setup, email us and we will update the guide and credit you if you would like.
Transparent funding. WPRescue is supported by display advertising and the small consulting practice that runs it. We do not sell reader data. See our privacy policy.

Who WPRescue Is For

Site owners who want their WordPress site back online without learning hosting jargon.
Freelancers and agencies fixing client sites on a deadline.
Developers who want a fast pre-flight checklist before opening a host ticket.

How Our Tools Work

Every tool on WPRescue runs entirely in your browser using rule sets we maintain by hand. Nothing you type is uploaded, logged, or shared. No accounts, no tracking pixels inside the tool flow. Browse the tools library or jump into the guides.

Get in touch

Spot an error, have a guide idea, or want to talk recovery work? Contact the team or email hello@wprescue.online. We typically reply within one business day.