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    May 25
    WordPress REST API returning 404 from /wp-json/? Go to Settings > Permalinks and click Save (don't change anything). That re-flushes the rewrite rules. Fixes the issue 90% of the time. The other 10% is a security plugin blocking REST.
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    May 22
    The wrong place to put a WordPress code snippet: your theme's functions.php. The right place: a custom plugin (survives theme switches) or mu-plugins (always-on). functions.php is for theme-specific code only. smartwp.com/wordpress-func…
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    May 21
    WP-Cron isn't a real cron job. It only fires when someone visits your site. Low-traffic sites have scheduled tasks that just... never run. Disable WP-Cron, set a real server cron job to hit wp-cron.php every 5 minutes: smartwp.com/wp-cron/
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    May 20
    The WordPress "white screen of death" has had a built-in fix since WP 5.2. If a fatal error crashes the site, WP emails the admin a one-click Recovery Mode link to log in and disable the broken plugin. Most people have no idea. smartwp.com/wordpress-whit…
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