April 28, 2009 by Ivan
[TIPS] Solve WordPress Blank Page
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today my blog was down for couple hours. My front page was blank. No errors, no response, no logs and it was really make me frustrated. After digging a while i found that my admin backend was working and no errors. And i tried to type any link so it will produce 404 response, and yippiee… my blog show up. But the front page still blank!!!
Then i remember last night i edited some configuration in .htaccess file. I tried to restore it and the front page still blank. Argghhh….. Then i tried to find any tips on google to solve blank page issues. First they said, deactivate all plugins, change to default themes, and clean all spam in your inbox. I did all what they said, but still my front page was blank!!!
All configurations are okay, all plugins are working fine because my other page are working fine except front page, .htaccess file is okay, then why my front page still blank???
Hmmm… everything is okay but i missone thing, there is index.html file in my root directory!!! What the hell is that?? I don’t know why it is there! So i deleted index.html file, and yipieee my front page is back 
So when you have the same problem, first look into your root folder, it should have only one index file that is index.php...
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Article by Ivan Kristianto
Ivan Kristianto is a freelancer web developer and blogger. He started to blog since November 2007. He start this site since April 2008. With bachelor of Engineering degree background he writes articles in IT related field and share through this blog.
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Great! Thank you very much! I always wanted to write in my blog something like that. Can I take part of your post to my site? Of course, I will add backlink? Regards
I’ve had the exact same annoying problem. Thanks to your post, removing index.html fixed it for me!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
All I can say is thank you Ivan. I had the same problem today when I tried uploading a toolbar plugin. My index screen went blank and I was on panic mode most of the day.
Its fixed now and again just wanted to say thank you.
Best wishes,
Robert
@Robert: You’re welcome
hi, you can also check my site for other solution if the above solution doesn't work for you. thanks
http://eirhon.com/blog/blank-page-script-injection-attack-wordpress-2-9-2
Hi Aaron,
Thanks for the share it with us.
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