
Why Does My Website Keep Going Down? 9 Causes and Fixes
Website keeps going down for minutes at a time? Match the pattern to the cause: resource limits, bots, plugins, cron jobs, DNS and more, with the fix for each.
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Website keeps going down for minutes at a time? Match the pattern to the cause: resource limits, bots, plugins, cron jobs, DNS and more, with the fix for each.

“Error establishing a database connection” means WordPress can’t reach its database. Here are the causes, the checks to run and how to fix it safely.

How often should you back up your website? Match it to how often the site changes: weekly to daily for brochure sites, hourly or real time for online stores.

SPF, DKIM and DMARC explained in plain English, with a step-by-step set-up guide so your business emails stop landing in spam under Gmail and Yahoo rules.

A fast checklist of 12 signs your website has been hacked, why hacks often hide from owners, and a 15-minute check you can run yourself.

Changing your domain name doesn’t have to cost your Google rankings. Follow our SEO-safe plan: URL mapping, 301 redirects, Search Console and what to keep.

Website analytics for small business, made simple: the 6 numbers worth checking in GA4 and Search Console, where to find them and what they mean.

Seeing “This site may be hacked” under your site in Google? Here’s how to clean it properly, request a review in Search Console and how long removal takes.

The safe order of steps for transferring a .com.au domain to a new registrar, so your website and email keep working throughout.

Website redesign vs refresh: a four-question flowchart that tells you whether to improve your current site or start again, and what each path fixes.

What is a subdomain? A plain-English guide to addresses like shop.yourbusiness.com.au, how they differ from folders for SEO, and how to set one up.

The code that unlocks a domain transfer: what it is, how to get it for .au and .com names, and what to do when you’re stuck.