Fix Errors During WordPress migrations

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  1. installation
  2. after installation of WordPress + firewall settings
  3. check info.php
    • note down these
sudo nano /etc/php/8.1/php.ini

change 2 things

  1. post_max_size
  2. upload_max_filesize

To check apache Error logs to debug.

tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log

/WP-ADMIN too many redirects

WordPress asking for my FTP credentials to install plugins

# Try to add the code in wp-config.php:

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

WordPress plugin install: Could not create directory

#find root where wp-content is 
# normally it is here /var/www/html
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data wp-content/plugins/
sudo chmod 775 wp-content
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data wp-content/

“Too many redirects” when trying to access wp-admin page

## place it at the beginning of the wp-config.php after php tag

if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'], 'https') !== false)
   $_SERVER['HTTPS']='on';
else
   $_SERVER['HTTPS']='off';

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