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Practical writeups on Wayback Machine restoration, parametric URL recovery, and the AI-assisted cleanup workflow behind every project. No fluff, no SEO filler — just what actually works.

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Bug FixesJuly 12, 20266 min read

WordPress white screen and 'critical error' — what it actually means and how to fix it without losing your site

The white screen of death is not a mystery — it is a PHP fatal error, and the message is hidden from you. Here is how to find the real error, identify the culprit plugin or theme, and fix the root cause so it doesn't come back.

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Migration
July 10, 20268 min read

How to migrate WordPress without losing SEO (the steps most freelancers skip)

Copy files, copy database, update wp-config — and your images break, your links point to the old domain, your SEO rankings drop. Here is the full migration checklist that keeps your traffic intact.

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Archive Recovery
July 9, 20267 min read

Why websites disappear from the Wayback Machine (and how to actually get yours back)

The Wayback Machine is not a backup. It is a patchwork of snapshots with gaps, dropped assets and missing parametric pages. Here is what really happens to an archived site — and why most “restorations” quietly fail.

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Maintenance
July 8, 20267 min read

Why WordPress sites break (and the maintenance routine that prevents 90% of it)

WordPress doesn't break randomly — it breaks when updates are skipped, backups are untested, and nobody's watching. Here's the maintenance routine I run on 50+ sites, and why it's cheaper than emergency fixes.

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Technical Deep Dive
July 6, 20266 min read

Restoring ?p=1 and ?id=42 URLs — why almost every tool gives up, and how I don't

Parametric URLs are the part of your site that generic scrapers pretend doesn't exist. They are also usually the part that actually matters. Here is why they break, and the automation that puts them back.

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Workflow
July 2, 20268 min read

AI-assisted cleanup: how automation makes WordPress recovery cleaner, faster, and honestly cheaper

Manual cleanup of a 3,000-page restore takes a person a week and still misses things. AI agents do it in one pass, across every page, and flag the edge cases for a human to review. Here is what that actually looks like in practice.

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