We've had a lot of our customers and WordPress users in general have an issue where their site is showing a blank page. This blank page is typcially caused by a php error. If you have your php.ini file set to hide php errors, you'll get a blank page displayed.

To find your error messages you have two options:

1. Enable display_errors in your php.ini file
2. Review your error_log file(s)

Updating your php.ini file to show error messages

Here is my fully functional WordPress website:

Now that we've added the code to intentionally break the website, you will see our WordPress website displays a blank page:

We don't see the PHP error message because we have set the directive in the php.ini file to hide error message. To fix this, we'll simply need to update it so it shows error message.

Now, since we have adjusted the display_errors in the php.ini file, as you can see below our site now displays the exact error message causing the issue and we can start to troubleshoot it!

How to view your error_log to find error messages

The easiest way to find error messages is to view the error_log file in file manager. All PHP error messages are logged to this file. You can use FTP or the File Manager in cPanel to view this file and any of the error messages logged.

Being able to view the actual error message causing your blank screen is important when trying to resolve ths issue. You can either attempt to debug the issue yourself or pass it on to your designer.