{"id":43165,"date":"2019-05-30T10:22:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T14:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=43165"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:31:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:31:52","slug":"how-wordpress-5-2-combats-the-white-screen-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/wp-releases\/how-wordpress-5-2-combats-the-white-screen-of-death\/","title":{"rendered":"How WordPress 5.2 Combats the White Screen of Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s never a convenient time to encounter the “White Screen of Death<\/b>” on your site but unfortunately it happens to all of us at some point. In the past you’d be locked out, leaving you with few options: manually disable the themes and plugins or enable debugging–even before you see what the error even is. Don’t worry though, WordPress 5.2 to the rescue. This latest release includes a new “Recovery Mode” that provides white screen of death protection for your site. It’s a critical tool when recovering from a fatal theme or plugin error as you can still access the site and troubleshoot despite the error. Here we take you through this new feature so you’ll be ready the next time you encounter this dreaded fatal error.<\/p>\n

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How does it work?<\/h2>\n

When a fatal error is detected on your site several things happen. Here is a breakdown of how the new Recovery mode feature works. In my tests, only theme and plugin related errors triggered Recovery Mode, fatal errors due to core file issues did not.<\/p>\n