Question
WordPress Website Opens a File instead of the page
- Posted on November 1, 2019
- WordPress
Asked by mingogomes
I’m having this weird issue that started after I requested a new root password change via Digital Ocean panel. Nothing else happens besides that, and as I can see by Cloudflare analytics, it was definitely after that that the problem started.
Basically, when you try to login into www.newesc.pt ; it asks you to download this file: application/octet-stream
However, if you are logged in, there’s no problem at all. That’s why I only noticed it hours later after a friend sends me an email.
I have tried: - Reinstall the core files of WordPress; - Recreated the htaccess file - Deactivate all the plugins
But nothing seems to work.
Also, I don’t have any line in .htaccess such as: AddHandler application/x-httpd-php70s .php
Can you guys help me with this? Is it possible that changing the password, the server was misconfigured?
Thanks in advance.
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Hello,
I’ve seen this with caching plugins, and as the site is working when you are logged in it makes me think that it could be caching in your case as well, as while you are logged in the caching is not active.
I would recommend trying to completely disable your cache plugin and manually clear your cache folder and then test this again with an incognito browser.
Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby