Website goes down at least 3 times a day!

It should read
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /nomadicstartravel.com/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /nomadicstartravel.com/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

I don’t think the rewrite on the same line is a problem but why not correct it.

Ask your host to see the server logs.

Modified information in .htaccess file. It appears WordPress is overwriting the information as when I look at information using code editor, it has changed, so website constantly goes down. It has gone down three times this morning. I even purchased Wordfence to run scan of website, and all is working fine. In fact Wordfence alerts me when plug-ins need to be updated.

Really need to have this issue resolved.

It appears WordPress is overwriting the information

The only time wp writes to the htaccess is when you change permalinks but many other plugins write to it.

Please post a rewritten htaccess.

This is the automatically generated code that keeps appearing in the .htaccess file which is different that what I put in as provided a few days ago.

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

The code above is the basic WordPress htaccess. It would not cause your site to go down.

What permissions are set for your .htaccess file? 644 is normally required and recommended for .htaccess files.

Any error messages when it goes down? What are the symptoms – 404?

Go the to wp-config.php and change this define('WP_DEBUG', false); to this define('WP_DEBUG', true); and see if you get any error messages.

The website continues to go off line with the same error as initially reported – internal server area. It is time for me to renew my hosting with GoDaddy next month (April), but I am seriously thinking of just taking the website off-line and starting all over and this means with a travel website, I will certainly lose business. This problem is quite frustrating and the individual that wrote the program in WordPress for my site is no longer available. I would NEVER had allowed the individual to use WordPress is I had known there was not a live body to talk with when one has technical issues. I appreciate the blog, but problem still exist.

This is the same error that appears when my site is off line.

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator at [email protected] to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Yesterday I deactivated the plug-ins, but that’s no good as clients/potential clients come to the website and need to complete the Reservation form for travel. When I deactivated the plug-ins, of course I received the 404 error.

I purchased Wordfence and am alerted when a plug-in needs to be updated, and I comply. There has to be a better way. Some thing is causing my website to be off-line and why now after I have had it for so many years.

Does any one have a solution before I try to get my website re-created with some other software and possibly hosted some place else. I need to make a decision this month.

I am so frustrated … thanks for allowing me to vent. Wonder if I am the only one having these issues with WordPress.

This is very possibly a GoDaddy issue – if you search these forums you will find many people with similar issues ?? .

Have you asked them? Also ask them how to look at the server error logs to see what shows up when that happens.

BTW, if you have not already done it, a good “test” will be to deactivate all plugins and switch to a default theme (twentyfourteen or twentyfifteen) to see if the same thing keeps happening. If that solves the problem, that suggests it is likely something on your site – so then you will need to use a process of elimination to find out what is causing it – i.e. switch to your theme – check it. If still okay, reactivate plugins one by one to find which one(s) are causing problems.

But looking at the server error logs should also give you more info about what is causing the site to go down – have you done that?

The problem is I have some technical knowledge, but probably not enough to do all that you are suggesting, and I do not want to cause more problems. GoDaddy keeps stating it is some thing that WordPress is overwriting and I have called numerous time and get the same response from different GoDaddy reps. Why is this happening now? Started late last year and website is not new. I looked at error logs and all I see is the .htaccess in every things.

Does WordPress have personnel that can troubleshoot the site? Should I be contacting the developer of the plug-in as I know there are different ones for each?

Thanks for allowing me to vent …

No problem – totally understandable – this kind of situation is very frustrating :)!

Does WordPress have personnel that can troubleshoot the site?

No, these are 100% volunteer forums and support is only offered here. But you could consider hiring someone –

https://jobs.wordpress.net/

You COULD ask the plugin developers but most will likely suggest the same kind of troubleshooting as posted above. Which plugins and which theme are you using?

Thanks. I appreciate the assistance from the volunteers. Have you ever experience such? You still think this is an issue with GoDaddy correct?

It’s a bit unclear since the error logs show something funny going on – as to why that’s happening, hard to say. You (or someone) will most likely need to go through the troubleshooting steps. But I do know that lots of people report similar issues (not necessarily caused by the same thing) on GoDaddy.

What theme and plugins are you using?

Another thing you could try is making a new, separate installation of WP in a sub-directory and see if it runs into the same issues.

Can you look at my website and that will give an idea of the custom themes and plug-ins.