# Critical Error

**URL:** <https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/critical-error/73444>\
**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [March 12, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/critical-error/73444 "2023-03-12T18:17:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon55610042](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon55610042/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@anon55610042](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon55610042)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/critical-error/73444/1 "2023-03-12T18:17:36Z")

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[### Username (e.g. epiz\_XXX) or Website URL](http://aimeebrucknerdesign.great-site.net/)

### Error Message

There has been a critical error on this website.

### Other Information

My website was working fine until I attempted to link it with my domain name host. All I did was change the nameservers with my domain host, but now my site doesn’t seem to work at all. What could have changed to break it so badly that I can’t access my WP dashboard anymore???

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**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/critical-error/73444/2 "2023-03-12T20:06:51Z")

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> [@anon55610042](#):
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> There has been a critical error on this website.

Please read

> [@Installation failed: There has been a critical error on your website](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/installation-failed-there-has-been-a-critical-error-on-your-website/49361/):
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> WordPress supports installing and updating plugins and themes from the official store right through the WordPress admin interface. However, after trying to install or update a large plugin (like WooCommerce) or theme, you may encounter an error like this: Installation failed: There has been a critical error on your website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions. Learn more about debugging in WordPress. This error means that the installation process crashed, and may have l…

> [@How to fix a corrupted WordPress installation](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-fix-a-corrupted-wordpress-installation/49359/):
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> WordPress frequently releases updates, which you can install through WordPress’ admin interface. Usually, this works without a hitch. But with some (big) upgrades, the upgrade fails half way and leaves you with a broken website. Fortunately, you can still fix your website without any data loss, and this article tells you how to do that. Download a fresh copy of WordPress First of all, you will need to download a fresh copy of WordPress. You can download this from the official WordPress website…

Take note of this as well

> [@How to install, setup and update WordPress correctly](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099):
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> Do you often see this on your WordPress website? [image] If so you may need to change some of the installation settings. Installing WordPress For Fresh Installation Make sure you are using the following settings when using Softaculous Install Existing Installation You can access your existing installation via Followed by Make sure these are the settings used On the WordPress config To play safe, add this line to the wp-config.php …

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**Author:** ![anon55610042](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon55610042/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@anon55610042](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon55610042)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/critical-error/73444/3 "2023-03-12T21:37:18Z")

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Appreciate the info. I’ve never had so much trouble with a free host before. I’ll probably look to move my site elsewhere. (if I even can??)  
I just wanted to use this as a temporary staging site to test a site before going live, but for anyone else reading this, there’s so many restrictions with this account, it’s caused more trouble than it was worth.

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**Author:** ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/critical-error/73444/4 "2023-03-19T21:38:08Z")

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