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General topics

• Creating a new WordPress site
  The simplest step-by-step guide to create new WordPress sites right from the Shifter Dashboard in just a few clicks.

• Resolving deprecation notices from WordPress Themes and Plugins on Shifter
  Resolving errors or warnings while running your WordPress container

About artifacts

• Auto Publishing Artifacts on Shifter
  Automatically publish new static Artifacts.

• How to disable Auto Publish Artifact
  Disable Auto-publish.

• Creating an Artifact
  Artifacts on Shifter are static versions (or builds) of your WordPress site. They are an entire copy of your site as HTML, CSS, and assets.

• Previewing Artifacts
  Preview before publishing an artifact.

• Testing large number of posts generated by FakerPress plugin on Shifter.
  We’ve tested 10000 posts generated by FakerPress plugin on Shifter.

Tips

• Failed to delete the site

• Configuring Permalinks
  Shifter only supports “Pretty” WordPress Permalinks

• Multilingual WordPress site
  Shifter recommends Polylang plugin for Multilingual WordPress site

• Disallowing search engine’s crawler access
  Block crawler to your staging or pre-production site.

• Using WP Serverless Forms WordPress Plugin with Basin
  Put a contact form on your Shifter generated site.

• Integrating Algolia Search with WordPress
  Shifter now works with Algolia: a high-performance search system with keyword suggestions and sorting for search results.

• Moving offloaded media to Shifter CDN
  Shifter Media CDN expands the WordPress media library feature and stores media to our dedicated CDN.

• WordPress redirects on Shifter using the Redirection Plugin
  Shifter supports redirects with the Redirection plugin.

Troubleshooting

• How to solve a 404 Error
  This happens when no post or page is set as [Homepage] in the Reading Settings.

• Error messages from Generator and how to address issues
   If you receive an email notification, please read the messages to learn how to address issues.

• Resolving deprecation notices
  How to fix errors and warnings while running your WordPress container

• How to access debug data using the Health Check WordPress Plugin
  Share information and troubleshoot with Shifter support

• Troubleshooting the Generator
  Here are a few tips for troubleshooting generator failures.

• Emergency user
  An ephemeral user to help you login to WordPress.

• Safe mode
  Booting WordPress in Safe mode helps you investigate issues.

• Unblock pop-up window
  Shifter uses a window pop-up feature for previewing an artifact before publishing it. This document describes.

• Canceling artifact generating
  Stop the generator.

• Error Codes (Passwordless Login Error)
  Learn about common error codes and how to resolve them.

FAQs

• Can I use WooCommerce with Shifter?
  At this time WooCommerce is not supported by any static site generator or serverless hosting provider, including Shifter.

• Can I use Gravity Forms with Shifter?
  Gravity Forms is an online form plugin for WordPress created by Rocketgenius. This plugin requires PHP and sometimes AJAX to work. For that reason, it’s not a good fit for Shifter.

• Does Shifter support custom .htaccess files?
  Shifter does not use or support htaccess files in production.

• Does Shifter support wp-cron?
  Currently, Shifter does not fully support wp-cron.

• Does Shifter support WordPress Multisite?
  At this time, Shifter does not support WordPress Multisite.

• Why does my WordPress container stop running?
  Shifter is a Static Site Generator and Serverless hosting service for WordPress.

• How can I find Site’s IP address?
  No fixed IP address are assigned to published site. Use your Shifter URL for CNAME record or your CDN Row host name for ALIAS Record.

Related topics

• Migrating to Shifter
  Migrating your WordPress site to Shifter

• Migrating to Shifter using the All-in-One WP Migration and Backup WordPress Plugin
  A guide to migrate your entire WordPress site to Shifter in just a few clicks using the All-in-One WP Migration and Backup WordPress Plugin

• Migrating WordPress Content to Shifter with the WordPress Importer Plugin
  Migrate your WordPress content on Shifter using XML and the WordPress Importer plugin.

• Setting up Custom Domains
  A list of articles related to set your custom domain on Shifter (paid plan).

 
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