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On Plesk server with LiteSpeed Web Server, WordPress website shows Web Server's Default Page after installation

Taras Ermoshin
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Plesk for Linux kb: technical

Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux

Symptoms

  • WordPress has been installed on a domain in Plesk and all the necessary files exist in the domain's document root, but the Web Server's Default Page is displayed instead of the actual content

  • LiteSpeed Web Server is installed and used as the main web server.

Cause

LiteSpeed Web Server does not restart automatically after WordPress installation.

Resolution

  1. Connect to the server via SSH.

  2. Restart Litespeed manually:

    # /usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl restart

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    turgut kalfaoglu
    (Edited )

    No litespeed installed, yet still getting this issue  (Obsidian Linux)

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    turgut kalfaoglu

    The NUMBER ONE cause of this problem is if the server has multiple IP addresses, and the DNS is set to the wrong IP for the domain. If there is a discrepancy between what the DNS advertises for 'www', and what the web server is expecting, you'll get the default PLESK page.

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