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Wordpress website in Plesk shows Web Server's Default Page after installation

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Nikita Zubovich
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Plesk for Linux kb: technical ext: litespeed

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 webserver is installed

Cause

Litespeed 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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