WORDPRESS RELIABILITY GLOSSARY
Rollback
The act of instantly restoring a prior working version of software after a bad update.
Plain-English Explanation
An "undo button" that immediately restores your website to the exact state it was in before a broken update occurred.
Systems Engineering Definition
POSIX rename(2) atomic symlink pointer swaps shifting the web server document root from a failing release directory back to the last known healthy snapshot.
Common Root Causes
- •Flawed updates released by theme or plugin authors
- •Incompatibility with active server PHP runtime or MySQL engine
- •Third-party API key invalidations following updates
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