Why does editing AI website code break other parts of the site?
AI website generators often break unrelated elements during updates, forcing users to waste credits fixing unexpected errors. When a critical error screen finally appears, missing admin error logs leave creators stranded without any guidance on how to fix the site.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Burning more credits on constant cleanups and edits
- 2Switching back to traditional platforms like WordPress
- 3Disabling every plugin then enabling one at a time
- 4Rolling back to previous versions of plugins
- 5Enabling debug mode to check error logs
- 6Using a third-party SMTP server for email delivery
- 7Submitting changes through a pull request in a code repository
- 8Sending change requests to a developer to implement manually
- 9Migrating to page builders or custom settings fields
- 10Using the Duplicator plugin
- 11Downloading the complete site files and a copy of the SQL database, then renaming the URLs
- 12Cloning the website using WordPress Management in cPanel
- 13Checking appearance and theme file editor like footer.php to find where the real structure lives
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Our new SEO person wants the ability to freely and immediately edit on-page text. However, they have zero coding or HTML experience.”source ↗
“They rejected this because it’s not "immediate" or convenient enough for them. Not to mention, they have to learn how github work”source ↗
“Trying to edit pages and posts on my site and am getting this error when trying to edit the post/page: There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums.”source ↗
“The frustrating part is that my admin email isn't getting a report or a notice of the error, so I don't know how to proceed.”source ↗
“Every change also changes something you didn’t want changed, even if you’re careful and explicit with your prompts. So you burn more and more credits not only with updates but with constant cleanups.”source ↗
“I’ve run into a strange issue whilst trying to update the footer design on a WP site I inherited.”source ↗
“The problem is that when I try to edit the footer layout, certain changes don’t seem to update properly in the editor.”source ↗
“I need help in being able to duplicate an existing website on WordPress so I can edit the website without affecting the original jus incase they decide that whatever editing was done is not necessary we can revert back to the original.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
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- 5Why is my website silently blocked without any notification?
- 4Why are automated bot attacks and hacking attempts suddenly surging?
- 4Why is keeping up with software updates so exhausting?