[wp-forums] https://wordpress.org/support/topic/504-gatewaytime-out-1?replies=18#post-6998929

[Dot 07]

Hi Jackie McBride,

I am not convinced that rebuilding a site to overcome a 504 gateway 
error is always the solution. I tried to post a second response to the 
thread but apparently was caught in the nice web of spam filters.. One 
reason I don't contribute to the forums much anymore.

If you wouldn't mind, would you follow the links below and maybe suggest 
these before tearing down a site and rebuilding it.

http://www.checkupdown.com/status/E504.html

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/504error.htm

Kindly,
Louis
Dot 07

Jackie McBride wrote:
> Hi, all. I wanted to see if anyone happened to have any ideas
> regarding the forum topic in the subject line. The site url is:
> www.soutarwriters.co.uk
>
> I'm not as much an expert on multisite as I'd like, but I responded to
> this gentleman because no one else had for several days. In essence,
> he's getting 504 errors when he tries to log into his dashboard.
>
> He's running the current version of WordPress, but the 2010 theme.
> Server error logs are not available due to hosting provider's
> policies. I had him set the debug line in wp-config.php to true. He
> reset this, so I can't show you what I saw (I did ask him to reset it
> again in case anyone might like a look), but, in essence, even before
> the doc type statement, was an error about add_option being depricated
> on line 3510 of wp-includes/functions.php. I've seen that error in
> association w/custom scripts, etc., but generally not the first thing
> out of the box.
>
> So I guess I'm wondering:
> a) Does 2010 still work w/the current version of WP?
> b) Does anyone have any other ideas? I guess I'm a bit concerned,
> given where that message appeared, as to the possibility of a site
> compromise, but I know that since that's where my expertise tends to
> lie, I might be focussing too narrowly, i.e., when you specialize in
> hammers, everything looks like a nail.
>
> Appreciate anyone's input. Everyone have a blessed day, please!
>