What steps should be taken to fix a “502 bad gateway error” on WordPress hosting with Nginx?

Encountering a 502 Bad Gateway error while running a WordPress site on an Nginx server can be frustrating, especially if you rely on your website for business or blogging. This type of error typically means that the Nginx server is acting as a gateway or proxy and has received an invalid response from the upstream server — in this case, PHP-FPM or another backend process. Fortunately, there are several effective troubleshooting steps you can take to resolve this issue.

1. Check the Status of PHP-FPM

More often than not, a 502 error happens because the backend PHP processor (such as

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What steps should be taken to fix a “502 bad gateway error” on WordPress hosting with Nginx?

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