Container color not showing on blog post

Okay, I contacted SiteGround and disabled all the caching, and specifically the dynamic caching. Does that help?

I also deactivated all the css and java optimization using the optimizer.

FYI: I am tired and am going to sleep. I was wondering, when we figure out what may be the underlying cause, is it best for me just to go with Site Ground Optimizer and forget Jetpack. Curious what the best approach is. That's my one gripe about WordPress. There's just so many options and it's a little bit of a Wild West on how everything works and finding the best approach is usually a figure it out after the fact.

Thanks again for all your help.

Bob

Yes, it seems that SiteGround was serving a cached version of your site.

I can now see the Background Color: https://share.getcloudapp.com/4gurzk9r

The CSS to alter the color has returned as well.

Now, you can activate one by one all your plugins and see if one of them will trigger the issue.

As mentioned, optimization/caching plugins usually cause these and these are the plugins you need to watch out for.

Basically, a while ago, even though you deactivated the plugins, since SiteGround served a cached version, we weren’t able to determine if a plugin or which plugin is causing this. It may also be caused by SiteGround itself if they have some optimization running for your website.

In any case, now we have an idea of the source of the issue. Thank you for testing.

Hope you have a good night!

Thanks for your help Fernando. I reactivated all my plugins except Jetpack and it seems to be working fine. Question: I'm using Askimet but Jetpack also touts a Brute Fore protection feature. In your professional judgement, is or are there any smaller more specific plugins you might recommend in place of Jetpack that replace any of its core features I should have? Thanks again and I'm marking this resolved, Bob

You’re welcome Bob!

I’m not familiar with all the functionalities of Jetpack. It seems to have optimization functionalities as well along with the other functionalities it offers.

What I can recommend is to just have one caching/optimization plugin. Most caching/optimization plugins do the same thing.

In terms of brute force protection, I would say just have one plugin for that.

Side note: In terms of security, in my personal opinion, the best protection a website can have is a plugin that saves a backup of your website every now and then.

Hope this clarifies!

Thank you Fernando for your help and advice. I truly appreciate it.

You’re welcome Bob! Glad to be of assistance!