On Plesk server with LiteSpeed Web Server, WordPress website shows Web Server’s Default Page after installation

Symptoms

• WordPress has been installed on a domain in Plesk and all the necessary files exist in the domain's document root, but the Web Server's Default Page is displayed instead of the actual content

• LiteSpeed Web Server is installed and used as the main web server.

Cause

LiteSpeed Web Server does not restart automatically after WordPress installation.

Resolution

1. Connect to the server via SSH.

2. Restart Litespeed manually:

   # /usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl restart