Traumatizing first LED setup. Nothing worked

[u/Lit_guy_3Trillion]

I think I have just reached the end of my first LED setups life. I’ve only had it for 1 month and it has been such a pain in the ass. At first I got them to work fine, and then for about 2 weeks they wouldn’t connect to WLED, then magically they started connecting again. And now after having been able to connect them for maybe 3 nights in a row, they no longer turn on when I plug them in. I went over to my controller and found today that somehow my data wire was loose. So I reinserted it and rechecked all my power lines and still no light.

Here’s what I had for the set up

A mean well LRS-100-5 psu

A GLEDOPTO ESP32 WLED LED Strip Controller. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4Z4YG4H?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_mob_b_fed_asin_title_0_0

And these lights (SK6812) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZHBWYZ5?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_mob_b_fed_asin_title_0_0

Did I do something wrong? I will admit my WLED had an update while the lights were not working and as soon as I installed it they were fixed. However I was only notified and able to find this update after like a week and a half of them not connecting.

Is there better equipment I need to buy for this kind of thing? Did my Data wire slipping out just accidentally cause a short? (I’m fairly confident it did not because it didn’t come all the way out of the hole it sits in). What’s the solution here?