wp-admin and wp-login.php redirecting to 404 error

Try resetting your custom permalinks to the default setting and deleting/renaming the WP root .htaccess file. If that works, then set your custom permalink structure back up again.

esmi
deleting the .htaccess throws a 500 error and how can I try the change on the permalinks with out access to the wp-admin area?

What’s in your .htaccess file?

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

that is the only thing in the .htaccess

Hi,

Disable all the plugins and add this code in htaccess:

# BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Thanks,

Shane G.

same issues still not showing the admin login screen

There’s nothing untoward in your .htaccess file. Have you tried renaming your current theme’s folder so that the default theme activates? Just in case this is a theme problem.

now the site is just showing a white page.
hum this is not good. wonder if something borked bad when I had all the upgrade problems.
I do not have an export of the post and pages but I do have backups of my database. how hard would it be to rebuild the install from scratch?

I’d try repairing your database first and re-running the auto-upgrade via Admin/Tools before you start trying to set up a fresh database.

I was thinking fresh install with the old database. but the main issue is I cannot get in to the dashboard of the site. the site was setup with 2.9 and the upgrade to 2.9.1 was an adventure and a half with all the stuff not working.

i am having the same issue, already backed up / reinstalled…how do you get into the dashboard without this login?

If the upgrade borked your db, you could simply regenerate the same problems with a fresh install. What you could do is set up a new db, change the settings in wp-config.php to point to the new db and re-run the install script. If that works, then it would seem to suggest that your old db is damaged.

the only problem I have with that is there is information from a plugin I use in the old database that is used for a directory used on the site.
that issue aside could I export the needed data from a local backup of the database and import it to the new database and just do a fresh install for everything?

In theory, yes – though image/attachment urls may present a problem.

no images just the tables and information from the connections plugin. other than that all information is recoverable.

Esmi I thank you for all your help this afternoon I am going to do the fresh install route tomorrow and rebuild piece by piece until everything is back up.
any other thoughts before I do that in the AM