404 Errors on back end pages

  • Hi all, I’ve scoured the web to find help to resolve my issue, but for the life of me cannot get anything to work. Starting just a couple of weeks ago, all of my back end pages (home page was fine) started turning out 404 errors on them.

    Here’s what I’ve tried, without success:
    1. Changing my permalink structure from “custom” to default, saving, then re-selecting Custom Structure. This method provides a temporary fix, maybe an hour or two, then the 404 errors return.

    2. Commented out this line of code in my function.php file:
    “$wp_rewrite->flush_rules();”. That didn’t do anything. I’ve tried using both “//” and “#” before it and tested…still get 404 errors.

    3. I use a plug-in called “Redirection”, which allows me to re-direct my theme’s category pages and redirect them to another page. I tried de-activating that and testing to see if the plug-in was the culprit, but after a short time, my 404 errors resumed.

    Like I said, this issue just start a few weeks ago. I use Securi Security and had them scan my site for any malware, etc…and the site is clean.

    Can someone PLEASE help me with this? Would bigtime appreciate it!

    Thanks

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  • Hey jcutroni – are you using any sort of a cache plugin?

    Thread Starter jcutroni

    (@jcutroni)

    any help at all on this would be fantastic. thanks!

    Thread Starter jcutroni

    (@jcutroni)

    hmmm, don’t think so…but what I just did is de-activate ALL of my active plugins and I’m waiting to see if I start getting 404 errors…if I don’t, then I’m going to re-activate them one by one.

    Here’s the list of plugins that have been active since this issue started:

    Akismet
    BackWPup
    Exploit Scanner
    Google Authenticator
    Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin
    Jetpack by WordPress.com
    Redirection
    Theme Authenticity Checker (TAC)
    TimThumb Vulnerability Scanner
    WordPress SEO
    WP Splash Image

    Thanks for your reply!

    Thread Starter jcutroni

    (@jcutroni)

    UPDATE:

    After de-activating ALL of my active plugins, I then re-visited the site, and the same thing is happening – 404 errors on every page other than the home page…so that rules out any plugins causing the problem.

    What next? Any recommendations??

    404’s on all pages other than the homepage usually indicates a problem with your Permalinks. If you go to the settings page in your admin area and simply re-save the page with your permalink settings (it will probably already look like everything is set properly, but re-save the form anyway), your Permalinks will likely start working again and you should be able to browse your website normally.

    I don’t have an answer on *why* this gets corrupted, I just know that this works to fix it when it happens ?? Good luck!

    Thread Starter jcutroni

    (@jcutroni)

    hi Dave, thanks…

    Are you saying to go into each individual web page and re-save the page?

    Nope. Go to /wp-admin/options-permalink.php (which you can get to under Settings -> Permalinks inside your admin area) and re-save that page.

    Thread Starter jcutroni

    (@jcutroni)

    yeah, I’ve been saving that page whenever I’ve been forced to do the “quick fix” method that I described in my initial post (by selecting a different permalink setting, such as “Default”, then clicking Save, then re-selecting “Custom Structure” and clicking Save.)

    My Custom structure’s extension has always been set to “/%category%/%postname%/”…just these last few weeks has this issue of receiving 404’s started.

    Thread Starter jcutroni

    (@jcutroni)

    I saw someone mention on a blog to try deleting the .htaccess file on the server, then after deleting it to go to Settings ? Permalinks and save your desired permalinks settings.

    CROSSING FINGERS

    Thread Starter jcutroni

    (@jcutroni)

    Crossing fingers didn’t work…and neither did deleting the .htaccess file and going into the permaalinks and saving settings…10 minutes later and I started getting 404 errors on my back end pages.

    Thread Starter jcutroni

    (@jcutroni)

    ok guys, I think I’ve run out of ideas…any else have any ideas?

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