Site works but cannot access admin or login, gives 404 errors

  • I have a site that has been fine for about 2 years. The site itself is fine, users can navigate and read articles etc. All images show up fine. I have not installed anything new on the site at all.

    site is https://www.my-trading-blog.com

    I cannot get into the admin dashboard whatever I do. I get 404 error every time. I have tried direct typing:
    https://www.my-trading-blog.com/wordpress/wp-login.php

    I have tried that without www as well.
    I have tried /wordpress/wp-admin/wp-login.php
    I have tried /wordpress/wp-admin/edit.php
    … bunch more like this, anything to try to get the login screen to pop up.
    I have tried clicking the admin link on the website
    I have tried deleting and replacing wp-login.php
    I have tried renaming the plugins folder
    I have tried renaming the theme folder I am using so it reverts back to basic theme (it does not, just gives server error)
    I have checked wp_options in database to make sure the site link is correct (it is)
    I have tried resetting the mysql password for the site.
    I have tried repairing the database, just in case something is off
    I have renamed .htaccess to .htaccessold to see if that was the issue, did not help

    All of these did nothing and trying to get into the admin dashboard always results in 404 error.

    I was running WP 3.0, when I started having this error I manually upgraded to 3.2.1 but that did not help it. I also tried to manually navigate to the upgrade area to see if it needed to upgrade the database, but that gives 404 error.

    any help would be appreciated, I am out of ideas.

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  • Try resetting your custom permalinks back to the default setting via Settings -> Permalinks. If this works, then review Using_Permalinks before setting a custom permalink structure back up again.

    Thread Starter mytradingrobot

    (@mytradingrobot)

    I cannot do that, as I have no way to get into the dashboard.

    Any attempts to login or get anywhere in the admin area result in 404 error.

    The site works, but thats about it. I cannot even add a post if I wanted to because I have no way to log in.

    Try temporarily renaming your WordPress .htaccess file.

    Thread Starter mytradingrobot

    (@mytradingrobot)

    I renamed the file to .htaccessold, still same problem. Site works fine, any attempt to get a login page gives 404 error.

    I can’t access your site at all – so something is very wrong. Try:
    – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin.

    I am having the same problem, but with the login page and any other page. Any ideas? I think I messed up the URL or something…Please help

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