Some pages get 404 error after WP upgrade

Try re-saving your Permalinks first.
Admin > Settings > Permalinks

Check and save your permalinks again and check your .htaccess file.

thx for the reply

already resaved permalinks
repaired & optimized database

if I created a new parent page as portfolio2
and move the other pages to that are getting 404 errors now to that new section they work.

it seems as tho the parent pages portfolio & services are broke

anything in the database I can look for to fix?

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

# END WordPress

Is your parent page structure OK? In those pages that 404 – like under services and portfolio – is there still a parent page selected?

@songdogtech yup – just checked

also looking in database – compared it to the about page that is working & they are identical

I’d delete your htaccess and start a fresh one. Might be some junk characters in it that are whacking the rewrites. Create a new file with your FTP program and then paste in your permalinks, but be sure you are using the right character encoding with your text editor.

hmmm ok – if I change permalinks to default
portfolio & services work but with the ugly urls

but when I switch back still broke

That still points to a problem with htaccess; I’d completely delete htaccess through FTP and start a new file. Don’t know what else to try at this point.

@songdogtech

did it and still no luck
i use winscp to edit files on the server

I actually deleted the .htaccess file
deactived all plugins
reinstalled wp2.8.4 upgrade
recreated .htaccess
set permalinks

still no go

think I might have to rename those two parent names
since about & contact page works
seems like the names portfolio & services are corrupt somehow

thank you so much for the help!

if it fixes itself
i’ll be sure to update this thread

Let us know what happens with this…..