Title: Dreaded Error 404
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Dreaded Error 404

 *  [Dale M.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dale-m/)
 * (@dale-m)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreaded-error-404/)
 * Having a problems accessing the Dashboard and any other admin functions…
 * Get a solid error 404 with every attempt (generated in a actual theme window)….
   Site is running clean on public side, I can login to site and it shows admin 
   bar at top, just totally locked out of any and all admin functions, everything
   returns:
 * “Error 404 – Not Found
    Sorry, the page that you are looking for does not exist.”
 * WordPress is updated and current..
    Suffusion theme is updated and current… Tried
   disabling plugins, no joy. Tried working with .htaccess file, no joy. No clues
   in error logs.
 * Only have FTP or cpanel access to files and site so any admin generated functions
   fixes through dashboard are not going to work…
 * Public side of site is : [http://mariposamuseum.com](http://mariposamuseum.com)
 * Thank you in advance!
 * Dale

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreaded-error-404/#post-5003121)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 * – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder and wp-
   config.php & root .htaccess files – from a **fresh** download of WordPress. Make
   sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new
   ones.
 *  Thread Starter [Dale M.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dale-m/)
 * (@dale-m)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreaded-error-404/#post-5003130)
 * I’m sorry but I have ties all the obvious solutions you mention…
 * NO JOY, with all the solutions I have tried or read up on in dozens of troubleshooting
   blogs and forums…
 * Have about 3 days into this problem and all files and all themes are fresh downloads
   and moved into server director with FTP…
 * Thank you anyway…
 * Dale
 *  [GeorgeDK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/georgedk/)
 * (@georgedk)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreaded-error-404/#post-5003133)
 * I had a similar problem like this just because Parallels Plesk Panel was set 
   to an older version of PHP – it just refused to upload any image.
 * Not sure if that’s the cause of the problem, though.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreaded-error-404/#post-5003134)
 * Did you move this site after WordPress was installed?
 *  Thread Starter [Dale M.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dale-m/)
 * (@dale-m)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreaded-error-404/#post-5003176)
 * Nope… It’s still in root directory where it was installed many years ago…
 * Dale
 *  Thread Starter [Dale M.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dale-m/)
 * (@dale-m)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreaded-error-404/#post-5003273)
 * Maybe a little clue here but site only goes into error and no access to dashboard
   when one invokes “wp_admin” or “wp_login”…
 * Seems to be missing a file bit have not a clue what the may be…
 * Error logs are not showing any activity…
 * Dale

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 * Last reply from: [Dale M.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dale-m/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreaded-error-404/#post-5003273)
 * Status: not resolved

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