Title: 404 error message when accessing wordpress admin
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# 404 error message when accessing wordpress admin

 *  Resolved [njuin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/njuin/)
 * (@njuin)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needed-404-error-message-when-accessing-wordpress-admin/)
 * _[ Moderator note: [title adjusted, please refrain from using help, urgent, emergency, asap, etc. in topic titles.](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Choose_A_Good_Topic_Title)]_
 * I have an old website that was created a long time ago by a web developer. This
   website is old and the content is out of date. Recently I have decided to take
   control of it and try to redesign the webpage but I have no prior knowledge of
   web design at all and figured I could start with using wordpress.
 * I have recently transferred my domain from my local registrar to hostgator. After
   installing wordpress from quickinstall I encountered the following 404 error 
   message.
    ** _The requested URL /wp-admin was not found on this server. apache/
   2.2.22 (ubuntu) server at localhost port 80_
 * I have been stuck in this phase for awhile now not knowing the solution to the
   problem.
    I do not know how relevant is this information but i do not wish to
   keep any of the content. I only wish to retain the domain name and start designing
   from scratch again to give it a fresh new look.
 * I would really appreciate any help i can get.

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 *  [Balint Toth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tothbalint/)
 * (@tothbalint)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needed-404-error-message-when-accessing-wordpress-admin/#post-7659031)
 * Hello njuin!
 * I am sorry to hear you have this issue, I would like to help resolve it 🙂
 * First, a little bit of additional info and clarification would be great. Did 
   you move the database and/or files of your old website to Hostgator?
    When changing
   Domain DNS settings, it can take up to 48 hours for them to propagate and take
   effect, so depending on how long ago you did the domain change, it is possible
   you are arriving on the old server.
 * And lastly, could you please check what do you get when you are trying to open
   the frontend of your WordPress website? I mean, the same address what gives you
   the 404 error, but without /wp-admin.
 * Thank you! 🙂
 * Cheers,
    Balint
 *  Thread Starter [njuin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/njuin/)
 * (@njuin)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needed-404-error-message-when-accessing-wordpress-admin/#post-7659239)
 * Hi Balint,
 * Thank you so much for your help!
 * Previously I was stuck in this problem for more than a month. I spoke with hostgator
   support recently and they suggest that it could still be pointing at the old 
   server. So I initiated the domain transfer 2 weeks ago but when the transfer 
   was complete I still had the same problem (despite waiting for 48 hours).
 * However this morning when i tried it again. It worked! I can’t begin to describe
   my excitement after having been stuck for so long. Even though the problem is
   resolved I can’t thank you enough for wanting to help. I really appreciate it.
 * Thank you very much Balint. 🙂
 * Cheers,
    Ni Juin
 *  [Balint Toth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tothbalint/)
 * (@tothbalint)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needed-404-error-message-when-accessing-wordpress-admin/#post-7659241)
 * You are welcome, I am glad that it is working as it should.
 * Whenever you have any trouble, just feel free to post in the forum, and somebody
   will come and help you out 🙂
 * Have a nice day!
    Balint
 *  [preshere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/preshere/)
 * (@preshere)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needed-404-error-message-when-accessing-wordpress-admin/#post-8969094)
 * Have the same issue, but this was not the solution.
    Background: – The problematic
   url is satcherinstitute.org/wp-admin – The site is being hosted by 1&1 – The 
   former developer did not use 1&1’s WordPress app, rather installed it using FTP.–
   I have tried several solutions from this forum including editing the HOME and
   URL options in the MSQL database to no avail
 * I feel like I’m flying in the dark because I cannot assess at what point in the
   dashboard start-up process the problem is located.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [preshere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/preshere/).

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 * Last reply from: [preshere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/preshere/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needed-404-error-message-when-accessing-wordpress-admin/#post-8969094)
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