WordPress links (permalinks) not working (404)

  • zcwaa22

    (@zcwaa22)


    9 years, 7 months ago

    Wordpress permalinks only load when I’m logged into the dashboard

    I use a shared server on namecheap as my hosting provider and have had a wordpress site http://www.willhurt.net for the past year, at some point permalinks stopped working properly – see willhurt.net/webgl_ap1/

    Ive looked at my .htaccess file which seems fine.

    I’ve changed the type of permalink in settings->permalinks, same issue with plain as well as “pretty”
    I’ve deleted the post and reposted
    I’ve tried adding ErrorDocument 404 /index.php to the top of .htaccess
    I can’t access the vhosts file and namecheap tech support say i cant access it as im on a shared server.

    Any ideas?

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    Try resetting your custom permalinks back to the default setting and renaming your WordPress .htaccess file. If that works, then try reading Using_Permalinks before setting a custom permalink structure again.

    Thread Starter zcwaa22

    (@zcwaa22)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    thanks t-p bbut none of that’s working.

    going back to the permalink default setting ie ?p=123 and changing the permalinks to this original format still results in 404.

    my .htaccess is being regenerated when I change settings in the permalink sections and it reads fine.

    i’ve also tried adding /index.php/ to the start of a custom structure but this hasn’t helped.

    permalinks with a custom structure used to work on the site.

    anything else i can do?

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    permalinks with a custom structure used to work on the site.

    What did you do before this issue happened? For example:
    – Did you update WP? Yes? Was it auto update or manual update? Also, updated from what version?
    – Did you install/update plugins? – Did you install/update theme?
    – What theme are you using currently? Where did you download it from?
    – Are ALL your plugins and the current theme up to date?
    – Have you moved your site to new server, new domain, or new directory
    – Did your site work without any issue before (No hacking, no error, etc.)?
    – Have you checked your server error logs?

    Thread Starter zcwaa22

    (@zcwaa22)

    9 years, 7 months ago

    Just to update, in case anyone is having the same issue I had my page set to private so it didn’t appear in the menu, I could access them when logged in so didn’t see this as a problem but I guess it means half might site has been inaccessible for the past few months- whoops!

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