Title: wp-activate.php not found
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# wp-activate.php not found

 *  [bossing26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bossing26/)
 * (@bossing26)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-activatephp-not-found/)
 * Hi there! new user here. I’m trying to add new users (authors) to a blog and 
   apparently the activation link in the email doesn’t work. It just brings a page
   with the following message:
 * _The requested URL /wp-activate.php was not found on this server._
 * Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument
   to handle the request.
 * the link that gets sent in the email is as follows:
 * [http://shslive.com/rabner/wp-activate.php?key=c1160aab408e739e](http://shslive.com/rabner/wp-activate.php?key=c1160aab408e739e)
 * I’ve been looking around to find a fix but can’t seem to find one. I’ve deactivated
   all plugins and that doesn’t fix things either. However, I find that if I add
   them without sending a confirmation email, then it works just fine.
 * Suggestions?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-activatephp-not-found/#post-2196849)
 * Is the file on your server? It should be in the same level as your wp-config.
   php file.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-activatephp-not-found/#post-2196911)
 * You’ve disabled access to your main site. Activation and other network actions
   occur on the main site.
 *  Thread Starter [bossing26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bossing26/)
 * (@bossing26)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-activatephp-not-found/#post-2196961)
 * So how do I go about enabling access to the main site? Thanks for the response.
 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-activatephp-not-found/#post-2196963)
 * try putting the theme back to the default.

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## Tags

 * [activate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/activate/)
 * [add user](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/add-user/)
 * [email](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/email/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-activatephp-not-found/#post-2196963)
 * Status: not resolved

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