Title: /wp-admin/plugins.php – shows a 404?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# /wp-admin/plugins.php – shows a 404?

 *  [bradleycase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradleycase/)
 * (@bradleycase)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adminpluginsphp-shows-a-404/)
 * after spending ages trying to update and had a spinning wait circle – I can now
   login to login.php but when I try to see normal dashboard, it goes to a 404?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adminpluginsphp-shows-a-404/#post-5038945)
 * Try:
    – switching to the default theme automatically by renaming your current
   theme’s folder inside wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder
   name using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management
   application your host provides.
 * – [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.
 * – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder and the
   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 [bradleycase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradleycase/)
 * (@bradleycase)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adminpluginsphp-shows-a-404/#post-5038955)
 * ok – i’ll try this, thanks

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 * Last reply from: [bradleycase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bradleycase/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-adminpluginsphp-shows-a-404/#post-5038955)
 * Status: not resolved

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