kenabiss
Member
Posted 4 months ago #
My website simpleipadtutorials.com has all of sudden decided to throw random 404 errors on pages and in the admin pages. It's weird as if I click on the refresh button a few times on the browser, miraculously the page appears. I have been looking for a solution for a few days now to no avail. I'm a newbie at this and have been delving into my .htaccess as everything everyone says points to this. I'm not sure if it's down to a different permalink structure or not as it has been a while since I last did any work on the site.
Things I've tried already
1. In settings tried saving permalinks (one option and then the one I was using)
2. Looked into my .htaccess file and added various stuff. (file as it is shown below)
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
and lastly tried deactivating each plugin one by one but to no avail.
I'm at my whits end and certainly do not want to throw the towel in. It's taken me about 3 months to set up with 2 kids to look after! (pesky boys!). Please please please can anyone with an inkling of a solution help
Many thanks
A very frustrated web-not-so-master!
Try resetting your custom permalinks back to the default setting via Settings -> Permalinks. If this works without any errors, try contacting your hosts and asking why rewriting isn't working consistently on your site.
kenabiss
Member
Posted 4 months ago #
Tried that thanks esmi, worked for first 10-15 page views then decided to go back to it's 404 evil ways.
Then that sounds like a server issue. Try contacting your hosts as I suggested.
kenabiss
Member
Posted 4 months ago #
Well after an hour with the hostgator "technician" nothing but an abrupt ending to our conversation. Said he couldn't find anything and no explanation to what he had tried. Not a happy man. Losing the will to carry on with this problem. ANYONE PLEASE. Any advice greatly appreciated!
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 Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
- resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.
kenabiss
Member
Posted 4 months ago #
Many thanks esmi. After reseting the browser cache after the hostgator techie had been on and leaving for an hour all is good on the 404 front. From what i can gather it was a permissions setting in the server side. Good luck to all who encounter this pain in the butt error.
