Random 404’s on the backend

moikirsch
(@moikirsch)

13 years, 10 months ago

Lately I’veen getting 404 on the backend… for example when you try to update a plugin, instead of getting the new screen I get a 404.

If I refresh the page I get the correct one.

Am I the only one getting this type of problems? For me it is happening every 5 to 10 screend in the backend (sometimes when posting, when activating or de-activating a plugin, etc).

I haven’t been able to find a pattern yet that’s why I’m trying to see if anyone else is having similar issues.

I’m running a WordPress 3.0 installation on Dreamhost with a custom theme (that never gave me any problems for the last 2 years) with only one hook on the functions.php file (body_class()).

I’ve tried deactivating plugins and some other tests.

Any other ideas?

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esmi
(@esmi)

13 years, 10 months ago

Have you tried:

– switching to the default 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.

– re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a fresh download of WordPress?

– increasing the available memory?
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/memory-bump/
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/253495#post-1017842

– reviewing http://wordpress.org/support/topic/411649

Thread Starter moikirsch
(@moikirsch)

13 years, 10 months ago

I’ve tried all of the above BUT switching to the default theme.

I can’t switch it right now.

After re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes the 404 problems are gone (at least for now).

Any more ideas?

Thread Starter moikirsch
(@moikirsch)

13 years, 10 months ago

I’m seeing another issue… I don’t know if it is just me or a widespread problem.

From time to time when I login into my backend the navigation marks that there are 4 updates… when I reload the page or go into the updates page, there is nothing to update.

Can this things be related?

Thread Starter moikirsch
(@moikirsch)

13 years, 8 months ago

I’m seeing this in more than one blog and from what I can gather in the forums it looks like there are at least 2 o 3 more people having this problem.

thesnowjunkies
(@thesnowjunkies)

13 years, 4 months ago

I’ve been having this problem for months before 3.0 upgrade. I would say about 1/2 the time my backend crashes.

Are you on Dreamhost?

drew
(@admaust)

13 years, 3 months ago

I get lots of random 404s when working in the backend. I’m on Dreamhost. I’ll try some of the suggestions above.

jlunar
(@jlunar)

13 years, 2 months ago

This is happening to me too. A lot. I’m also on Dreamhost. Post something, get the 404, reload, then it follows through. Login page, updating things. All the time, no pattern. Frustrating.

ConanChou
(@conanchou)

13 years, 1 month ago

The same here. My site is also on DreamHost. I have talked to their engineer. The told me that my memory is using up. But it is so strange that I was running 52 plugins smoothly before. but now my site is running 30+ plugins, and one of them is for cache. How could it be as RAM consuming as before?