Title: Cannot access WP Dashboard pages
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Cannot access WP Dashboard pages

 *  Resolved [LovePS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loveps/)
 * (@loveps)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-dashboard-pages/)
 * I cannot access most of the admin pages for my WordPress sites. I can log on 
   to the dashboard, but the updates, plugins, themes, and other pages all either
   generate a 404 error or, for some settings, cannot save changes.
 * I have 2 sites running on the same server:
    [http://loveps.ca](http://loveps.ca)
   [http://lovemj.solutions](http://lovemj.solutions)
 * For the LoveMJ WordPress install we have tried:
    – deactivating all plugins –
   reinstalling from a backup – manually reinstalling via ftp – wiping out the install
   and reinstalling using Softaculous, which completely deleted the plugins except
   for askimet – adding the php.ini file with memory=128mb – replacing wp-load.php
   and load.php – renaming .htaccess
 * Now that site gives me Internal Server Error 500, while LovePS still has the 
   404 page not found error.
 * This is a new problem with sites that were previously running fine – things seem
   to have fallen apart with the automatic update to 4.3.

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 *  [Angie Meeker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameeker/)
 * (@ameeker)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-dashboard-pages/#post-6545996)
 * Hi, I’m sorry you’re having trouble with this upgrade. I would suggest downloading
   a fresh copy of WordPress 4.3 from [https://wordpress.org/download/](https://wordpress.org/download/).
   Then, replace your /wp-admin and /wp-includes foldes and all of the files in 
   them with the freshly downloaded copies (don’t replace the /wp-content folder).
 * Also, you mentioned that you renamed the .htaccess file. Did you then also generate
   a fresh .htaccess file?
 * Thanks,
 * Angie
 *  Thread Starter [LovePS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loveps/)
 * (@loveps)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-dashboard-pages/#post-6546258)
 * Wow, OK. Thinks seem to be working now.
 * After the 5th attempt, changing the htaccess file finally worked on LoveMJ. I’ve
   got that site running again, although without prior content.
 * LovePS seems to have fixed itself. The issues were related to an incomplete upgrade
   at some point, so when it auto-updated to 4.3.1., the problems with 4.3 just 
   went away.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [LovePS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loveps/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-dashboard-pages/#post-6546258)
 * Status: resolved

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