Title: (EmptyReference!)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# (EmptyReference!)

 *  [robertsharp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertsharp/)
 * (@robertsharp)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emptyreference/)
 * Hi folks,
 * I’ve been getting 404 errors when attempting to use the admin panel. For example,
   on the page wp-admin/edit.php I would get a 404 when I submitted certain comments
   for deletion.
 * The 404 occurred because WordPress had sent me to a page with the string “(EmptyReference!)”
   in the middle of the URI.
 * I searched my WordPress PHP files and found several instances of the string “(
   EmptyReference!)” within the wp-admin directory. They were all found within form
   tags, thus:
 * `action="(EmptyReference!)"`
 * I therefore deleted this text, leaqving just
 * action=””
 * and it seems to work fine now.
 * I raise the issue because I see [others have experienced the same phenomenon](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/156698).
   Can anyone comment on what might cause these erroneous strings to appear. Clearly
   not everyone experiences the issue. I installed the new version of WordPress 
   on a Mac with Adobe GoLive, dragging the files from a folder into the GoLive 
   site window. Could that program have added the extra (EmptyReference!) text?

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 *  [ivovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivovic/)
 * (@ivovic)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emptyreference/#post-736361)
 * yes… that’s golive messing with your code.
 * Why not use an FTP client that doesn’t f&%K with the inside of your wordpress
   files?
 *  [spusa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spusa/)
 * (@spusa)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emptyreference/#post-736789)
 * Thanks for the edit; it worked on my site. I don’t use GoLive, so I have no idea
   how the code got in there… I do use an FTP client, so it seems to be something
   else that’s screwing with my code.

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## Tags

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [spusa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spusa/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emptyreference/#post-736789)
 * Status: not resolved

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