Title: Getting 404 Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Getting 404 Error

 *  [chellewrites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chellewrites/)
 * (@chellewrites)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-404-error/)
 * I can’t login to my dashboard. I originally had a wp.com blog that I paid to 
   be hosted at wp. But, then I needed to do more customization, so my designer 
   had me transfer the blog to a wp.org type blog and he took care of the hosting
   on his machine.
 * My last post was around mid-march and everything was fine. By the end of the 
   month, I couldn’t login to my dashboard. I contacted my designer who is also 
   hosting my blog and he looked into it but says it seems to be a wp problem.
 * When I try to go to my dashboard, I see the following error:
 * 404 Not Found Error
 * I had also received emails that my subscription to my WP hosting was expiring,
   but per my designer, he was hosting the blog so I didn’t need to pay that anymore.
 * I’m totally guessing as to whether this is the problem or not. Any help is greatly
   appreciated. I miss my blog :-((
 * Thank you very very much,
 * Michelle Semones
    [http://www.chellewrites.com](http://www.chellewrites.com)

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-404-error/#post-1534606)
 * That looks more like a hosting problem to me. Your blog is refusing to load the
   stylesheets and several other required files, yet if I visit the URLs from the
   source directly, they work perfectly. Something on the server’s end is preventing
   these required files from loading with your blog.
 * Additionally, it appears that you are only allowing certain IPs access to your
   admin directory, which is a good security measure, but when used overzealously
   can cause a lot of conflicts. In this case, you could be inadvertently blocking
   your server’s IP, which could be why you can’t load the required files along 
   with your blog.
 *  Thread Starter [chellewrites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chellewrites/)
 * (@chellewrites)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-404-error/#post-1534611)
 * Thanks [@macmanx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/). So, how would
   I fix this? Or, should I let my hosting company know and they will understand
   what you said?
 * Chelle
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-404-error/#post-1534637)
 * If there’s a `.htaccess` file in the `/wp-admin/` , `/wp-content/` , and `/wp-
   includes/` directories, try renaming it to `htaccess` (remove the dot). If that
   doesn’t work, you may need to contact your hosting provider.

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-404-error/#post-1534637)
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