Title: Login error 404
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Login error 404

 *  [tjdavis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tjdavis/)
 * (@tjdavis)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-error-404-405/)
 * I recently upgraded my wordpress theme and now when I try to log into my dashboard,
   I get the Error 404, page cannot be found.
 * I tried the [http://www.teresadavisblog.com/wp-login.php](http://www.teresadavisblog.com/wp-login.php)
   but still got the 404 error code.
 * Here’s a link to my site [http://teresadavisblog.com](http://teresadavisblog.com)
 * _[Moderator Note: Please ensure that you are embedding links correctly in your
   posts. Link corrected.]_
 * I read on here about FTP but I have no idea where to find it or how to use it.
 * Can someone please tell me how to get into my dashboard and/or how to fix this
   problem?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-error-404-405/#post-5033747)
 * Try:
    – switching to the default theme automatically by renaming your current
   theme’s folder inside wp-content/themes and adding “-old” to the end of the folder
   name using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management
   application your host provides.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or phpMyAdmin.
 * – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder and the
   wp-config.php & root .htaccess files – from a **fresh** download of WordPress.
   Make sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the
   new ones.
 * – running the upgrade manually via wp-admin/upgrade.php
 *  Thread Starter [tjdavis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tjdavis/)
 * (@tjdavis)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-error-404-405/#post-5033797)
 * esmi,
 * I appreciate your reply, but frankly I have no idea how to switch and where to
   switch from. I cannot get into the dashboard at all to switch anything.
 * As I said, I have no idea where to find the FTP. Is this a program I use or what?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-error-404-405/#post-5033800)
 * Please try re-reading my post above. None of the suggestions made require you
   to login to your WordPress dashboard.

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## Tags

 * [404-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/404-error/)
 * [can't login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cant-login/)
 * [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dashboard/)
 * [ftp](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ftp/)
 * [login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/login/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/login-error-404-405/#post-5033800)
 * Status: not resolved

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