Pages not found after virus

  • Resolved derekphl

    (@derekphl)


    11 years, 8 months ago

    It seems I had a virus that caused access to my site enough to swallow all the bandwidth.

    Things started to get odd once I got rid of the virus and was able to access my site again so I moved all WP files to a new directory and installed a fresh WP instance, installed the theme and I was able to login again to wp-admin and see all my stuff.

    Problem is that while the main front page of the site is ok, try and navigate to a page, and it shows:

    ‘Not Found

    The requested URL /photography/c-47a-skytrain/ was not found on this server.

    Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.’

    I can see the page in the WP admin UI and even edit/publish it but it still says not found.

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    11 years, 8 months ago

    404 indicates failure to communicate with the server.
    – it could be configuration issue
    – it could be memory issue
    – it could be permalinks issue, try reviewing this: How to fix 404 error when using Pretty Permalinks?
    – it could be optimization issue
    – it could be a conflict with plugin: try resetting the plugin folder
    – it could be a conflict with theme: try switching to the default theme for a moment via FTP and see if that resolves the issue.
    – check for .htaccess file presence and check if the default wordpress mod-rewrite code is there or not. There are times when .htaccess file is not writeable or gotten deleted
    – Check the server error log for your hosting account. Ask your hosting provider for assistance to locate them.

    Thread Starter derekphl

    (@derekphl)

    11 years, 8 months ago

    When I saw the suggestion about permalinks issue, I had a feeling it might be that although not to the extent that the article states.

    I basically disabled permalinks in WP settings (just setting it to ‘Default’), tested ok and then re-enabled and still ok so all looks good!

    Thanks for the help.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    11 years, 8 months ago

    You are welcome 🙂

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