Title: password protected pages error404
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# password protected pages error404

 *  [NeilCartwright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neilcartwright/)
 * (@neilcartwright)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passwordprotectedpageserror404/)
 * Hi there,
    I can’t use a password to protect a page without the error 404 coming
   up even when I use the correct password. It seems to be something to do with 
   some coding somewhere? Functions php perhaps? Any advice? Other postings come
   up with explanations I cannot understand. It seems to be a common problem. It
   first occured when i added a 2nd password protected page (a child of a parent
   page). Thanks, Neil

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passwordprotectedpageserror404/#post-3914607)
 * Try re-setting the permalinks to default, and then setting them back to your 
   customization.
 * Also review:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Password_Protection](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Password_Protection)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)
 *  Thread Starter [NeilCartwright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neilcartwright/)
 * (@neilcartwright)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passwordprotectedpageserror404/#post-3914609)
 * Is there an easy way to re-set the permalinks to default, and then setting them
   back to my customization?
    Where does one do this? Dashboard? Thanks v much, 
   Neil
 *  Thread Starter [NeilCartwright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neilcartwright/)
 * (@neilcartwright)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passwordprotectedpageserror404/#post-3914610)
 * I’ve re-set the permalinks but no change. It seems that the ‘page protection’
   is now not a feature of my site… 🙁
 * Neil
 *  Thread Starter [NeilCartwright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neilcartwright/)
 * (@neilcartwright)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passwordprotectedpageserror404/#post-3914624)
 * I’ve now also deleted the whole page, recreated it all again… Still the password
   protection creates Error404 after the correct password is typed!
    Any help? Neil
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passwordprotectedpageserror404/#post-3914644)
 * Have you discussed the issue with your hosting provider?
 *  Thread Starter [NeilCartwright](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neilcartwright/)
 * (@neilcartwright)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passwordprotectedpageserror404/#post-3914647)
 * I’ll try that, but the Forums suggest a WordPress solution using editing in various.
   php files.
    Neil
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passwordprotectedpageserror404/#post-3914648)
 * What forums where? Can you replicate the problem using the default Twenty Twelve
   theme with **all** plugins deactivated and using the default permalink structure?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passwordprotectedpageserror404/#post-3914648)
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