Title: Problem with post database
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problem with post database

 *  [lylemcd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylemcd/)
 * (@lylemcd)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-post-database/)
 * So I log onto the computer today and my main page shows no posts specified on
   the main page. I am using WP 2.8 (I only now saw the update notice for 2.8.5)
   and everything was working fine when I went to sleep last night (e.g. I haven’t
   changed anything on the site).
 * I go into the admin panel and all of my posts have disappeared except for drafts
   which are still showing up. But there is zero data showing under posts.
 * Even odder, I can navigate to the articles through other links on the site. For
   example, if I get to one of the article archive pages such as
 * [http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/category/fat-loss/fat-loss-fundamentals](http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/category/fat-loss/fat-loss-fundamentals)
 * I can see the articles and get to them. So the post data is still in the database,
   it’s just not being recognized by
 * I’m not sure what the problem is or what to do about it.
 * Thank you for any help you can provide,
    Lyle

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-post-database/#post-1252605)
 * Try resetting your custom permalinks to the default setting. If that works, then
   set your custom permalink structure back up again.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-post-database/#post-1252606)
 * delete the wordpress .htaccess
    regenerate permalinks admin – settings – permalinks
 *  Thread Starter [lylemcd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylemcd/)
 * (@lylemcd)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-post-database/#post-1252631)
 * Esmi: Tried it, didn’t work. Thank you.
 * Samboll: Ok, maybe this is part of the issue but I can’t find an .htaccess file
   in the root directory. I’d note that, from yesterday to today I didn’t change
   anything on the site so I’m not sure why that file (if it had been there) would
   have disappeared.
 * Thanks
    Lyle
 *  Thread Starter [lylemcd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylemcd/)
 * (@lylemcd)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-post-database/#post-1252648)
 * Also, I found .htaccess, deleted it, did what I think regenerated the permalinks(.
   htaccess was recreated).
 * Still no joy. Admin panel shows the following
 *  * All (236) |
    * Published (223) | * Drafts (13)
 * Search Posts:
 * No posts found
 * ***
    the post data is still on the site (accessible through other means) but 
   admin panel can’t ‘see’ it
 * thanks for any help
    Lyle
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-post-database/#post-1252726)
 * Have you tried switching to the default theme and/or deactivating **all** plugins?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-post-database/#post-1252726)
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