Title: Publishing Problem, 404 Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Publishing Problem, 404 Error

 *  [chipheo83](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipheo83/)
 * (@chipheo83)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publishing-problem-404-error/)
 * Hello everybody.
 * When i click “Publish” or “Save Draft” Button, browser takes me to 404 error 
   page ([http://whynotdownload.com/wp-admin/post.php](http://whynotdownload.com/wp-admin/post.php)).
   I don’t know how to fix it. Please help me to solve this problem.

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 *  [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
 * (@shane-g-1)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publishing-problem-404-error/#post-1517948)
 * Hi,
 * Check with these options:
 * – Reset your permalink from wordpress admin area
    – Remove all unwanted code 
   from htaccess – Upgrade your wordpress to the latest version – Check with default
   theme in order to ruled out theme level issue
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.
 *  [almeidamarcell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/almeidamarcell/)
 * (@almeidamarcell)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publishing-problem-404-error/#post-1518163)
 * @Shange G. Im getting the same error, please help me.
 * What you mean by reseting my permalinks? They are looking like this: /%post_id%/%
   category%/%postname%
 * My .htacess is looking like this:
 * > # BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache
   >  <IfModule mod_mime.c> AddType text/css .css AddType
   > application/x-javascript .js AddType text/html .html .htm AddType text/richtext.
   > rtf .rtx AddType image/svg+xml .svg .svgz AddType text/plain .txt AddType text/
   > xsd .xsd AddType text/xsl .xsl AddType text/xml .xml AddType video/asf .asf.
   > asx .wax .wmv .wmx AddType video/avi .avi AddType image/bmp .bmp AddType application/
   > java .class AddType video/divx .divx AddType application/msword .doc .docx 
   > AddType application/x-msdownload .exe AddType image/gif .gif AddType application/
   > x-gzip .gz .gzip AddType image/x-icon .ico AddType image/jpeg .jpg .jpeg .jpe
   > AddType application/vnd.ms-access .mdb AddType audio/midi .mid .midi AddType
   > video/quicktime .mov .qt AddType audio/mpeg .mp3 .m4a AddType video/mp4 .mp4.
   > m4v AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg .mpe AddType application/vnd.ms-project .
   > mpp AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database .odb AddType application/
   > vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart .odc AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.
   > formula .odf AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics .odg AddType
   > application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation .odp AddType application/vnd.
   > oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet .ods AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.
   > text .odt AddType audio/ogg .ogg AddType application/pdf .pdf AddType image/
   > png .png AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint .pot .pps .ppt .pptx AddType
   > audio/x-realaudio .ra .ram AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf AddType
   > application/x-tar .tar AddType image/tiff .tif .tiff AddType audio/wav .wav
   > AddType audio/wma .wma AddType application/vnd.ms-write .wri AddType application/
   > vnd.ms-excel .xla .xls .xlsx .xlt .xlw AddType application/zip .zip </IfModule
   > > <IfModule mod_expires.c> ExpiresActive On ExpiresByType text/css M3600 ExpiresByType
   > application/x-javascript M3600 ExpiresByType text/html M3600 ExpiresByType 
   > text/richtext M3600 ExpiresByType image/svg+xml M3600 ExpiresByType text/plain
   > M3600 ExpiresByType text/xsd M3600 ExpiresByType text/xsl M3600 ExpiresByType
   > text/xml M3600 ExpiresByType video/asf M31536000 ExpiresByType video/avi M31536000
   > ExpiresByType image/bmp M31536000 ExpiresByType application/java M31536000 
   > ExpiresByType video/divx M31536000 ExpiresByType application/msword M31536000
   > ExpiresByType application/x-msdownload M31536000 ExpiresByType image/gif M31536000
   > ExpiresByType application/x-gzip M31536000 ExpiresByType image/x-icon M31536000
   > ExpiresByType image/jpeg M31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-access 
   > M31536000 ExpiresByType audio/midi M31536000 ExpiresByType video/quicktime 
   > M31536000 ExpiresByType audio/mpeg M31536000 ExpiresByType video/mp4 M31536000
   > ExpiresByType video/mpeg M31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-project
   > M31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database M31536000
   > ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart M31536000 ExpiresByType
   > application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula M31536000 ExpiresByType application/
   > vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics M31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.
   > opendocument.presentation M31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.
   > spreadsheet M31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
   > M31536000 ExpiresByType audio/ogg M31536000 ExpiresByType application/pdf M31536000
   > ExpiresByType image/png M31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
   > M31536000 ExpiresByType audio/x-realaudio M31536000 ExpiresByType application/
   > x-shockwave-flash M31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-tar M31536000 ExpiresByType
   > image/tiff M31536000 ExpiresByType audio/wav M31536000 ExpiresByType audio/
   > wma M31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-write M31536000 ExpiresByType
   > application/vnd.ms-excel M31536000 ExpiresByType application/zip M31536000 
   > </IfModule> <IfModule mod_deflate.c> <IfModule mod_setenvif.c> BrowserMatch
   > ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip BrowserMatch\
   > bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !no-gzip !gzip-only-
   > text/html </IfModule> <IfModule mod_headers.c> Header append Vary User-Agent
   > env=!dont-vary </IfModule> AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css application/
   > x-javascript text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/
   > xsl text/xml image/x-icon </IfModule> <FilesMatch “\.(css|js)$”> FileETag None
   > <IfModule mod_headers.c> Header set X-Powered-By “W3 Total Cache/0.9.1.1” </
   > IfModule> </FilesMatch> <FilesMatch “\.(html|htm|rtf|rtx|svg|svgz|txt|xsd|xsl
   > |xml)$”> FileETag None <IfModule mod_headers.c> Header set X-Powered-By “W3
   > Total Cache/0.9.1.1” </IfModule> </FilesMatch> <FilesMatch “\.(asf|asx|wax|
   > wmv|wmx|avi|bmp|class|divx|doc|docx|exe|gif|gz|gzip|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|mdb|mid
   > |midi|mov|qt|mp3|m4a|mp4|m4v|mpeg|mpg|mpe|mpp|odb|odc|odf|odg|odp|ods|odt|ogg
   > |pdf|png|pot|pps|ppt|pptx|ra|ram|swf|tar|tif|tiff|wav|wma|wri|xla|xls|xlsx|
   > xlt|xlw|zip)$”> FileETag None <IfModule mod_headers.c> Header set X-Powered-
   > By “W3 Total Cache/0.9.1.1” </IfModule> </FilesMatch> # END W3TC Browser Cache
   > # BEGIN W3TC Page Cache
   >  <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase/
   > RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (2\.0\ mmp|240×320|alcatel|amoi|asus|au\-mic
   > |audiovox|avantgo|benq|bird|blackberry|blazer|cdm|cellphone|danger|ddipocket
   > |docomo|dopod|elaine/3\.0|ericsson|eudoraweb|fly|haier|hiptop|hp\.ipaq|htc|
   > huawei|i\-mobile|iemobile|j\-phone|kddi|konka|kwc|kyocera/wx310k|lenovo|lg|
   > lg/u990|lge\ vx|midp|midp\-2\.0|mmef20|mmp|mobilephone|mot\-v|motorola|netfront
   > |newgen|newt|nintendo\ ds|nintendo\ wii|nitro|nokia|novarra|o2|openweb|opera\
   > mobi|opera\.mobi|palm|panasonic|pantech|pdxgw|pg|philips|phone|playstation\
   > portable|portalmmm|ppc|proxinet|psp|pt|qtek|sagem|samsung|sanyo|sch|sec|sendo
   > |sgh|sharp|sharp\-tq\-gx10|sie|small|smartphone|softbank|sonyericsson|sph|symbian
   > |symbian\ os|symbianos|toshiba|treo|ts21i\-10|up\.browser|up\.link|uts|vertu
   > |vodafone|wap|willcome|windows\ ce|windows\.ce|winwap|xda|zte) [NC] RewriteRule.*–[
   > E=W3TC_UA:_low] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (acer\ s100|android|archos5|
   > blackberry9500|blackberry9530|blackberry9550|cupcake|docomo\ ht\-03a|dream|
   > htc\ hero|htc\ magic|htc_dream|htc_magic|incognito|ipad|iphone|ipod|lg\-gw620
   > |liquid\ build|maemo|mot\-mb200|mot\-mb300|nexus\ one|opera\ mini|samsung\-
   > s8000|series60.*webkit|series60/5\.0|sonyericssone10|sonyericssonu20|sonyericssonx10
   > |t\-mobile\ mytouch\ 3g|t\-mobile\ opal|tattoo|webmate|webos) [NC] RewriteRule.*–[
   > E=W3TC_UA:_high] RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on RewriteRule .* – [E=W3TC_SSL:_ssl]
   > RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} =443 RewriteRule .* – [E=W3TC_SSL:_ssl] RewriteCond%{
   > HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip RewriteRule .* – [E=W3TC_ENC:.gzip] RewriteCond %{
   > REQUEST_METHOD} !=POST RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} =”” RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}\/
   > $ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\/wp-admin\/|\/xmlrpc.php|\/wp-(app|cron|login
   > |register|mail)\.php|wp-.*\.php|index\.php) [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}(
   > wp-comments-popup\.php|wp-links-opml\.php|wp-locations\.php) [NC] RewriteCond%{
   > HTTP_COOKIE} !(comment_author|wp-postpass|wordpress_\[a-f0-9\]\+|wordpress_logged_in)[
   > NC] RewriteCond “/home/gadgetblog/gadgetblog/wp-content/w3tc/pgcache/$1/_index%{
   > ENV:W3TC_UA}%{ENV:W3TC_SSL}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}” -f RewriteRule (.*) “/wp-content/
   > w3tc/pgcache/$1/_index%{ENV:W3TC_UA}%{ENV:W3TC_SSL}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}” [L]
   > </IfModule> # END W3TC Page Cache
   > # BEGIN WordPress
   >  <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / 
   > RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{
   > REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
   > # END WordPress
 * What should I erase at my .htacess? I think is too big.

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 * [404-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/404-error/)

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 * Last reply from: [almeidamarcell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/almeidamarcell/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/publishing-problem-404-error/#post-1518163)
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