Title: SSL 404 errors
Last modified: November 5, 2022
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# SSL 404 errors
* Resolved [Bryan Eggers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moviedebuts/)
* (@moviedebuts)
* [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-404-errors/)
* Some clarification, please. I’m not excly sure where I am with this issue.
* Like others, I updated RS SSL and then all articles got 404 errors. Resetting
the Permalinks fixed the problem but only for about 10 minutes, then it was back
to 404 errors.
* To make a long story short, I grabbed another RS SSL updated today and also manually
updated RS SSL PRO.
* I then resaved my Permalinks. So far so good.
* However, now I have an htaccess file that is stripped down to this:
* #Begin Really Simple Security
RewriteEngine on RewriteCond%{
HTTPS} !=on [NC] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/ RewriteRule
^(.*)$ [https://%](https://%){HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
* #End Really Simple Security
# BEGIN WordPress # The directives (lines) between“
BEGIN WordPress” and “END WordPress” are # dynamically generated, and should
only be modified via WordPress filters. # Any changes to the directives between
these markers will be overwritten. RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* – [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}] RewriteBase / RewriteRule
^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
d RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
* # END WordPress
* My old htaccess file had a lot more code although frankly I can’t remember why
most of it is in there.
* Am I okay now? During the several RS SSL updates I would revert to 404 errors,
then reset the Permalinks, and it would be fine for about 10 minutes. Then back
to 404 errors without me doing anything. I’m hoping it is stable now.
* The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fssl-404-errors%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
to see the link]_
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* [Aert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aahulsebos/)
* (@aahulsebos)
* [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-404-errors/#post-16167708)
* Hi [@moviedebuts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moviedebuts/),
* The rewrites should now be contained, I haven’t seen any errors on your website
for the last 15 minutes.
* We’re figuring this out at our end, could you perhaps post your plugin list,
theme and PHP version so we have an idea how to reproduce this issue?
* Thanks for letting us know,
regards Aert
* Plugin Contributor [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
* (@rogierlankhorst)
* [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-404-errors/#post-16168626)
* From multiple users it’s been confirmed that the latest version fixes the issue,
which was caused by a conflict with another plugin which was rewriting at the
same time.
* Limiting the conditions for the write has solved the problem. We’re still looking
at which plugin or plugins this was/were, but for users the problem should be
resolved.
* I’m very sorry for the trouble caused. It never showed up in our tests because
we didn’t use the other plugin in those tests. As soon as we know which one it
is it will be included in our tests.
* Hope this explains what happened.
- This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/).
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## Tags
* [404 errors](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/404-errors/)
* 2 replies
* 3 participants
* Last reply from: [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
* Last activity: [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-404-errors/#post-16168626)
* Status: resolved