Title: The "Random 404" Problem is back…
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# The "Random 404" Problem is back…

 *  [nickaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickaster/)
 * (@nickaster)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-random-404-problem-is-back/)
 * This seems to be a problem from a while ago, see here:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-yielding-404-pages](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-yielding-404-pages)
 * Anyway, it’s back. After a year or more of working perfectly “boom” the site 
   starts 404ing on dozens of random pages for non logged in users. Clearing that
   cache only *sometimes* solves the problem. I haven’t changed anything to my knowledge
   so whatever caused this is a mystery.
 * One bizarre solution:
 * if I Chmod /wp-content to 777 then the problem goes away (at least for now). 
   But this plugin is supposed to work at 755…
 * Does this 777 “solution” make any sense?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  Thread Starter [nickaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickaster/)
 * (@nickaster)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-random-404-problem-is-back/#post-3550104)
 * Well that was quick… I guess the 777 thing actually does nothing. The problem
   is back.
 *  Thread Starter [nickaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickaster/)
 * (@nickaster)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-random-404-problem-is-back/#post-3550349)
 * ok, i’m at my wits end here.
 * Still getting random 404s for the last week after more than a year of having 
   this plugin work fine.
 * I have uninstalled and reinstalled the plugin, messed with permissions as above,
   cleared the rules, turned on and off various components of the plugins..
 * Is there any sort of list of of common reasons for this problem? Any sort of 
   reasonable process of elimination I can use?

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 * Last reply from: [nickaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickaster/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-random-404-problem-is-back/#post-3550349)
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