• WordPress: 404 Error On All Pages.

  Filed under Foo, Wordpress
  Mar 20

  It took me forever to figure out this issue. No matter what I did, I kept getting a 404 error on all of the “Pages” I made in Wordtracker. The pages were in the database, and were even showing up in my left hand navigation under the category of “Pages”, but when I clicked to see the page, I got a 404.

  I went round and round checking everything. The database, the rights on every file, everything. It wasn’t until I messed with the .htaccess file that I found the issue. (And yes, that was the *last* thing I tried. Wouldn’t you know…)

  The solution, is rather simple. The culprit was my .htaccess file. Each “page” that is made has it’s own entry in the .htaccess file, and since my .htaccess wasn’t directly writable by wordpress, I’d get an error after I made each page. Unless I uploaded a new .htaccess file from the Options > Permalinks admin page.

  So, in order for this *not* to happen in the future, you can either make your .htaccess file writable by changing your file options to 666 in your FTP program or via a terminal window, or you can reload a new .htaccess file after you get all your static pages made.

  Now ya know.

  4 Comments

4 Responses to “WordPress: 404 Error On All Pages.”

1. 

   Todd said on April 4th, 2006 at 9:31 am

   Excellent tip Heather. This one pissed me off for a long time, and the fix works brilliantly. Thank you.

2. 

   Teodor said on December 16th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

   Super. Thanks

3. 

   Ian Rogers said on February 16th, 2010 at 8:24 pm

   Just used this…thanks so much for the help!

4. 

   Heather said on February 16th, 2010 at 8:48 pm

   Glad I could help!

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