Alright here's the deal - $5 via Paypal to the first person who provides a solution for me. I'm having trouble with my wordpress blog (www.spiffyowl.com). It was working fine until a couple of days ago. I don't remember changing anything, but I think my host transferred to a new server or something. Basically when I go to Settings -- Writing (wp-admin/options-writing.php) and try to save changes, I'm hit with a 404 page (wp-admin/options.php can't be found). The same thing happens when I try to save changes to my widgets (wp-admin/widgets.php, when I click 'save changes' it remains on wp-admin/widgets.php with a 404). I've deleted both my wp-admin and wp-includes, downloaded them again from wordpress, then reuploaded the new files. Still no dice. Most other pages work (General, Writing, Posting, etc.) but there may be other 404s I'm missing. Again, to the first person who provides a working solution, I'll send you over $5 paypal. This is driving me bonkers! Thanks!
It could be a problem with your hosting like you said if they switched servers it might effect this,or because WP was set-up on a different server the problem might be none of the commands are looking in the right place you might have to : A redo the setup from you c panel B. manualy change all the paths to the correct server setup
By re-doing the setup, do you mean I will need to uninstall and reinstall wordpress? I want to avoid this as I have a lot of plugins set up, and I don't want to go through and reactive all of them. Any other suggestions?
Rename your existing blog directory and upload the latest version of Wordpress. Once you upgrade the blog to latest version, just copy the plugin directory from the backup folder. Kailash
Yikes, I tried both suggestions and managed to completely screw over my wordpress blag. XD I managed to get my posts back from a backup file, but all my images are gone, I have to reactivate all my plugins, and on top of that I'm still getting those 404s!
Did you get a backup of your blog before doing that? If so, you can easily roll back all changes done to it. My guess is that this has something to do with a) your WP files got somewhat corrupted, or b) .htaccess issues. Try updating your permalink structure. Don't change anything, just press "Save changes" and tell us what happens.
Yeah - a combination of things could be going on here.. See - this is where using a plugin like DB-Manager comes in handy... create a dummy email account specifically for your wordpress blog, and have DB Manager create a full backup once a day and mail it to your dummy gmail account or whatever... It has saved me hundreds of times!!!! I would back up your database and all your wp files.. delete everything, do a fresh install on a new db, then import the old db and files accordingly..
Your problem is not in the includes folder, nor in the admin one. It is probably in the config file or in the htaccess file. With my host for example if i try to unzip an archive with a .htaccess file in it, that file will not unzip. So make sure there is a htaccess file in your root path.
Its looks like a problem with your blog configs, be sure that your Blog Adress (URL) and your WordPress Address (URL) are the same and they point to your blog location. I mean, if your blog its located in: www.mysite.com/blog Your Blog Adress (URL) should be: www.mysite.com/blog WordPress Address (URL) should be: www.mysite.com/blog If you have recently moved your blog to another hosting or moved it to another folder you need to check out this settings. Just in case delete your .htaccess and rebuild your Permalink Settings to generate a new .htaccess file.