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Why would a GET variable one one page of a site cause a 404 error when a GET variable works on another page of a site?

For example I have 20 pages on a site. one of them is called bacon another called eggs. on the same site...lets say breakfast.com I have the permalinks set up properly and have used them ...
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Intermittently missing pages and posts in WordPress

Every now and then some of my Wordpress pages (and posts) seems to be missing, I get the 404 page (although the HTTP response code is 200). A couple of hours later the page is back, with no changes in ...
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Getting a 404 in Debugger for example.com/wp-admin/Array?

For some reason when I go to one of my clients WordPress installations, and I install a plugin that I made which has custom TinyMCE buttons, when they click on one of the buttons the popup appears but ...
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Critical error in final stage of website launch - URLs are BROKEN!

We developed the wordpress site here: wwww.kirschfamilycomputerservices.com/sam/wheresthefairness ^^ URL does not exist now. When the website was done, we transferred the database & theme over ...
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An issue with SEO Ultimate

I'm using SEO Ultimate. The 404 monitor module is reporting several 404 errors. The errors are reported for urls that do not exist; 3 of them did exist as drafts but were never published. I ...
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get_search_link() redirects to 404 template page

I built a custom theme, and in it, there is a 404.php page and a search.php page. Elsewhere in the template, I wanted to link to the search page directly. So, I used the get_search_template() ...
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Nginx Rewrite Rule:: index.html added to every permalink

Been working for several hours on getting my WordPress site to run on a secondary VPS with Nginx. Home is loaded and W3T Cache is working OK, but the permalinks are still broken and each one of them ...
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Permalinks okay some pages but 404 error on others

I recently upgraded to WP 3.4.2 and had multiple issues with custom theme. In the course of trying to fix those, permalinks broke for some pages, not others. I get server 404 page not found for the ...
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How can I send an email in my plugin?

I'm making a plugin that emails the site webmaster when I go to the 404 page. The script checks if the referring link is on our site, and then sends an email to the webmaster. $message = " ...
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Using /wp-admin works, using /login gives a 404. Why?

I just did a manual install and tried to login, but was unable to do so using domain.com/login. I got a 404 error. When I used domain.com/wp-admin, no issues. Did I do something wrong or forget to do ...
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Moving local wordpress page to a real server subdomain broke my permalinks?

I developed a site locally with /%postname%/ permalink structure. I did some sample posts locally and wanted to move this entire local setup to a temporary subdomain like http://review.clientsite.com. ...
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All pages after level 1 showing 404 after WordPress migration plugin - how to fix?

I am in the process of moving my blog away from GoDaddy (yey!) to HostGator. I used the migration plugin on GoDaddy tat created the gz archive of the database, and I copied all my files over to the ...
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Child pages on hierarchical Custom Post Types 404s

I've been working with Custom Post Types lately and haven't had any major problems. This time I'm trying something new. I want to create a CPT which basically works like Pages, with page hierarchy. ...
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Changes to permalink structure results in 404 error for all pages other than home

When changing the permalink structure on my site, I get a 404 error for every page except the home page. I've see other questions that mention resetting the permalink structure to get it work, but ...
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permissions access error

I'm getting this when saving a post after editing: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /wp-admin/post.php on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying ...
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Non “Wordpress” pages/code getting 404 error

I'm hoping that you are my saviours. There seem be lots of people with this problem on the forums, but no clear answer. Here's my predicament:- I've just put together a new Wordpress site on new ...
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An empty Custom Post Type Archive page returns 404 in WP 3.1

I have set up a Custom Post Type called "Portfolio". If I view the CPT's Archive page without adding any posts to it (/portfolio or /?post_type=portfolio), it returns a 404 page. Is there a way to ...
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index2.php in root causing 404 error

I put up a quick splash page with index.php and added a link in that splash page to index2.php and when I go to index2.php, I get a "page not found" error. Getting rid of the splash is not an option ...
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How do I display content to users who are not logged in instead of 404 on Private custom posts?

I want to display a message like "You must be logged in to view this", with Private custom posts. Theoretically, I want to use something like this: if (is_user_logged_in()) { // Page code goes ...
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404 Error Problems with sCategory Permalink plugin

Seems throughout the day my blog seems to show 404 page errors with no pattern. I have to manually change the permalinks from /blog/%scategory%/%postname%/ to default, then back to ...
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Why does the 'Month and Name' Permalink Format not Work on my new Wordpress Site (running on IIS7)?

I have just created a new Wordpress site (version 3.0.1) on a Windows 2003 server, but the 'Month and Time' permalink format does not work. It gives a 404 error when I use it. All of the other ...
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Post preview gives 404 when permalinks are purely date based

I have an issue pertaining specifically to the situation in which permalinks are set to be based only on publication date. My permalink structure is as follows: /%year%%monthnum%%day%/ When I try to ...
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Wordpress triggers 404 on page 2 for custom search query

I modified my index.php to check if the search query is an author and if yes, display articles of that author. That is working fine but as soon as you go to page 2 of the results, wordpress triggers ...
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Error 404 on Network Admin and others

I have a multisite fresh install in my domain. Subfolder setup. Network Admin on the upper right menu has this link http://example.com/wp-admin/network/ and returns a 404 error. Other links like 'Add ...
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One post on my website is going to a 404 page

So I ran into an incredibly odd and frustrating problem today. As the title says, as of today one of the posts on the website is going to a 404 page. This is the ONLY post that goes to a 404 page. ...
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403 thrown instead of 404 on iis [closed]

I am running a wordpress blog (3.4.1) on iis 7.5 with php manager 5.3.13. I cannot configure correctly the 404 page. I have created a 404 page which can be successfully viewed through /404.php. ...
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Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) [closed]

Using Google Chrome Console and also Firebug I get Failed to load resource error on each page. It's an undefined image and the undefined resource is always http://mysite.com/pagename/undefined I've ...
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Getting 404 error on my wp rewrite error

The code I'm using to rewrite urls with query vars: function add_query_vars($aVars) { $aVars[] = "city"; $aVars[] = "address"; $aVars[] = "pg"; return $aVars; } // hook add_query_vars ...
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Wordpress 404 Page displaying on a sub directory that has it's own 404 page

On a subdirectory such as http://website.com/sub/index.html that has it's own .htaccess is still for some reason showing the 404 page I have for Wordpress which is on the directory above this one. ...
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How do I locate the exact location where this error is occurring 404 page not found

I recently installed a wordpress theme and lots of plugins. This error appears on blog post after refreshing page for second time anywhere in between the post content. Here's the link to my site: ...
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redirect deleted / drafted pages

A client asked me to unpublished a page, which I did. However, I kept it as a draft, just in case they wanted to republish at a future date. My issue is that anyone with this link will hit a 404 ...
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cutsom posts 404ing

I can't stop my custom post types from sporadically 404ing. It doesn't always happen and I can't predictably replicate the problem - as in sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. However, once I ...
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Wordpress Page Edit gives Error 404 [closed]

I'm having the stupidest problem, ever. I can manage and edit pages just fine, but after some time, I can no longer edit or preview a page and I receive an "Error 404 - Page Not Found". This ...
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Why do I have a weird rendering issue only on 404.php caused by wp_nav_menu?

I built a navigation menu using the native menu builder in WordPress 3. This is the code I use to render it: <?php wp_nav_menu( array('menu' => 'Main Navigation','menu_id'=> ...
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Category archive leads to me 404 page? [closed]

I’ve category named “Golf Swing Trainers”, with the slug “golf-swing-trainers”.When I click this category it leads to me to 404 page. But if, I change the slug into anything it works fine…. ...
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404 redirecting to home [closed]

I have a multisite network, and my theme has a custom 404.php. On all the child sites this 404 handler is being correctly used, but on the primary site all 404s go back to the home page without ...
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Getting soft 404 errors (200 status) when caching plugins are enabled

I have a blog running the latest stable version of WordPress on a dedicated virtual server with the following situation. (Replace [caching plugin] with W3 Total Cache, Hyper Cache, or Quick Cache, as ...
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make wordpress log errors in apache log file

I need to log 404 errors and wp-login failed attempts on wordpress site. Unfortunately it natively handles everything and doesn't write to apache log file. I tried this: 404.php <?php ...
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Post Pagination Showing Same Posts Every Page

So I have this blog that filters by category Then by city. Somewhere while creating the filtration I broke the pagination which seemed to work fine earlier. It doesn't work on my homepage where it ...
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How do I go about fixing this apparently messed up upgrade?

I'm a WordPress novice trying to help a friend (who is even more of a WordPress novice) with his WordPress blog hosted on GoDaddy. It was working fine until he apparently (he doesn't fully remember) ...
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How to return HTTP 404 when no search results found?

When user search and there is no results found wordpress still return 200 OK. I want to change it to 404 Not Found. Is it possible to return 404 Not Found header in search.php? If yes, how to do ...
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PHP Notice error (when on 404 page)

I have a 404.php template for my theme. I also have WP_DEBUG in wp-config.php set to TRUE. Consider this 404 template: get_header(); ?> <div id="content" style="full-width"> <div ...
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How to properly print a 404 error without redirecton? (i.e. keeping the current URL)

There are some pages on my BuddyPress install that I would like to hide by printing a 404 error. With the help of the following question: Redirect Restricted Page to 404 I came up with this code: ...
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Issue with front page navigation after upgrading to 3.4

I upgraded to WordPress 3.4 and am having an issues with showing a different amount of post on the first page versus the rest. The first page is still showing 5 posts but when I go to /page/2/ I'm ...
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404 Error on form submission within custom post type

I'm trying to create a forum system using WP's custom post types - two post types as Topic/Reply and a Forum taxonomy. I have created a singular template for the topic post type, in which I added a ...
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Is the 404 page automatically displayed if a loop returns nothing?

If you have an index.php with a loop such as: if(have_posts()){ while(have_posts()){ the_post(); } } And nothing is returned, you would generally do a: if(have_posts()){ ...
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How to direct user to actual 404 page when a check is false in single.php?

Can someone tell me how to direct a user to the main 404 file instead of having to print an error message saying "file not found" in single.php? For example: <?php if (!$myVar) { // go to ...
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How do I programmatically generate a 404?

How can I get something like this to work? // in a plugin / theme: // This imaginary function will make WordPress think that the // current request is a 404. // Ideally this function could be ran ...
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Clean install - Changing permalinks in twentyeleven give 404

interesting problem that I encountered, not sure if it's bug or not.. On a clean install using the twentyeleven theme I try changing the Permalink Settings to something different from the Deffault ...
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Sub Domain's Pages return 404

Need some help, I created these websites http://mccsedu.org http://parents.mccsedu.org http://faculty.mccsedu.org http://students.mccsedu.org The main site is working fine, but the pages of the ...