How to Fix WordPress Posts Returning 404 Error

wordpresspoint November 26, 2020

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WordPress is a CMS that is strong. A minor tweak will make your website unavailable occasionally. However, it is incredibly convenient to find a solution to any WordPress problem (check out how to better apply for and get WordPress support). We also discussed some of the most common topics facing WordPress users in the past. Like an internal server fault or database link establishment error. WordPress posts that return a 404 error are another typical issue that most WordPress users encounter at some point. In this article, we will teach you how to repair a 404 error returned by WordPress entries.

Go to Settings » Permalinks, and simply click on the Save Changes button.

Your permalink settings and flush rewrite rules will be revised. In most situations, this workaround solves the 404 error posted by WordPress. If it doesn’t work for you, though, then you probably need to manually upgrade your .htaccess code.

Using FTP to connect to your server and edit the .htaccess file, which is stored in the same position as /wp-content/ and /wp-includes/ directories. By modifying the permissions to 666, the simplest thing you can do is to briefly make the file writeable. Repeat the initial solution again. Mind to move the permissions back to 660. This code can also be manually applied to the .htaccess file:

Fix for Local Servers

Often, for research purposes, designers and developers mount WordPress on their machines using a local server. If you want to use a pretty permalink, then you need to allow the rewrite module in your MAMP, WAMP, or XXAMP Apache setup.

We hope this essay has helped you overcome the 404 error returning posts in WordPress. Is this solution worked out for you? Will you have a different solution that has worked for you? Share it in the comments below, please. For users who run into this issue, we would like to make this article a detailed resource.