{"id":11139,"date":"2024-05-01T21:57:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T21:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostvento.com\/kb\/web-hosting\/getting-started-guide\/shared-hosting-quick-start-guide\/managed-wordpress-quick-start-guide\/how-to-fix-the-404-page-not-found-error-in-wordpress\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T03:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T03:33:51","slug":"how-to-fix-the-404-page-not-found-error-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/docs\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-fix-the-404-page-not-found-error-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix the 404 Page Not Found Error in WordPress?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you have been using WordPress for a long, you are most likely familiar with the 404 Page Not Found problem. When you browse your website&#8217;s internal pages from the home page, the error message &#8220;Page URL not found&#8221; will appear on your screen.<br>These plugins&#8217; cache needs to be regularly cleared because it can keep showing visitors the outdated version of your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following procedures outline how to clear the cache of four of the most widely used WordPress plugins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most common errors,&nbsp;<strong>404 Page Not Found<\/strong>,&nbsp;generally occurs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>after transferring a new website or,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>when you modify the rules in the .htaccess file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We have given solutions to either of these problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I. Adding .htaccess File<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Log in to your control panel and open&nbsp;the&nbsp;<strong>File Manager<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.&nbsp;Browse the folder for your WordPress site to locate&nbsp;<strong>\/wp-content\/<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>\/wp-includes\/<\/strong>&nbsp;folders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: You will have to enable the show hidden files option from the&nbsp;<strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Open and edit the&nbsp;<strong>.htaccess<\/strong>&nbsp;file located in their folder.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wp_htaccess.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12161\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>4. Paste the code given below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"># BEGIN WordPress\n\nRewriteEngine On\nRewriteBase \/\nRewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]\nRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f\nRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d\nRewriteRule . \/index.php [L]\n\n# End WordPress<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If the folder does not have a .htaccess file, then create a new one in that location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Click the&nbsp;<strong>+File<\/strong>&nbsp;button&nbsp;on the top-right corner of the dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cp_file-manager_create_file.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12170\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>5.&nbsp;Enter the name&nbsp;<strong>.htaccess<\/strong>&nbsp;under the&nbsp;<strong>New File Name<\/strong>&nbsp;field and click the&nbsp;<strong>Create New File<\/strong>&nbsp;button.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/file_manager_create_newfile-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12172\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>6. Edit the file and paste the above code into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This solution is enough to fix the 404 Page not found error for most cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: This problem generally occurs after moving\/migrating a website from another domain or location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">II. Revise the Permalinks Structure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Log in to WordPress Dashboard with the Admin account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Go to&nbsp;<strong>Settings<\/strong>&nbsp;and click on&nbsp;<strong>Permalinks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wp_settings_permalinks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12158\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>3. Select&nbsp;<strong>Post name&nbsp;<\/strong>and click on&nbsp;<strong>Save Changes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostvento.com\/kb\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wp_permalinks_postname.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12159\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The system will reset your permalink structure to the previous default setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, WordPress automatically rewrites the .htaccess file, fixing the website\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>404 Requested URL not found<\/strong>&nbsp;error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hostvento.com\/kb\/web-hosting\/how-to-monitor-the-services-on-your-server-from-whm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to Monitor the Services on your Server from WHM?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been using WordPress for a long, you are most likely familiar with the 404 Page Not Found problem. 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