404 error fix with Maxcdn and w3

  • This will save someone a lot of headaches.

    I had w3cache installed which I was never quite happy with—but I joined Maxcdn to try and help my site run faster. Huge crashes and 404’s soon as I did the Maxcdn. I don’t know why—but I know that you have uninstall W3 and then go reset permalinks. That is the only fix.

    You can find permalinks under settings.

    I really hope this helps cause I understand from my provider that this is a problem—I thought it was a server issue—but it’s not.

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  • Sorry, but your hosting provider was wrong. If they told you that the fix was removing W3TC, then they just didn’t want to spend enough time debugging.

    Basically, W3TC hacks your .htaccess big time, it COULD interfere with WordPress stuff, then some unnecessary redirection will happen, them BOOM! Big mess.

    What you should have done is

    1) Disable W3TC
    2) Clear W3TC Cache
    3) Reset your .htaccess and premalinks, make sure you have no redirection, no unneeded 301, no hotlink protection
    4) Re-enable W3TC
    5) Clear/Purge cache on MaxCDN
    4) Enable CDN in W3TC.

    MaxCDN’s support team is pretty well versed with that kind of stuff, they would have helped!

    Good luck to you, I hope my reply was helpful!

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