404 Error when trying to preview, save draft or publish new post

  • I keep getting a 404 Error when trying to preview, save draft or publish new post. I have tried this with all plugins disabled – same result. I notice that the draft actually does get saved, but I found that by clicking on the Posts link. When opening those drafts and trying to preview them the result is 404.

    So I keep trying to add this as a new post. I delete the previously saved drafts. I also notice that sometimes when adding the title the post is saved and a permalink is generated – the proper permalink that matches my settings. But sometimes the draft isn’t auto-saved and the permalink is not generated, at least not visibly. This is a random symptom.

    I am running 3.1.1 (current version) and Thesis 1.8, all plugins and theme completely upgraded.

    I tried just putting the title in and previewing – that worked okay, but when I added my content (copied and pasted from Notepad++) which is only 200 words long, the save and preview and publish return the 404 error again.

    So I tried this AGAIN with the default and the Twenty-Ten theme – same results.

    It turns out this same issue happens with pages as well.

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  • Thread Starter Really Must I?

    (@bartgragg)

    Yeah, you can out type me – but here’s the deal – it’s not about whether you are first – it’s about whether the situation is solved. This issue seems to be intermittent. And no one as far as I can tell has solved it.

    I can do more searches and here’s what I come up with – 404 Error Preview – “About 44,900” results – and I have to ask why? What do all of those have to say? Why isn’t there a repository on that (THIS) issue that allows me to read the things people have tried over the years?

    But, you have graciously pointed out once again, just as so many people with the power to do so – you have pointed out that those of us looking for a solution are wrong – and only you are correct.

    So, you win – I will unsubscribe so that you can do as you wish.

    Sorry for stirring the pot. This has been such a frustrating problem with every suggested solution a failure. However, I did something that might have worked. At least, the issue hasn’t happened again since I tried this.

    There are two mod security fixes that have been recommended to be added to the .htaccess file which I tried and it failed. But after thinking through the problem, I placed the mod_security fixes in the .htaccess file I have in my wp-admin directory. So far, so good. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

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