can't install plugins, themes or reinstall/up wordpress, get a 404 page instead.

  • Resolved YacoRoca

    (@yacoroca)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hello, I’ve looked searched through the forums and found similar problems but have not found a solution to this.

    UPDATES
    I noticed today that if I try to fo to “Updates” in the Dashboard, I am taken to “mydomain.com/wp-admin/update-core.php”, but a 404 page.

    PLUGINS
    I keep getting a 404 page when I try to view the plugins page (sometimes), and always when after uploading a plugin, or clicking on “featured, “Popular”, “Newest”, and “Favorites” in the Plugins page.

    THEMES
    Same happens when clicking on “Featured”, “Newest”, and “Recently Updated”.

    Relevant info might be that I have a second WP install in a subdirectory, for a site I’m developing,which shows the same issues. However, up until yesterday, it was working just fine and I was able to install plugins and themes no problem.

    Any clues / suggestions will be much appreciated. Thank you!

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  • Thanks, this is great, I’ll get in touch with InMotion.

    Worked like a charm – Just needed to comment out the line in the .htaccess file that was forcing PHP 5.2.

    Thread Starter YacoRoca

    (@yacoroca)

    Yup. Rachel, were you able to identify exactly which line is that? I’m just curious, since the issue has already been fixed.

    Sorry, I’m not sure – the Tech Support person at InMotion Hosting did it on their end.

    jriemerm

    (@jriemerm)

    Just talked to InMotion and fixed the problem. It’s the .htaccess at the server root level, not /public_html/ but /

    These are the lines:

    # Use PHP52 as default
    #AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 .php

    Just commented out the second line. Solved the problem immediately

    I am getting the same 404 error. I searched ALL of the htaccess files I could find. I could not locate any reference to php52. Really not sure what to do or what kicked this error off. Not sure what to do next. Downgrade WordPress?

    SOLUTION

    Edit the .htaccess file in your ROOT (/) not WordPress folder (/public_html/) to force PHP 5.5 instead of 5.2

    CHANGE:

    # Use PHP52 as default
    AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 .php

    TO:

    # Use PHP52 as default
    AddHandler application/x-httpd-php55 .php

    FINAL ANSWER! (;

    Cross posting (asking another to post here and to then have a reply ) is not appropriate here) OR:

    Please post your own topic.

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