DanMSchell

From the article on file permissions, it instructs only changing permissions on the wpcontent and the htaccess file.

This article https://www.techzoomin.com/wordpress-login-issueswp-admin-showing-404-error-page/
instructs changing all to 755.

I have tried this recursive permission setting and still no luck

calling it a day… work on this tomorrow…
The site is working. It has all the new files in the root directory, the new wp-admin files, the old wp-includes files and the wp-content directory the htacess and the wp-config files from the original installation.

wp-admin still does not work and can not logon. SO… now why does the new wp-include files cause the site not to work…? Perhaps that is where the problem lies…

I have not done this since I was unclear… Would you clarify please

/** Load WordPress dashboard API */
require_once(‘/www.rebaxter.net/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php’);

I copied htaccess and the site works with the new WP-admin directory

With the new wp-includes directory I get:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/rebaxter/public_html/wp-includes/cron.php on line 383

What files need their permissions changed and to what?

Opps I was wrong only the home page works, all pages from the menu do not work, I suspect a permalink issue

I restored the WP-includes and now the site works.

wp-admin login attempt now returns:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I downloaded the fresh copy of wordpress and replace the entire site with everything except for wp-content and wp-config.

Now everything is dead…. the error is

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/rebaxter/public_html/wp-includes/cron.php on line 383
HELP !!!

Sorry. I needs to be like:

/** Load WordPress dashboard API */
require_once(‘/home/user/public_html/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php’);

Sorry, I am unclear is this what you mean?
require_once(‘/www.rebaxter.net/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php’);

copying wp-admin/index.php file from my backup as of two weeks ago did nothing.

I will work this later tonight, I have to leave for a while to make the wife happy!
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME !

I have a ftp backup of the site, So I will copy over the wp-admin directory from my backup.

If that does not work I can do the wordpress re-install.
How do I do a database backup? Sorry for what must be a stupid question.

Are you able to view this screen shot?

https://www.rebaxter.net/Capture.JPG

sure how do I share a screen shot here?

If I download and re-install wordpress will it corrupt anything as long as I save wp-config.php and wp-content?

Rename theme, produced a blank white screen…. nothing more

When it 404’s the site comes up with a message
Error 404 – Page Not Found
on the home page of the site, with the sidebar working.
https://www.rebaxter.net/wp-admin/ in the browser address
Is that what you wanted?