Similar problem here.
2 wordpress sites, one with postname permalinks, the other with plain permalinks.
From wp-admin of {plain permalinks} server -> tests are OK.
From wp-admin of {postname permalinks} tests fail with a 404.
‘Alert – Error contacting the remote site: 404 – Not Found On the remote site, please make sure the permalinks are not using the “Plain” option.’
The requested URL /wprus/login/ was not found on this server.
We are trying to work out a way of rewriting the url /wprus/.* with a plain permalink style, but did not achieve much at the moment.
Thanks,
simon