How to Fix WordPress Posts Returning 404 Error?

Question

using cpanel.

I have tried this:

1. Go to Settings » Permalinks, and simply click on Save Changes button.
2. changing my .htaccess to 666

 > # BEGIN WordPress > <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> > RewriteEngine On > RewriteBase / > RewriteRule ^index\\.php$ - [L] > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d > RewriteRule . /index.php [L] > </IfModule> > # END WordPress 

It's still not working.

Answer 1

• Login to your server using FTP, and modify the .htaccess file which is located in the same location where folders like /wp-content/ and /wp-includes/ are located.

• The easiest thing you can do is to temporarily make the file writeable by changing the permissions to 666. Then repeat the original solution.

• Don't forget to change the permissions back to 660. You can also manually add this code in your .htaccess file.

Case 2 :

• Login to your server using FTP, take backup of .htaccess and remove the .htaccess file or you can rename htaccess.

• Login to admin dashboard and update permalinks.

How to update permalinks?