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Resolving 404 Errors

Fix 1: Flush WordPress Permalinks (Most Common)

  1. WordPress admin ? Settings ? Permalinks
  2. Click Save Changes without changing anything
  3. Test your pages

Fix 2: Restore .htaccess

  1. cPanel ? File Manager ? public_html
  2. Create or restore .htaccess with standard WordPress rules

Fix 3: Set Up 301 Redirects

If a page was moved or deleted, install the Redirection plugin and create a redirect from the old URL to the new one.

Fix 4: Check DNS

If entire site gives 404, verify your domain DNS is pointing to our servers.

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Ryan Botha

Ryan Botha

Ryan is a web hosting specialist and digital marketing consultant based in Johannesburg, South Africa, with over 12 years of experience in the industry. He has helped hundreds of South African businesses get online, improve their Google rankings, and build websites that actually generate leads. Ryan specialises in WordPress, technical SEO, and web performance - and writes to make complex topics easy to understand for business owners.