All of a sudden I go to my WordPress website and all the pages give me a 404 page not found page. I'm assuming the problem lies with the permalink structure, which I could swear I did not touch. The permalink setting is on "month and name."
I've researched similar instances of this problem online and a lot of it has to do with the .htaccess
file? I tried finding, but I can't. Perhaps it got deleted somehow? Where is it supposed to be located.
Any suggestions will be helpful
and of course I can see hidden files.
Best Answer
.htaccess is a hidden file, so you must set all files as visible in your ftp.
I suggest you return your permalink structure to default ( ?p=ID ) so you ensure that .htaccess is the problem.
After that, you could simply set "month and name" structure again, and see if it works.
PS: Have you upgraded to 3.1? I've seen some people with plugin issues in this case.