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IN Wordpress, .php files within the theme folder do not run, but return 404 error

Answer 1

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As you have root access, try looking for what is happening in Apache logs. To follow latest request you can use tail.

Which version of Apache you are running? In my configuration of Apache 2.2 you can follow error log in terminal by invoking:

tail -f /var/log/httpd/error_log

It seems that default configuration of Apache 2.2 has error log in /usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log, so my configuration is not default.

If you do not have success with error log, try also looking for information in access log, default location at /usr/local/apache2/logs/access_log.

jsalonen 2010-02-03 20:44:47

Can't find that httpd folder...any other location wher the error log might be?

jeffkee 2010-02-03 23:51:53

My mistake! I found out my configuration was devised from default. I added some tips that could help you more!

jsalonen 2010-02-04 08:41:21

[Thu Feb 04 01:44:00 2010] [error] [client 174.6.169.139] SoftException in Application.cpp:610: Directory "/home/sonikas/public_html/wp-content/themes/sonikas" is writeable by others, referer: http://www.sonikastudios.com/portfolio/drive-dance-centre[Thu Feb 04 01:44:00 2010] [error] [client 174.6.169.139] Premature end of script headers: timthumb.php, referer: http://www.sonikastudios.com/portfolio/drive-dance-centreI think that's the culprit. So I guess there's heightened security... I'm usually lazy and I just set permission to 777 but i suppose I shoudl go with 755 or something.

jeffkee 2010-02-04 09:45:39

FIXED!!!!! I changed wp-content to permission 755 and it worked!!! Thakn you so much - you pointed me towards the perfect place to do this. You are great.

jeffkee 2010-02-04 09:58:22

No problems mate :) This also gives you one more good reason why setting permissions to 777 is not a good idea ;)

jsalonen 2010-02-04 09:58:54

http://www.jeffkee.com/web-development-design/timthumb-php-404-apache-php-security-chmod-755-777-error-lo/

jeffkee 2010-02-04 10:15:47

Answer 2

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Wordpress is probably using some mod_rewrite rules to send every request to its index.php. And there it’s analyzing the request and returning a 404 status code if one of its internals was requested.

Gumbo 2010-02-03 20:46:10

Not just that issue. Any other files (jpgs for example) run fine in the sub-folders and do not revert to the /index.php file. I understand what the mod rewrite in the .htcaccess does. These sites and files worked just fine on my previous server. I just migrated for faster speed and larger capacity etc., and some apache or php setting is preventing this from working.

jeffkee 2010-02-04 00:13:49

Answer 3

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This is a problem with your .htaccess file generated by WordPress. It redirects all requests for your site that aren't wp-admin/ or in your uploads directory to the index.php file for WordPress (the request handler that queries for posts, etc.)

nickohrn 2010-02-03 20:47:13

jeffkee 2010-02-03 23:50:29

Answer 4

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Same error can occur when the file it self is also writable. Make sure the file is 644 and NOT 666 !

DonPuia 2010-07-16 09:08:04

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