There is a known bug with WordPress blogs hosted on Bluehost that will crash your site and prevent you from logging into your WordPress dashboard. The bug occurs if you change the permalink settings on your site. This tutorial will show you what triggers the bug, and how to fix it.

If you’re not comfortable using an FTP client and plain text editor, which you’ll need to get your site working again, don’t trigger the bug without some help first.

Setting Permalinks – This Triggers the Bug

1. Login to your WordPress dashboard.

 

1. Expand the Settings menu and select Permalinks
   

 

1. Select either the Day and Name or Month and Name option, and then select the Save Changes button
   

 

1. From this point forward, if you try to load any part of your blog, you will receive a 404 error. You will receive this error until you fix the htaccess file.

Fixing the Bug: How to Fix the .htaccess File

1. Download the .htaccess file that is generated after saving the permalink options from the previous step. The .htaccess...

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