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I have a wordpress website (buddypress plugin/themes). I'm using a plugin that requires access to a .php file in the plugins dirctory. The path is http://localhost.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-fb-autoconnect/_process_login.php but I'm getting the a 404 page not found error. A post on the plugins FAQs (http://www.justin-klein.com/projects/wp-fb-autoconnect) says:

I'm getting a 404 server error while trying to execute _process_login.php. Your FTP client is probably set to upload files with the wrong permissions - try changing _process_login.php and the parent directory to 755. You should be able to access _process_login.php directly and have it say "Please do not access this script directly." If not, that means your server isn't executing the php at all (and it's a problem with your server configuration rather than the plugin).

I have changed the directory permissions to 755 and I still can't access the file. I guess it's a server configuration issue.

I have no .htaccess file in the root but I'm not sure if I need to specify that a php file can be directly accessed in that or not. Can anyone suggest how I would get access to that file. I can see the directory content (just now) but can't open that file.

Please note the site is actually live on the web but since I'm messing around with permissions I replaced the actual domain with localhost for security reasons...

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  • Have you check the permissions on the file itself? Set the folder + all its content to 777 and see if it works. If it does, then it's a permissions issue and you can focus on that. Commented Jan 10, 2012 at 23:29
  • Tried 777 on the parent folder and on the php file itself. Still 'page not found' Commented Jan 10, 2012 at 23:32
  • upload an html file to the same directory and see if you can access it. If you can, then rename the file to have a .php extension and see if you can access it then. If this loads as well then I'll need to see the source code for _process_login.php (I'm guessing it's failing to include a dependent file)... if you cannot load either the html file or the dummy php file, then you'll need to check your htaccess settings Commented Jan 10, 2012 at 23:36
  • Good suggestion! I created a file called test.html and was able to access it. Changed it to test.php and got page not found Commented Jan 11, 2012 at 10:18
  • OK, I'm guessing that apache (probably set via htaccess) is configured to rewrite requests to pages with .php extensions. Can you check that there are no htaccess files in your plugin folder? Also, check that you're able to access php files in other plugins. Commented Jan 11, 2012 at 14:18

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Sorry folks my hosting provider figured it out. Somehow my wp-content directory permissions were 757. Changed them to 775 and it works. I was only changing the files direct parent directory. Thanks @Ben D for your help

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