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It may be the case that custom rewrite rules you've made produce 404 errors.

1. Open/edit your .htaccess file. Look for code that looks like this:
   

   # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress

2. List paths that should not obey WordPress rewrites in the RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(path1|path2|path3) [NC]. It should look like this:
   

   # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(abc|xxx|events/go-to-town) [NC] RewriteRule . /index.php [L] RewriteRule ^abc/$ "http://wordpress.com/" [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^xxx/$ "http://support.hostgator.com/" [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^events/go-to-town/$ "http://secure.hostgator.com/~affiliat/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=whatever" [R=301,L] </IfModule> # END WordPress

3. You may now add your custom rewrite rules above the line that begins with </IfModule>,