Last update made my homepage un-indexable

Hello? Can anybody help me? All of the support I’ve received elsewhere says that plugins must be the issue for returning a 404 error on my homepage but I’m not using any plugins that I wasn’t using with the older version of enfold.

I have tried running tests when all of the plugins are disabled so it can’t be plugins can it?

When I deactivated the enfold theme and activate the twenty sixteen theme the 404 problem disappeared immediately.

has anybody experienced the same problem with the enfold update?

Can anybody help me resolve this issue, I’m sick of all of my hard work in both of my enfold themed sites, all going to waste. I paid for the Yoast plugin and now the theme has made my site unindexable…. is anybody answering on here?

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by Steamed.

Hi Victoria, Thanks for your reply. i need help from here because since my orignal post I’ve been on other forums and getting emails back from other support groups that have been quicker but unsuccessful.

I’ve cleared the cache and I still get the 404 error for both of my websites.

http://www.aceselfdefense.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-02-27-at-3.52.05-pm.png
http://www.aceselfdefense.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-02-27-at-3.51.12-pm.png

Those results came from https://httpstatus.io/

This is the response I got from Yoast….

Although the homepage displays content, the page returns a 404 Not Found status code. The code can be checked here: https://httpstatus.io/

Sometimes resetting the permalink structure will quickly solve a 404 error from a recent change to your installation. Go to Admin > Settings > Permalinks and click save without altering anything. Then test the homepage here. If it returns a 200 OK, it can take up to a week for Google to index the changes you made, depending on how often your website is crawled. So for now, we’ll have to wait for Google to crawl your site again.

Sometimes you can speed up this process as described in this KB: Fetch as Googlebot

If it still returns a 404 Not Found, this may be a plugin or theme conflict. Please attempt to disable all plugins, and use one of the default (Twenty*) themes. If the problem goes away, enable them one by one, starting with Yoast SEO, to identify the source of your troubles.

We understand if you wouldn’t want to deactivate your plugins and switch themes on a production site, so it may be preferable that you set up a staging environment for your tests. Some popular web hosts offer quick setups for a staging site so please contact your web host for assistance.

If your web host does not offer staging sites, this article will help you create a staging site: http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-staging-environment-for-a-wordpress-site/

If you are unfamiliar with checking for conflicts, we’d like to point you to a step-by-step guide that will walk you through the process: How to check for plugin conflicts

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by Steamed.

Hi Rikard. No i’m not using any 404 page, just what comes with the theme

Ok Thanks Rikard. I have two websites with the Enfold theme and they both have the same problem. Both temporary logins are posted in the private section.

thanks very much

Thanks Rikard, according to https://httpstatus.io/ it still produces a 404 error.

oH ok, thanks very much mate, As always once you explain it I feel kinda silly but I’m very grateful for your assistance. I didn’t actually change anything in the PT website but now it also produces a 200 code so whatever happened has worked.

Thanks mate, I appreciate it.