Have you changed your permalink settings? Dashboard > Settings > Permalinks. Change them to anything except for the first option.
I’m having the same problem.
Bump… exactly the same thing here, I haven’t been able to use BP at all, and this is a brand new WP installation 
hey pals, I had the same problem. Searched a little in the wp documentation about permalinks. Seems that to use the permalinks other than the default one, mod-rewrite needs to be enabled in apache server. I followed the steps and enabled the mod-rewrite module and now everything is working fine. here’s the documentation https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
I am getting the error 404 for every link I click on in BuddyPress. I tried switching the permalinks from default but that didn’t work. I got lost with the apache web server stuff. Can anyone make it a little bit simpler for this newbie? Thanks!
I rectified this problem by reinstalling, although it is a crude way.
@Tod Locksmith, this is a fresh install (actually there have been 3, all with the same issue).
@Roopunk, I’m not sure my host would allow mod-rewrite to be enabled. Thoughts?
Update, just confirmed that mod_rewrite is enabled on my server… so, other suggestions / ideas?
Having the same problem on a fresh WP 3.0.5 install and mod_rewrite is enabled.
rcwatson, did you change theme to bp-default theme? What’s in your htaccess file?
Had the same problem on a fresh BP 1.2.8 install on a fresh WP 3.1. Changed theme to bp default, changed permalink settings, made sure .htaccess contained rewrite rules as generated by BP. mod_rewrite was definitely activated. However, the .htaccess in the BP root (a subdirectory under a local domain) was not evaluated at all. Ubuntu 10.04 server edition, everything installed via packet management except for WP/BP which were simply unzipped from the download archives.
This entry in httpd.conf helped:
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Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride FileInfo Options
Allow from all
`
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Change the root dir of bp accordingly. After that all the links on tabs, registration etc. worked fine.
Thank you so much, ftrenkam! Your post worked for me!
You said:
This entry in httpd.conf helped:
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Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride FileInfo Options
Allow from all
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Change the root dir of bp accordingly. After that all the links on tabs, registration etc. worked fine.
Hi carminka,
I am having the same problem but I haven’t been able to figure it out. I see adding to the httpd.conf file worked but I can’t even find this file. Can you please help me..
Thanks,
Tabatha
