A Webhook 404 error occurs when buyer use PayPal

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  infoaf3fed41bfe · Member · Jun 12, 2026 at 2:18 am

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  The buyer is unable to pay via PayPal. The logs show a “Webhook 404” error.

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  james3265166 · Member · Jun 12, 2026 at 6:17 pm

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  The ‘Webhook 404’ error means that PayPal’s automated payment notifications are hitting a dead end on your server, which immediately blocks checkout processing for your buyers. This break usually occurs if your site’s permalink structures were altered, if a security/firewall plugin (like Wordfence) is blocking the inbound automated API requests, or if your connection token became un-synchronized. To resolve this on lessfume.com, first go to your WordPress dashboard under Settings > Permalinks and simply click Save Changes at the bottom without modifying anything; this cleanly flushes and rebuilds your site’s URL rewrite rules. Next, navigate to WooCommerce > Settings > Payments > PayPal, look for the Webhook management area, and click the option to Resubscribe or recreate the webhook. This forces the plugin to communicate with your PayPal Developer Dashboard and re-register a fresh, fully working endpoint URL!