title: WordPress is giving me 404 page not found for all pages except the homepage
body: <p>All of a sudden I go to my WordPress website and all the pages give me a 404 page not found page. I'm assuming the problem lies with the permalink structure, which I could swear I did not touch. The permalink setting is on "month and name."</p>
  
  <p>I've researched similar instances of this problem online and a lot of it has to do with the <code>.htaccess</code> file? I tried finding, but I can't. Perhaps it got deleted somehow? Where is it supposed to be located.</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions will be helpful</p>
  
  <p>and of course I can see hidden files.</p>