CiviCRM: 4.7.7 Wordpress: 4.5.2 Host: WPEngine

After a normal and successful install, I ran into an issue where core assets (like jquery) were 404ing because of url paths. The solution ended up being adding this to the top of civicrm.settings.php (found in /wp-content/uploads/civicrm).

The source of this answer can be found [here](http://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/9776/word-press-install-missing-civicrm-settings-php-dashboard-unavailable-no-menus)