kristanlh
Member
Posted 11 months ago #
My permalinks suddenly stopped working about two hours ago. I can't figure out why... I AM over the quota on my hosting plan (and am working on that issue separately) but I was able to post two more entries and they show up on the main page, it's just clicking on their permalinks that doesn't work. Using the default "ugly" link structure (?p=123) works fine, so that is what I'm doing temporarily. I tried deactivating all plugins, but that did nothing.
Does anyone else have this problem, and/or know how to fix it?
Thank you!
This happened to me after installing WP a while back.
It turned out that my hosting company wasn't recognizing my .htaccess file at first, which is where WP sets its re-write rules (to make "pretty permalinks").
If this is the case, check again in a few hours as my company has stated "any changes made to an existing .htaccess file will be recognized immediately. Any new .htaccess files will become available within an hour of installation."
meesha
Member
Posted 11 months ago #
Make sure that your .htaccess file is in your blog's root directory and has correct permissions. That way when you switch from default permalinks to pretty permalinks then WP can add the correct "re-write rules" to it. Find a great plugin named "AskApache RewriteRules Viewer 3.0" and install it. Let's you see what your .htaccess file is doing and what rules are really there.
kristanlh
Member
Posted 11 months ago #
Thanks for the advice! Actually I did need to let WordPress change the htaccess, BUT I also had to delete some inessential files. Only then would the permalinks work again.
Looks like I need to upgrade my hosting plan...
kristanlh
Member
Posted 11 months ago #
Update: Since upgrading to more space, there have been NO problems with the permalinks!
