Title: [1.5] Permalink problem Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # [1.5] Permalink problem * [jatonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jatonline/) * (@jatonline) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/) * I’ve searched the forums a number of times, but havn’t quite found the problem I’m experiencing. * When I add anything in the permlink structure, pages immediately break. All page links in the nav bar are in the form [http://site/pagename](http://site/pagename), however this always gives a 404 error. * If permalinks are in the form /%category%/%postname%/ then I get the WP 404 page, however if permalinks are set as something like /archives/%year….%/%post_id%/ then I get a server 404 page. * Is it possible to get pages to work with permalinks like this? (Sorry if this is an obvious question) * My .htaccess is writeable so no problems there. * Many thanks, Jat Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) * [NuclearMoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuclearmoose/) * (@nuclearmoose) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-144720) * I would recommend that you delete the contents of your .htaccess file, and then re-generate the permalink rules into a nice clean file. If this doesn’t help, please let us know. * Thread Starter [jatonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jatonline/) * (@jatonline) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-144721) * Nope, still no luck 🙁 * This installation is hosted at [http://me.jatonline.co.uk/wp1.5/](http://me.jatonline.co.uk/wp1.5/) if you’re interested * (this is my home pc so the link won’t always work) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-144724) * Delete your .htaccess file (the whole file) and try again. * Thread Starter [jatonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jatonline/) * (@jatonline) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-144729) * Done… in every conceivable order, * Delete htaccess, Create page, Change permalink options Delete htaccess, Change permalink options, Create page Create page, Delete htaccess, Change permalink options * etc… no luck * [Michael Adams (mdawaffe)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdawaffe/) * (@mdawaffe) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-144730) * Don’t know if this will help: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks) * I would recommend using the default example permalinks WordPress suggests for the moment until things get sorted out (but it sounds like that’s what you’re doing, anyway). * I see that [http://me.jatonline.co.uk/wp1.5/index.php?page_id=4](http://me.jatonline.co.uk/wp1.5/index.php?page_id=4) works, so it really is _definitely_ a permalink issue (never hurts to check). * Other than that, what version of Apache/PHP? For some versions of Apache, as I recall, there’s occassionally odd problems like this. You might look into Ryan Boren’s [Alternative Rewrite Rules](http://boren.nu/archives/2004/10/08/alternative-rewrite-rules/)( if you use these, you’ll want to make .htaccess NOT writeable). The disadvantage with these rules is that 404 errors are not _logged_ (without a plugin) but the appropriate headers are still sent to the client. * Thread Starter [jatonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jatonline/) * (@jatonline) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-144734) * I’ve tried Boren’s rules before, but giving them another go I still get the same problem. * I’m using Apache/2.0.52 (Win32) PHP/4.3.9 on my testing server if that helps * (I’ve just realised that I am actually running PHP 4.3.9 so have made the server unavailable to the public) * Thread Starter [jatonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jatonline/) * (@jatonline) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-145078) * OK, I’ve solved the problem… * First, I upgraded some of my server binaries, to Apache/2.0.52 (Win32) PHP/4.3.10 and MySQL/4.1.10 * but this still **didn’t** work. * My ‘solution’ was to revert to Apache/1.3.33, so it would appear (on my setup), this feature of WordPress is not compatible with Apache 2? * [edit] (the dashboard also didn’t work under Apache 2… as now suddenly the WP blog is displayed!) [/edit] * [edit] Also see [here](http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=23538#post-133246)[/ edit] * [Michael Adams (mdawaffe)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdawaffe/) * (@mdawaffe) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-145082) * Odd. Very odd. * [http://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=752](http://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=752) * Please add a note or something to that bug. Include versions of Apache, PHP, MySQL (can’t hurt) and platform (windows, linux…). Any/all info about your setup. * [rustindy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustindy/) * (@rustindy) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-145083) * PHP4 has issues with MySQL 4.1 related to authentication, but that doesn’t sound like the problem here. I use Apache 2 with PHP5 and MySQL 4.1 no problem for the 1.5 blogs, and IIS with PHP4 and MySQL 4.0 for the 1.2 blogs (though I had to get 3rd party poopware to get permalinks working on IIS). * You might want to check your “php.ini” file and make sure that your wordpress site has the necessary override permissions regarding what can appear in the ` htaccess` file, and that mod_rewrite is indeed enabled and configured correctly( I don’t remember offhand if it has any specific configuration settings, but it might). * [darkcryst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkcryst/) * (@darkcryst) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-145086) * I have the same problem – its the rewrite rules somewhere – because an older nightly works FINE. * Bugged, pure and simple. * [pieceoplastic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pieceoplastic/) * (@pieceoplastic) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-145284) * as can be read [elsewhere](http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=23538) i have the same problem(s) with my wordpress testsite (no dashboard, plugin activation problems etc.). i am not too techsavvy, but maybe there would be something i can do to help isolate the problem? * Thread Starter [jatonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jatonline/) * (@jatonline) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-145285) * Do you have a link to the site? * [pieceoplastic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pieceoplastic/) * (@pieceoplastic) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/15-permalink-problem/#post-145306) * sure. my 1.5 testinstall is at [web-laun.ch/wordpress](http://web-laun.ch/wordpress). i think i have a getinfo.php in there… just checked. yeah i do. * i just read your bugreports. i can confirm the page permalink problem as well. but i have another issue with my pages. but i guess this would be another problem, but maybe not… so let me just say it. in pages, any html i introduce will when i later edit it have backslashes before all “. for instance