Title: 3.3 Permalink issues 404
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# 3.3 Permalink issues 404

 *  [arrak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arrak/)
 * (@arrak)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/33-permalink-issues-404/)
 * Hi Everyone.
 * By googling it and even by this own site I am finding that this seems to be a
   common issue. The last one I looked at I had hope, however it dealt with problems
   with sub-domains and sub directories, and that does not apply to me.
 * I installed WordPress 3.3 on my site and I like it. I really do. However I want
   to change the permalink structure to the Day and Name Setting ([http://www.example.com/2011/12/19/sample-post/](http://www.example.com/2011/12/19/sample-post/)).
   When I did that it came up with an error that said that it needed to write to
   the .htaccess file. I both made it with the content provided and when that didn’t
   work I chmod g+w .htaccess, the message about permissions went away. Both ways
   I got a 404 error when following the link to the post itself, though it still
   showed up on the main page. The site is in the parent directory for the domain(/
   home/www/example/), not a directory within that domain nor is it a sub-domain.
 * Every answer that I have looked at doesn’t seem to work.
 * I like how it seems like it is a big problem because they even use a permalink
   problem with 3.3 as an example of how to describe a problem.
 * Anyonw have a solid solution?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/33-permalink-issues-404/#post-2459024)
 * Your server environment needs to be running some version of [mod-rewrite](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#mod_rewrite:_.22Pretty_Permalinks.22)
   for permalinks to be used…Check with your host if it is…
 *  [jcaynes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcaynes/)
 * (@jcaynes)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/33-permalink-issues-404/#post-2459224)
 * Good morning, I have WordPress 3.3 now, having recently upgraded on a multi-site.
   I have tried to disable, update the mod_rewrite rules, disabled the theme, disabled
   plugins and the only permalinks that work are the default permalinks. I have 
   been unable to use the pretty permalinks option since the upgrade. Any ideas 
   on any other thread to tug on and resolve the errors?
 * Thanks!
 *  [jcaynes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcaynes/)
 * (@jcaynes)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/33-permalink-issues-404/#post-2459225)
 * Sorry, disabled .htaccess, upated the rules, etc.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [jcaynes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcaynes/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/33-permalink-issues-404/#post-2459225)
 * Status: not resolved

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