Title: 404 problem, permalink?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# 404 problem, permalink?

 *  Resolved [pmtate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmtate/)
 * (@pmtate)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-problem-permalink/)
 * I keep getting 404 messages, I use a 404.php which gives me the link that people
   are looking for, they all seem to end in /index.php eg:
 * > [http://www.pmtate.co.uk/home/contact/index.php](http://www.pmtate.co.uk/home/contact/index.php)
   > 
   > [http://www.pmtate.co.uk/2006/07/icaew-incoming-presidents-day/index.php](http://www.pmtate.co.uk/2006/07/icaew-incoming-presidents-day/index.php)
   > [http://www.pmtate.co.uk/2006/06/27/index.php](http://www.pmtate.co.uk/2006/06/27/index.php)
 * is this something wrong with my permalinks? my .htaccess etc?
    If I try the link
   without /index.php invariably they work.
 * tia
 * Paul

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 *  Thread Starter [pmtate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmtate/)
 * (@pmtate)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-problem-permalink/#post-542557)
 * anyone any ideas please?
 *  [cheese500](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cduke250/)
 * (@cduke250)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-problem-permalink/#post-542566)
 *     ```
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(.+)/index\.php$
       RewriteRule ^(.+)/index\.php http://site.com/$1/ [R=301,L]
       ```
   
 * You can also try adding this to the top of your .htaccess file
    `DirectoryIndex
   index.php`
    - [mod_rewrite code examples](http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-tips-and-tricks.html)
    - [mod_rewrite help forum](http://www.htaccesselite.com/htaccess/)
 *  Thread Starter [pmtate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmtate/)
 * (@pmtate)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-problem-permalink/#post-542587)
 * thanks that seems to have worked

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## Tags

 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [permalink](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink/)

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 * Last reply from: [pmtate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmtate/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-problem-permalink/#post-542587)
 * Status: resolved

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