Custom Permalinks Structures are not getting saved.

  • Resolved Ravi Chahar

    (@ravichahar)


    7 years, 8 months ago

    [ Moderator note: moved to How-to and Troubleshooting. ]

    When I try to save custom structure /%postname%/ then after clicking on the save buttons the settings get shifted to the upper “Post Name” permalink structure.
    I have tried to fix this by deleting the .htaccess file but nothing had changed.
    Still, the settings get changed automatically.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    7 years, 8 months ago

    That’s because the upper “Post Name” permalink structure and /%postname%/ are the same thing. 😉

    Thread Starter Ravi Chahar

    (@ravichahar)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    I know that but I have been using the custom permalink structure for years now. They suddenly reverted to the post name. I mean how?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    7 years, 8 months ago

    I believe that change went in a few versions back. If your Custom structure matches a preset structure, the settings just switches up to the preset, since it’s exactly the same.

    There is absolutely no difference between the Post Name preset and a Custom structure of just /%postname%/

    Thread Starter Ravi Chahar

    (@ravichahar)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    It happened today only. I haven’t updated any plugin, not the WordPress version, nothing. How can it happen automatically?
    But still, it’s fine now. I can deal with it.
    Thanks for your answers.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Odd, the bigger question for me is why it didn’t happen until now, it’s been that way for quite some time. But, no harm here, I wouldn’t worry about it. 🙂

    adinnie

    (@adinnie)

    7 years ago

    I have a question about this as well.

    Yesterday I installed the new WooCommerce 3.0.1 version with the bug fixes. After that I can’t change the permalinks any longer. When I select a permalink version, doesn’t matter which one, and I press save… it is stuck in a loop. It doesn’t save at all but instead it gives back the url over and over again (/options-permalinks.php/options-permalinks.php etc. etc.)

    I reset the permalinks by hand through the DB to ‘blank’, which is the default. Tried it again but nothing. I de-activated all my plugins, didn’t help. Set another theme as default, no luck. Uploaded the options-permalinks.php file through FTP… result none.

    Any idea what I can do next to fix this problem? I own a webshop and had to shut down the place as my order page isn’t working any longer. This because of the ‘bad permalink’ which give a -1 back as result when somebody tries to order.

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