Title: Custom Theme 404 Error with Permalinks
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Custom Theme 404 Error with Permalinks

 *  Resolved [htausch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/htausch/)
 * (@htausch)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-404-error-with-permalinks/)
 * I have searched to the edges of the internet for a solution to no avail. I am
   volunteering for an association, their custom built theme is returning 404 errors
   when I use any permalink option besides default. So far it’s only effecting the
   modern tribe events custom posts.
 * For a while I was able to fix the issue by manually changing the post URL. But
   that no longer works.
 * I reached out to modern tribe and they troubleshooted the issue with me. Disabling
   all plugins doesn’t help, but switching to the twenty fourteen theme fixes it.
   This led them to believe it was not a plugin issue but a theme issue.
 * Then I discovered several posts that blame the .htaccess file for this issue.
   I edited it, adjusted permissions to 644, and eventually deleted it so WP could
   generate a new one. None of that worked.
 * Other posts blamed the mod_rewrite on the server. I contacted Bluehost and they
   spent all morning checking settings etc… They eventually told me that it wasn’t
   a server issue and was most likely an issue with the theme. Especially since 
   I don’t have the issue with the twenty fourteen theme.
 * I have no idea what in a theme would cause this. Would it be in the functions.
   php file? What should I look for? The theme developer was a former member of 
   the association that is long gone so I have no resource for this.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-404-error-with-permalinks/#post-5131454)
 * > The theme developer was a former member of the association that is long gone
   > so I have no resource for this.
 * My suggeston is to choose a theme from the WP [themes](http://wordpress.org/themes/)
   repo. They are free!
 *  Thread Starter [htausch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/htausch/)
 * (@htausch)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-404-error-with-permalinks/#post-5131465)
 * I was able to fix it! After I updated the .htaccess file I had the idea to switch
   to twenty fourteen again and see if that still worked. It didn’t. So I decided
   to go through the troubleshooting process again. deactivating all the plugins
   fixed the issue this time! So I went through and reactivated them one by one 
   until I found the culprit.
 * So it looks like the issue was a bad .htaccess file AND a conflicting plugin.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-404-error-with-permalinks/#post-5131481)
 * Glad you got it sorted 🙂

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 * [custom posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-posts/)
 * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/)

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 * Last reply from: [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-theme-404-error-with-permalinks/#post-5131481)
 * Status: resolved

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