Title: GoDaddy Permalinks
Last modified: August 19, 2016
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# GoDaddy Permalinks
* Resolved [anupamk130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anupamk130/)
* (@anupamk130)
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/)
* I am having issues with GoDaddy permalinks. Default works, but custom doesn’t.
any solutions?
* I found this on the web. [http://ctrlf5.net/?p=9](http://ctrlf5.net/?p=9)
If
this does indeed work, would google still think its a dead link? does it effect
seo?
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* [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
* (@shane-g-1)
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335049)
* Hi,
* Set your desired permalink and add this code in htaccess of your blog/site:
* ```
# BEGIN WordPress
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress
```
* Thanks,
* Shane G.
* Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
* (@ipstenu)
* 🏳️🌈 Advisor and Activist
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335050)
* Custom permalinks can take up to half an hour to kick in, due to the way GoDaddy
clusters servers. They CLAIM they no longer cache the .htaccess file, but the
problem has persisted enough that I think they didn’t fix all the servers.
* From [http://zacvineyard.com/blog/2008/10/24/wordpress-godaddy-and-permalinks/](http://zacvineyard.com/blog/2008/10/24/wordpress-godaddy-and-permalinks/)
* > All you need to fix this problem is patience. Every hour (at the top of the
> hour), GoDaddy refreshes .htaccess file configurations on their servers. After
> you select the appropriate Permalink structure you’d like your blog to have,
> you need to wait for GoDaddy’s servers to refresh the .htaccess file configuration.
> Once this happens, your permalinks (modifed URLS) should be working perfectly.
* One of the commenter had a slightly different solution and as of 2 days ago,
someone assured me it was still working:
* > What finally worked for me was taking the advice of one persons comment to
> go godaddy host centre and under “Settings” and then “404 Error Behaviour”
> I selected “Use Homepage” instead of “Use GoDaddy custom page”. Worked right
> away after that.
* So…
1) Make the change and wait till the hour. 2) Try the 404 fix.
* Thread Starter [anupamk130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anupamk130/)
* (@anupamk130)
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335059)
* Yeah I tried waiting till the hour and it still didn’t work. If I try the 404
fix, do search engine crawls still treat it like a dead link?
* [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
* (@rvoodoo)
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335060)
* also…are you on godaddy linux, or windows hosting?
* you really need to be on linux
* Thread Starter [anupamk130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anupamk130/)
* (@anupamk130)
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335061)
* yes I am on linux
* Thread Starter [anupamk130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anupamk130/)
* (@anupamk130)
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335064)
* Shane – I tried your way and it hasn’t worked yet either I’ll give it a bit though
let’s see what happens.
* [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
* (@rvoodoo)
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335065)
* I just looked at my .htaccess and it’s kinda crazy looking….and I can’t for the
life of me recall messing with it
* I have been using the permalinks on godaddy for ages, with no issues, and never
set up any 404 fix, and never had to wait.
* All I can do is post my htaccess and hope something in it helps you…
* ```
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]
# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress
```
* Thread Starter [anupamk130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anupamk130/)
* (@anupamk130)
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335072)
* nope that didn’t work idea. what is going on here?
* Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
* (@ipstenu)
* 🏳️🌈 Advisor and Activist
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335074)
* > If I try the 404 fix, do search engine crawls still treat it like a dead link?
* Yes, the 404 fix will still treat dead links as dead, it just stops redirecting
them to GoDaddy’s special links.
* Thread Starter [anupamk130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anupamk130/)
* (@anupamk130)
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335076)
* I tried the 404 fix and that doesn’t seem to work either.
* Thread Starter [anupamk130](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anupamk130/)
* (@anupamk130)
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335080)
* ok it just started working, I have no idea why and how. thanks for your help
* Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
* (@ipstenu)
* 🏳️🌈 Advisor and Activist
* [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335081)
* Like I said, caching 🙂 Anytime you make big changes on GoDaddy, you have to
wait a bit for it to propagate.
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* Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
* Last activity: [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/godaddy-permalinks/#post-1335081)
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