Title: Menu links do not work Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Menu links do not work * [Divinemsd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divinemsd/) * (@divinemsd) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/) * I actually don’t know which WP version is on server. Just installed it and it is asking to be updated to 3.4.2 Just started building the site: [http://www.libbyhanley.net/wordpress](http://www.libbyhanley.net/wordpress) Set up all my pages using the wp custom menu feature. When I click on any of the menu items I get the 404 message. * I know it isn’t a theme issue because I have switched to several. * On my permalink page I have this: If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn’t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess file. Click in the field and press CTRL + a to select all. This is in the field: RewriteEngine On RewriteBase/ wordpress/ RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L] Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [Divinemsd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divinemsd/) * (@divinemsd) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040039) * Oops not a 404 it is this: “The requested URL /wordpress/certifications/ was not found on this server.” * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040050) * You need to create an .htaccess file in your WordPress root folder (assuming there isn’t one already), add that code block to the file and then upload it. * Thread Starter [Divinemsd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divinemsd/) * (@divinemsd) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040077) * Oops not a 404 it is this: “The requested URL /wordpress/certifications/ was not found on this server.” * Thread Starter [Divinemsd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divinemsd/) * (@divinemsd) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040080) * OK thanks. will do that shortly * Thread Starter [Divinemsd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divinemsd/) * (@divinemsd) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040096) * Created the .htaccess file in GoLive, but it isn’t visible as a file when saved nor will it upload it via FTP, in a folder. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040098) * No – you need to use a plain text editor. * Thread Starter [Divinemsd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divinemsd/) * (@divinemsd) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040100) * Did that also, still won’t load via FTP * Thread Starter [Divinemsd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divinemsd/) * (@divinemsd) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040103) * OK I have the file up, but nothing has changed * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040105) * Try resetting your permalinks again. * Thread Starter [Divinemsd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divinemsd/) * (@divinemsd) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040108) * it works now, but only with the default setting. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040112) * And what happens if you set up a custom permalink structure again? do you get the same message. Did you upload the .htaccess file to the correct folder(the one you installed WP into)? Did you upload the .htaccess file in ASCII format? * Thread Starter [Divinemsd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divinemsd/) * (@divinemsd) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040121) * Yes, same things happen with custom permalink structure. I installed in my root folder. If I name it .htaccess I can’t save it period. Tried uploading it named“ untitled” and it will load the file with no contents, but I can change the name on the server. I’m on a Mac if this makes a difference. Don’t have a program that will save as ASCII, but can save as plain text, which I think is the same? I haven’t seen ASCII in years! * [wpsecuritylock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsecuritylock/) * (@wpsecuritylock) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040125) * You have WordPress 3.4.1, so you’re only one behind but you should update. It contains some bug fixes and security updates. That might help your menu problem too. * You have your site installed in a folder called wordpress. Your .htaccess file should be inside public_html/wordpress. * If you’re connect via ftp and not sftp your host may not allow you to change “ hidden” dot files. * Try to delete the .htaccess file in the /wordpress directory and then save your custom permalinks again and see if that works. * [wpsecuritylock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsecuritylock/) * (@wpsecuritylock) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040126) * oops forgot to mention whenever save your permalinks it creates a new .htaccess file if it doesn’t exist or re-writes to it if it does. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/#post-3040163) * > Don’t have a program that will save as ASCII, but can save as plain text, which > I think is the same? * Yes it is. The upload has to be ASCII as opposed to binary in your FTP client. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Menu links do not work’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [links](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/links/) * [menu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/menu/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 16 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Divinemsd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divinemsd/) * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-links-do-not-work/page/2/#post-3040188) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics