Title: name query string parameter gives 404.
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# name query string parameter gives 404.

 *  [Michelpelletier07](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michelpelletier07/)
 * (@michelpelletier07)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/name-query-string-parameter-gives-404/)
 * Hi,
 * I have a URL that opens up a WordPress page.
 * The problem I have is that whenever I have a query variable named “name”, I get
   a page not found error (404) instead of my page.
 * The following results in a page not found (404) error:
    [http://my_domain/my_page?name=value](http://my_domain/my_page?name=value)
 * The following works fine and loads “my_page”:
    [http://my_domain/my_page?var=value](http://my_domain/my_page?var=value)
 * My real-world case is more complex, having several query parameters, but whenever“
   name” is present as a parameter name, regardless of its position, I get the 404
   error.
 * Is there a way to work around this by means of a writing a filter or action handler
   to rewrite the URL? I’ve tried changing the .htaccess file but it seems to have
   no effect.
 * Thanx.

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 *  [Eric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ekazda/)
 * (@ekazda)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/name-query-string-parameter-gives-404/#post-4185027)
 * I know this is an old post, but some query string variables seems to be reserved
   for WordPress functions. I can’t seem to find a list of what variable names are
   reserved, but I know that `m` and `s` doesn’t work either.
 * Does anyone know where a list of reserved query string variables can be found?

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 * Last reply from: [Eric](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ekazda/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/name-query-string-parameter-gives-404/#post-4185027)
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