Title: Permalink Archive 404 Errors
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Permalink Archive 404 Errors

 *  [steve_williams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve_williams/)
 * (@steve_williams)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-archive-404-errors/)
 * Hi, I tried reversing my permalink structure to put the post name first, then
   the day, month and year – but whilst the main post links work fine and display
   as I want, the archives all give 404’s.
 * I’ve read a lot of the permalink posts but none seem to answer this problem specifically.
   I’d appreciate a pointer to an exact dupe or some help please, cheers.

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 *  1539
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-archive-404-errors/#post-267173)
 * It’s possible WordPress didn’t write the new rules to the .htaccess. Try renaming
   your original .htaccess to .htaccess.old, creating any empty .htaccess (make 
   sure it’s writeable by the server!) and re-do the permalinks.
 *  Thread Starter [steve_williams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve_williams/)
 * (@steve_williams)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-archive-404-errors/#post-267233)
 * Hi Mark,
 * I’ve already tried deleting the .htaccess, which screws everything as you’d expect’
   til I go to options>permailinks and use the recreate structure button – but although
   posts on the home page link fine and display as I want, archives and search are
   still bust.
 * Any ideas please?
 *  1539
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-archive-404-errors/#post-267399)
 * Are you using a category base?

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-archive-404-errors/#post-267399)
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