Title: Permalink change, keep getting booted
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Permalink change, keep getting booted

 *  [smokey99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smokey99/)
 * (@smokey99)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-change-keep-getting-booted/)
 * Hello,
    Thanks for any help you can offer.
 * I opened the permalink section and changed to a custom permalink
    (The second
   choice from bottom ) using the post name
 * I then copied the provided .htaccess code into the .htaccess file, saved and 
   uploaded
 * Many page links are now 404 (Being redirected the the new permalink style but
   finding 404)
 * When I go to the wp-admin > Setting > Permalink to try and change this back, 
   it boots me back to a login page with what looks like a repetitive url
    [http://domain.com/signs/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.domain.com%2Fsigns%2Fwp-admin%2Foptions-permalink.php&reauth=1](http://domain.com/signs/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.domain.com%2Fsigns%2Fwp-admin%2Foptions-permalink.php&reauth=1)
 * DOMAIN.com = Actual domain name
 * Any help you can offer is very much appreciated.
    Thank you Scott

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 *  [wpfan1000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpfan1000/)
 * (@wpfan1000)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-change-keep-getting-booted/#post-6003057)
 * Hi,
 * Hmmmm, when you say:
 * > I then copied the provided .htaccess code into the .htaccess file, saved and
   > uploaded
 * I personally have never seen WP core provide any code nor had to copy that anywhere,
   when I have changed the permalink settings.
 * So I am wondering where this is coming from…….
 * Can you provide more details?
 * In any case, afaik you do not need to mod .htaccess so I would try undoing any
   changes to this file and see what happens when you just change the permalink 
   settings…….
 *  Thread Starter [smokey99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smokey99/)
 * (@smokey99)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-change-keep-getting-booted/#post-6003061)
 * Thanks for your reply wpfan1000
 * Yes if your .htaccess is no writeable if gives you the code and instructs you
   to copy it to the .htaccess.
 * I have tried changing it back to the original .htaccess, but it is still acting
   weird. And I can’t access the permalink page from wp-admin without getting booted
 *  Thread Starter [smokey99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smokey99/)
 * (@smokey99)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-change-keep-getting-booted/#post-6003062)
 * My access to the WP-admin also times out after a little while and asks me to 
   log back in. I have never seen it do that before.
 *  Thread Starter [smokey99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smokey99/)
 * (@smokey99)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-change-keep-getting-booted/#post-6003063)
 * I am trying now to do a reinstall of WP hoping it will overwrite the problem 
   files.
    🙁 I hope it doesn’t destroy all the pages I made already

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 * [permalink](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink/)
 * [structure](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/structure/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [smokey99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smokey99/)
 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-change-keep-getting-booted/#post-6003063)
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