Title: permalink – htaccess error
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# permalink – htaccess error

 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-htaccess-error/)
 * I tried to make my permalinks ‘clean’, so I created a .htaccess file as instructed
   and placed the code that was given by wordpress. I uploaded the code and then
   tried to access my site, but all I get is a 403 forbidden error. My code is as
   follows:
    RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /wordpress/ RewriteRule ^node/category/(.*)/(
   feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wordpress/wp-feed.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA]
   RewriteRule ^node/category/?(.*) /wordpress/index.php?category_name=$1 [QSA] 
   RewriteRule ^node/author/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wordpress/wp-feed.
   php?author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA] RewriteRule ^node/author/?(.*) /wordpress/index.
   php?author_name=$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^node/([0-9]+)?/?([0-9]+)?/?$ /wordpress/
   index.php?p=$1&page=$2 [QSA] RewriteRule ^node/([0-9]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?
   $ /wordpress/wp-feed.php?p=$1&feed=$2 [QSA] RewriteRule ^node/([0-9]+)/trackback/?
   $ /wordpress/wp-trackback.php?p=$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^feed/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?$/
   wordpress/wp-feed.php?feed=$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^comments/feed/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?
   $ /wordpress/wp-feed.php?feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA] I don’t know what the problem
   is.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-htaccess-error/#post-96335)
 * What version of wp are you using ?
    And did wp generate the ‘node’ that is being
   used ? And is the above the entire .htaccess file ?
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-htaccess-error/#post-96376)
 * I’m using WP 1.2; I’m using the word node instead of archives; and that’s all
   the code that is included in the .htaccess file
 *  [lawtai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawtai/)
 * (@lawtai)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-htaccess-error/#post-96648)
 * yea, i’m getting the same error when I try to use permalinks.
    this is my current.
   htaccess file DirectoryIndex index.php RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule
   ^post/category/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wp-feed.php?category_name=$1&
   feed=$2 [QSA] RewriteRule ^post/category/?(.*) /index.php?category_name=$1 [QSA]
   RewriteRule ^post/author/(.*)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wp-feed.php?author_name
   =$1&feed=$2 [QSA] RewriteRule ^post/author/?(.*) /index.php?author_name=$1 [QSA]
   RewriteRule ^post/([0-9]{4})?/?([0-9]{1,2})?/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?([0-9]+)?/?$ /index.
   php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&name=$3&page=$4 [QSA] RewriteRule ^post/([0-9]{4})/([
   0-9]{1,2})/([_0-9a-z-]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /wp-feed.php?year=$1&monthnum
   =$2&name=$3&feed=$4 [QSA] RewriteRule ^post/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([_0-9a-z-]
   +)/trackback/?$ /wp-trackback.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&name=$3 [QSA] RewriteRule
   ^feed/?([_0-9a-z-]+)?/?$ /wp-feed.php?feed=$1 [QSA] RewriteRule ^comments/feed/?([
   _0-9a-z-]+)?/?$ /wp-feed.php?feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA]
 *  [iseller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iseller/)
 * (@iseller)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-htaccess-error/#post-96713)
 * did you ever resolve this ?
 * Im having the same problem with .htaccess and error 500 — I tried changing permissions
   on the file – and uploading the file directly via server file manager with no
   luck.
 *  [gnarly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnarly/)
 * (@gnarly)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-htaccess-error/#post-96714)
 * When I got an error 500 with .htaccess it was because mod_rewrite wasn’t installed
   on the server – ask your administrator if you have it.

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 * 5 replies
 * 5 participants
 * Last reply from: [gnarly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gnarly/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-htaccess-error/#post-96714)
 * Status: not resolved

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