Title: Permalink issue
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Permalink issue

 *  [alexpelangmailcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexpelangmailcom/)
 * (@alexpelangmailcom)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-2/)
 * I’m trying to set up my permalinks. I have the format set as /%postname%/. I 
   updated the .htaccess to reflect this. I made my first post, and the permalink
   is not working. Does wordpress automatically generate post pages, or do I need
   to add something to make it automatically generate the permalink? Where does 
   wordpress post new entries to by default? I can’t find the entry anywhere in 
   my directories, and I can’t seem to find a place where I can modify it to post
   to a certain directory (for archive purposes). Please help- Alex Pelan
 * blog: [http://blog.alexpelan.com](http://blog.alexpelan.com)

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-2/#post-223471)
 * In WP everyting (your posts, your Pages created with WP, the comments) are stored
   in the database. No files. No directories.
    That permalinks structure you’ve 
   tried probably won’t work – just a feeling… Try something longer with more data.
   If the .htaccess file is _really_ updated, you don’t have to do anything: it 
   will take care of it.
 *  [Cypher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cypher/)
 * (@cypher)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-2/#post-223474)
 * You really should use the permalink structure that is suggested on the Permalinks
   page to start with. Using your scheme is just not enough for WP to determine 
   which post it needs to point to since Apache’s rewrite rules are being used to
   create these links.
 * So try the longer: /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
 * Regards
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-2/#post-223476)
 * Actually, when I visited your site I noticed that the Archives link (year/month)
   goes to a **real** directory. Which makes me wondering whether you’ve read the
   answers you got to your other (related) thread:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/36985#post-209735](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/36985#post-209735)

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-2/#post-223476)
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