Title: Permalink problem (404 error)
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Permalink problem (404 error)

 *  [fembiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fembiz/)
 * (@fembiz)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-404-error-2/)
 * Hi guys,
 * I have a problem with my permalinks. I’ll explain what happens:
 * Let’s say I create a post called ‘Test’, the permalink created for this post 
   will be something like /blog/test . Going to the URL works and the post shows
   fine. Now let’s say that delete the post and create a new one called ‘Test’ again
   the permalink for this is also set to /blog/test . However, when you go to the
   URL for the second one, it does not work. It gives a 404 error. Has anyone else
   encountered this problem? It seems once you create a post with one permalink 
   and delete it and then create a new one with the same title and permalink, the
   re-created permalinks never seem to work. Anyone know how this can be fixed? 
   I would appreciate any help on this.
 * Thanks in advance.

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 *  [mnasir79](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnasir79/)
 * (@mnasir79)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-404-error-2/#post-2391928)
 * restore your previous Deleted Page..
    And copy all the content (from the Second
   Test) to the older one…
 *  Thread Starter [fembiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fembiz/)
 * (@fembiz)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-404-error-2/#post-2391930)
 * Thanks Nasir Zia. I tried that already and it works. However, I don’t like that
   solution. Is there a better one? I mean, this solution only works if you have
   not permanently deleted the posts. How do I solve this for posts that have been
   permanently deleted?
 *  [mnasir79](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnasir79/)
 * (@mnasir79)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-404-error-2/#post-2391931)
 * If you have Deleted it Permanently than you might not face this problem….
    Try
   re setting your permalink structure to default. and then revert back to what 
   currently you are having .! Thanks,
 *  Thread Starter [fembiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fembiz/)
 * (@fembiz)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-404-error-2/#post-2391970)
 * I tried that and it doesn’t work. Still getting the 404 error…
 *  [ltpattison](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltpattison/)
 * (@ltpattison)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-404-error-2/#post-2391977)
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-deleted-not-really-deleted?replies=3](http://http://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-deleted-not-really-deleted?replies=3)
 * These posts seem to be related.
 * I tried to re-create your problem but I don’t get the 404 in WordPress 3.2.1 
   on Twenty Eleven 1.2 theme. Not sure if version or theme make a difference.
 *  Thread Starter [fembiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fembiz/)
 * (@fembiz)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-404-error-2/#post-2392000)
 * I changed the Theme to Twenty Eleven 1.2 and tried to re-create the problem but
   it seemed fine. I then changed it back to my custom theme and tried to re-create
   the problem on there as well but it seems to have been fixed. I think switching
   two the Twenty Eleven theme and trying to create a new post with the title of
   a deleted post fixed the problem. It’s weird though. Thanks guys for all your
   help
 *  [ltpattison](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ltpattison/)
 * (@ltpattison)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-404-error-2/#post-2392043)
 * 🙂 Definitely weird but great that it’s fixed.
 *  Thread Starter [fembiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fembiz/)
 * (@fembiz)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-404-error-2/#post-2392104)
 * Unfortunately, the problem is back. I just tried to create a post with the same
   title of a deleted post and it gave me the 404 error. Anyone know how to solve
   this problem for good?
 *  Thread Starter [fembiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fembiz/)
 * (@fembiz)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-404-error-2/#post-2392182)
 * anyone…? smh

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 * [404-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/404-error/)
 * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/)

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