Title: Permalink Structure Error 404
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permalink Structure Error 404

 *  [islandzephyr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/islandzephyr/)
 * (@islandzephyr)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-structure-error-404/)
 * I can NOT get the permalink structure to work for this blog
 * [http://th.eophil.us](http://th.eophil.us)
 * I have checked the .htacess file, it looks fine, it is being created like it 
   is supposed to be, I even tried to chmod to 660, 666, 777, nothing works.
 * This is a clean install, nothing ever run, yet permalinks won’t work. I have 
   never had a problem with permalinks not working on a clean install, can’t figure
   out if it might be something with wp 2.5.1 or what?
 * Please, anyone, can you help?

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 *  [asdf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbrndt/)
 * (@jbrndt)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-structure-error-404/#post-764837)
 * Is it the default permalink structure, or are you trying to change it to /%postname%/?
   You seem to be trying to reinstall WordPress as I type this.
 *  Thread Starter [islandzephyr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/islandzephyr/)
 * (@islandzephyr)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-structure-error-404/#post-764844)
 * Never could get anything to work, had to delete all blog files, upload wp 2.5
   and install on different database, now it is working. Doesn’t mean it was fixed?
 *  Thread Starter [islandzephyr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/islandzephyr/)
 * (@islandzephyr)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-structure-error-404/#post-764845)
 * Yes, permalink structure was /%postname%/ does that matter? It was the default
   wp chose.
 *  [asdf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbrndt/)
 * (@jbrndt)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-structure-error-404/#post-764850)
 * Try changing it to the default permalink structure and try using /wp-admin/upgrade.
   php or whatnot to update your database.
 * Last week I had your same issue as you, and it just needed to update the database,
   maybe that’s the same problem. Unless it’s just not writing to your .htaccess
   for some reason.
 * You could also try installing 2.3.2, then upgrading.

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

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [asdf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbrndt/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-structure-error-404/#post-764850)
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