Title: permalinks
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# permalinks

 *  [daveg59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveg59/)
 * (@daveg59)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-111/)
 * Hi I am having a problem with the permalink settings they will not set to custom
   As anyone else had this problem

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-111/#post-2490184)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 * – re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download
   of WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [daveg59](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveg59/)
 * (@daveg59)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-111/#post-2490269)
 * hi I have tried deactivating plugins and i have tried resetting the plugins via
   ftp neither of these makes any difference the custom setting will not accept 
   postname it will accept gategory postname.
 * Haven’t done much like this before will changing the theme cause any problems
   with the content when i move the theme back?
    can i just upload a fresh version
   of wp-admin and wp-includes without causing any problems to my site content
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-111/#post-2490360)
 * > will changing the theme cause any problems with the content when i move the
   > theme back?
 * No – your content is stored in your database – not in the theme.
 * > can i just upload a fresh version of wp-admin and wp-includes without causing
   > any problems to my site content
 * Yes.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-111/#post-2490360)
 * Status: not resolved

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