Title: Permalinks don't update
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Permalinks don't update

 *  Resolved [FuzzyToothpaste](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuzzytoothpaste/)
 * (@fuzzytoothpaste)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-dont-update/)
 * I have WordPress installed on my Debian server with Apache. It works well, but
   I have a problem. I have permalinks set up, but regardless of what I set it to,
   it always leads to broken links. Also, when I change the setting to some other
   type of permalink, it doesn’t change. What should I do now? Thanks.

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-dont-update/#post-5899589)
 * – Make sure mod_rewrite is enabled – you can confirm it by viewing a phpinfo()
   page and looking under the apache2handlers in the “Loaded Modules” section for`
   mod_rewrite`.
 * To enable it from the command line:
 * `a2enmod rewrite`
 * then restart apache
 * `service apache2 restart` (I think… yikes)
 * – Make sure `AllowOverride All` is properly set in your virtual host container
   for the site.
 * – Make sure the .htaccess file is writable to WordPress when you click the save
   button on the permalinks page. If it isn’t, you ‘ll get a message similar to “
   if this file were writable…”
 *  [MarkRH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markrh/)
 * (@markrh)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-dont-update/#post-5899602)
 * FYI, phpinfo() will only list the Apache stuff if it’s configured as a module(
   mod_php5 in my local Windows 7 PC).
 * At my webhost, PHP is configured as CGI/FastCGI in Linux so it doesn’t show any
   of that information.
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-dont-update/#post-5899619)
 * [@markrh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markrh/)
 * Thanks! I made a knee-jerk assumption that it was probably a run of the mill,
   OOTB local setup. I probably shouldn’t assume such things. 🙂
 * If the Server API section reflects CGI, is there a quick way [@fuzzytoothpaste](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuzzytoothpaste/)
   can determine if mod_rewrite is functioning if there’s no indication that it’s
   functioning from inside the hosts control panel info?
 *  Thread Starter [FuzzyToothpaste](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuzzytoothpaste/)
 * (@fuzzytoothpaste)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-dont-update/#post-5899636)
 * Thank you guys so much. I ran the command to enable the rewrite module (I didn’t
   even bother to check if the module was already running; I ran the command anyway),
   and it still didn’t work. So, I opened all of my Apache configuration files, 
   changed every instance of AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All, and now it
   works flawlessly. This is now resolved.

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 * Last reply from: [FuzzyToothpaste](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuzzytoothpaste/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-dont-update/#post-5899636)
 * Status: resolved

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