permalinks not working with 3.7

  • lmorgan611

    (@lmorgan611)


    10 years, 5 months ago

    Permalinks don’t appear to work properly with version 3.7. I had just created a new site a week or two ago, and hadn’t done anything with it. Came back to work on it and was asked to upgrade. Did so. Permalinks don’t save in db.

    Note that:

    – I have five other WP sites running (not yet upgraded) on the same hosting account. Most have been up for many years now, and none have had any problem with permalinks before;

    – I tried several themes, including twenty thirteen, and problem occurs with all;

    – I tried deleting the database and starting fresh with new install and new db. Still no luck with permalinks;

    – I have not installed any plugins yet, so that is not the problem, either;

    – This is a pretty ordinary linux/apache type hosting situation (e.g., no FrontPage or any other confounding stuff like that);

    – If I switch back to default permalinks (no SEO), site works okay. Those URLs are saved in all cases.

    This looks like it could be a bug and not just a problem unique to my set up, since it’s still more or less virgin. Is anyone else having this problem, and does anyone know of a workaround? I don’t want to update the other sites until I know this won’t happen, since they all have many pages now.

    Thank you,
    Laurie

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    10 years, 5 months ago

    What do you mean ‘not working’?

    What did you expect to happen? What actually happened?

    Can you view source and verify you’re on 3.7?

    Thread Starter lmorgan611

    (@lmorgan611)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    Like I said in my post, the proper permalink is not saving in the db. The default link is saving instead (regardless of what is selected as the permalink format). Thus 404 errors unless permalinks are set to default.

    I mentioned that I had deleted my entire database and reinstalled from scratch. I am sure that I installed 3.7.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    10 years, 5 months ago

    I’m sure you installed 3.7, I’m asking if you’re still ON 3.7 🙂 This is not as weird a question as you’re thinking it is. (If you were on the RC or dev versions, you may have ended up on 3.8 which had a permlink bug).

    Check your server logs for errors. I know you said “This is a pretty ordinary linux/apache type hosting situation ” but give us your specs please.

    Thread Starter lmorgan611

    (@lmorgan611)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    Source code says version is 3.7. [<meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress 3.7″ />]

    Nothing in the error log at all.

    Adam

    (@adamsellers)

    10 years, 5 months ago

    Any updates on this? I’m experiencing the exact same behavior on a site just installed (3.7.1).

    Never had an issue with permalinks before.. :S

    Adam

    kelenpc

    (@kelenpc)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    We are having the same issue,
    We have read almost everything on this topic
    Edited the Function.php
    Edited the Php.ini
    Edited the .htaccess
    Turned on the Asp we have tried to work with the server php.ini
    Called hosting company no help, they say it’s wordpress
    the things we read say it’s the hosting company.

    I updated to 3.71 maybe there I’d find help nope.
    Every time I change permalinks to custom my subpages created in 3.6 so in 3.71 when I change to custom permalinks so I can get my webpage names back I get this 404 Not Found
    The resource requested could not be found on this server!
    I’m beyond frustrated at this point…I feel it’s something simple am I trying to hard to see the obvious? Any ideas?

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    @kelenpc – you should start your own thread – it’s unlikely that your site is identical to the OP’s – see:

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post

    Thread Starter lmorgan611

    (@lmorgan611)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    WPyogi, it is frustrating that you are discouraging further discussion here, when there has been no response at all. I would prefer the thread not die before someone who might/should know what happened with the latest version has a chance to respond.

    I am the OP (as you can see), and my site was a brand new, clean site (no plugins, etc) — the newest of many that I have set up using WordPress. I have held off updating the other dozen or sites I manage because of this problem.

    Does anyone have any idea why this update has created these permalink problems?

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    @lmorgan611 – I’m not discouraging your issue being addressed – and I’m sorry it hasn’t yet been solved. I AM following the forum protocol which actually helps everyone get help with their own issues more effectively –

    Unless you are using the same version of WordPress on the same physical server hosted by the same hosts with the same plugins, theme & configurations as the original poster, do not post in someone else’s thread. Start your own topic.

    That said, there aren’t any known issues with WP3.7.1 (you should definitely update from 3.7 if you are still there). If there were, there would be hundreds of threads with the same issue.

    Have you checked that mod_rewrite is enabled on the server properly? Have you tried reinstalling WP manually?

    Thread Starter lmorgan611

    (@lmorgan611)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Since WP 3.7 updates automatically, it is now on 3.7.1. Tried changing to the permalinks setting I want — one that includes the post name — and I have the same problem.

    Regarding your other questions, I believe i have already answered these because I mentioned that I have several WP sites running on this same hosting account. I installed manually the first time, but also tried deleting the database and starting over.

    This is a brand new site. I don’t know if perhaps you are not seeing ‘hundreds’ of threads with the same issue is because it doesn’t occur with upgrades to existing sites. But I’m not chancing it with my other sites.

    This is such a huge drag. This thread has been sitting here, almost totally ignored from what I can tell, for weeks. I have a client waiting for a new site, and I’m afraid to build it for her in the current version of WP because of these problems.

    Laurie

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Is there an .htaccess file created? Have you checked the file permissions on it?

    Thread Starter lmorgan611

    (@lmorgan611)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    I didn’t change the permissions on the .htaccess file that installed with WP. Am I supposed to? I have never touched them on any other installation.

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    Might be worth checking – since Pretty Permalinks won’t work if WP can’t write to that file.

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Using_.22Pretty.22_permalinks

    http://codex.wordpress.org/htaccess

    Thread Starter lmorgan611

    (@lmorgan611)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    The .htaccess file looks identical to all the others. I assume it’s fine, and I didn’t change it upon install.

    But you asked about permissions. Are those supposed to be different for 3.7 and up? Do I need to change them?

    Thread Starter lmorgan611

    (@lmorgan611)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    PS – thank you for trying to help me resolve this!

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