Title: Permalinks structure not behaving
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permalinks structure not behaving

 *  [chris1288](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chris1288/)
 * (@chris1288)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-not-behaving/)
 * I have a new install of WP and the permalink structure I chose /%postname%/ is
   not being attributed to posts or pages. I’m getting the default gobbly gook PHP
   structure. Otherwise this is a perfectly fine install.
 * Is there anything that can be done to fix this issue, or would a reinstall be
   required?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-not-behaving/#post-1873325)
 * Is mod_rewrite running on your server?
 *  Thread Starter [chris1288](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chris1288/)
 * (@chris1288)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-not-behaving/#post-1873360)
 * Yes.
 * I narrowed it down to the Zemanta plugin, but even with that disabled, WP is 
   not including all the characters/letters in my permalinks. This is odd behavior
   and I’ve never encountered it.
 *  [silafu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silafu/)
 * (@silafu)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-not-behaving/#post-1873362)
 * In what language do you write on your blog?
 *  Thread Starter [chris1288](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chris1288/)
 * (@chris1288)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-not-behaving/#post-1873385)
 * English
 *  Thread Starter [chris1288](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chris1288/)
 * (@chris1288)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-not-behaving/#post-1873387)
 * I’ve re-uploaded a fresh version of WP, minus WP content as well, and still encountering
   the issue. I’ve also tested a couple other installs of mine and single letters
   or characters like “a” “or”, etc are being included in the permalinks, but being
   stripped in the affected install.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-not-behaving/#post-1873456)
 * Is the affected install on another server?
 *  Thread Starter [chris1288](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chris1288/)
 * (@chris1288)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-not-behaving/#post-1873508)
 * no they are all on the same server. I think I’m going to reinstall from scratch
   and see what happens.

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [chris1288](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chris1288/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-structure-not-behaving/#post-1873508)
 * Status: not resolved

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