Title: pre_get_posts() breaking permalinks
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# pre_get_posts() breaking permalinks

 *  [trunham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trunham/)
 * (@trunham)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre_get_posts-breaking-permalinks/)
 * Hey guys,
 * The exact code is:
 *     ```
       function search_filter($query) {
         if ( !is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
            $query->set('post_type', array( 'post' ) );
         }
       }
       add_action('pre_get_posts','search_filter');
       ```
   
 * This appears to break all of my page links except for one which re-directs to
   a post for some reason. It happened after updating to 3.8 although i guess the
   code could be wrong too. Any help would be much appreciated!
 * Thanks

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 *  [Gary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barnettgs/)
 * (@barnettgs)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre_get_posts-breaking-permalinks/#post-4442402)
 * This is already posted in [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre_get_posts-doenst-work-with-pretty-permalinks-anymore?replies=16](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre_get_posts-doenst-work-with-pretty-permalinks-anymore?replies=16)
 * Hope this helps

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre_get_posts-breaking-permalinks/#post-4442402)
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