Title: Pretty Links broken
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Pretty Links broken

 *  [AMSmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amsmith/)
 * (@amsmith)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-broken/)
 * Hello:
 * I would like to change my link structure to date and name based structure. When
   I change it, the links all break. I’ve tried changing the .htaccess properties
   to write and 666 and all that.
 * Any ideas?

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 *  [muelheim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muelheim/)
 * (@muelheim)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-broken/#post-482616)
 * Did you check the .htaccess, that it contains the rewrite-rules of WP?
 *  Thread Starter [AMSmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amsmith/)
 * (@amsmith)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-broken/#post-482621)
 * The .htaccess file has these settings:
 * Owner: read/write
    Group: read/write Others: read/write
 * Unix equivalent: 666
 * The file itself contains this:
 * <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule
   >
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.
   php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 *  Thread Starter [AMSmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amsmith/)
 * (@amsmith)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-broken/#post-482845)
 * Any takers? I’m at a loss and no one I have talked to can figure this out.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-broken/#post-482846)
 * Lots of troubleshooting suggestions on the [Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Permalinks)
   page in the codex.
 * In particular, confirm with your host that mod_rewrite and AllowOverride are 
   properly on and enabled.

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## Tags

 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [pretty](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pretty/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-broken/#post-482846)
 * Status: not resolved

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