Title: problem with permalink Last modified: December 11, 2019 --- # problem with permalink * [raied](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raied/) * (@raied) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permalink-16/) * Hello * my website working on wordpress 4.8, and the permalink is /%category%/%post_id%/ * i tried to upgrade the website to 5.3, everything works fine except 3 categories, those categories did not works at all, and every article turns to show me blank page with 1 attachment photo.. * what should i do to make all categories working ? * also i tried to change the permalink to something else but my google urls will be 404.. * please advice Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permalink-16/#post-12225909) * > everything works fine except 3 categories * Do ALL other categories work fine? * If so, what’s the difference between the “3 categories” and the rest of the categories? * Meanwhile, try re-setting your permalink structure at Admin panel>>>Settings> >>[Permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/article/using-permalinks/). Sometimes, that works if it is a simple db issue. WordPress will create/rebuild the .htaccess file. If WordPress cannot automatically edit the [.htaccess file](https://wordpress.org/support/article/using-permalinks/#wheres-my-htaccess-file)( if it is not writable), then WordPress will provide manual instructions after saving the correct block of code so that you can manually add it to your .htaccess file. * Thread Starter [raied](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raied/) * (@raied) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permalink-16/#post-12225916) * yes sir all categories works fine with /%category%/%post_id%/ * 3 of them showing the articles but those articles not showing any content * nothing diffrent between them and the others. i even tried to import my articles + images on clean wordpress (local host) and same issue is there * 3 of my categories not working with /%category%/%post_id%/ * this is my htaccess file content * ``` RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /wp/ RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /wp/index.php [L] # END WordPress ``` * Thread Starter [raied](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raied/) * (@raied) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permalink-16/#post-12225938) * this is my demo website with one of the broken categories. * [http://autosportme.com/2020/cms/category/motogp/](http://autosportme.com/2020/cms/category/motogp/) * if you click on any article here you will see what i am talking about.. * [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/) * (@autotutorial) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permalink-16/#post-12225941) * Create two new categories with content, probably the imported paths still have the old path of the old domain so to check if it is a path problem creates two categories. * Thread Starter [raied](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raied/) * (@raied) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permalink-16/#post-12225950) * i tried creating new category and add some artciles to it but same issue * Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) * (@t-p) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permalink-16/#post-12225953) * [http://autosportme.com/2020/cms/category/motogp/](http://autosportme.com/2020/cms/category/motogp/) opens fine for me. * Thread Starter [raied](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raied/) * (@raied) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permalink-16/#post-12227992) * try clicking on article.. the problem is there, inside article * [autotutorial](https://wordpress.org/support/users/autotutorial/) * (@autotutorial) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permalink-16/#post-12228401) * you can only import existing routes, if you have an example installation of local absolute root /www/home/user/public_html/path_wordpress/ and the absolute remote url (visible to the browser). [http://yoursite.com/path_wordpress/](http://yoursite.com/path_wordpress/) refer to the installation from the path_wordpres/ to make a path compatible from a /path_wordpres/ to **root** directory, you must manually export and modify the paths (change the path of the content ,inside the exported file) in the new path, before importing. therefore if the server does not have access to the uploads folder of the domain installed in root you must export your categories modify the path in the new one, download on your PC the content where your uploads reside and add these folders to your installation /path_wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ and modify it in the root path /wp-content/uploads/ in your export and insert the images . hire a developer from jobact so that everything is working. * Thread Starter [raied](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raied/) * (@raied) * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permalink-16/#post-12229532) * thank you * okay so why the defected category and their articles start working fine when changing permalink to post name ? Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘problem with permalink’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 9 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [raied](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raied/) * Last activity: [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-permalink-16/#post-12229532) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics