Title: Search Function / Permalink Problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Search Function / Permalink Problem

 *  [catkins05](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catkins05/)
 * (@catkins05)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-function-permalink-problem/)
 * When I do a search on a topic, for example I’ll use the phrase “direct selling”
   I get a URL returned in the following format…
 * [http://www.21stcenturynetworker.com/wordpress/index.php?s=direct+selling&search=Search](http://www.21stcenturynetworker.com/wordpress/index.php?s=direct+selling&search=Search)
 * When I click on the “older entries” I get a 404 error with this url…
 * [http://www.21stcenturynetworker.com/wordpress/page/2/?s=direct+selling&search=Search](http://www.21stcenturynetworker.com/wordpress/page/2/?s=direct+selling&search=Search)
 * If I remove the “wordpress” directory, it works just fine…
    [http://www.21stcenturynetworker.com/page/2/?s=direct+selling&search=Search](http://www.21stcenturynetworker.com/page/2/?s=direct+selling&search=Search)
 * Don’t know what file to edit to correct this. I know this MUST be easy but I 
   just don’t have the experience to decipher the info or search the problem on 
   google.
 * Any help would be much appreciated.
 * P.S. Yes, when I set my permalinks to default, it works fine. I don’t want default
   permalinks though for obvious reasons…

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 * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/)
 * [search function](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/search-function/)

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 * Last reply from: [catkins05](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catkins05/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-function-permalink-problem/)
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