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Selecting a category results in 404 error

  • Resolved judymurdoch

    (@judymurdoch)


    2 years, 6 months ago

    Selecting a category on my website doesn’t bring up a list of posts with that category. Instead I get a 404 error.

    I tried resetting permalink. Didn’t work.

    Website is pocketofserenity.com. Theme: Button.

    Thanks very much

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  • George Appiah

    (@gappiah)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    Hello Judy,

    WordPress’ category URLs, by default, have the URL format:

    example.com/category/category-name

    Your site’s categories have the URL format

    example.com/category-name

    So it appears you’ve configured WordPress to remove the word “category” from the category URLs, and whatever you did isn’t working anymore (if it ever worked).

    You might want to simply revert your site to the WordPress default category URLs.

    Thread Starter judymurdoch

    (@judymurdoch)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks George. Would you give specifics re where/how to do this?

    Thread Starter judymurdoch

    (@judymurdoch)

    2 years, 6 months ago

    OK George, changing the permalink structure did the trick. Although I’m a little nervous because I’m not sure how I messed this up to begin with. Thanks for your help.

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