Title: Subdirectory Install & Permalinks Base Issue
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Subdirectory Install & Permalinks Base Issue

 *  Resolved [rockycolttumtum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockycolttumtum-1/)
 * (@rockycolttumtum-1)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-install-permalinks-base-issue/)
 * I just did a new install; and decided I’d try to clean up my root by throwing
   WP into a sub directory (src) and setting it to run from root. [I used these instructions](https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory).
 * I’m trying to get my permalinks to have a custom structure of “/news/%postname%/”.
 * This doesn’t work. Trying to click on any post tosses not found back.
 * I have learned that if I make my permalink custom structure “/src/news/%postname%”
   this works.
 * Additionally just using the post name (/%postname%) works.
 * Is there a way I can get rid of the src in my custom structure? Do I need to 
   yell at my .htaccess file? Cause I totally will.
 * This is a fresh install; I don’t mind redoing something if I have to backtrack.

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 *  Thread Starter [rockycolttumtum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockycolttumtum-1/)
 * (@rockycolttumtum-1)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-install-permalinks-base-issue/#post-6891774)
 * I’m an idiot. Ignore me.
 *  Thread Starter [rockycolttumtum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockycolttumtum-1/)
 * (@rockycolttumtum-1)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-install-permalinks-base-issue/#post-6891781)
 * Well; I said that cause I had it working for a second. Now it’s not again.
 *  Thread Starter [rockycolttumtum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockycolttumtum-1/)
 * (@rockycolttumtum-1)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-install-permalinks-base-issue/#post-6891782)
 * And now I got it working.
 * What i’ve learned is that you can’t use the same base for posts, categories, 
   and tags.
 * I guess this is by wordpress design to prevent you from having duplicate/conflicting
   urls.
 * For instance, I was trying to just put “news” as all of them.
 * So if I had a category of “ninjas” that category list would have a url of /news/
   ninjas. Well I guess WP worries that I might write a news article called “Ninjas”
   and the slug would end up making that post url news/ninjas.
 * I get it; I changed my base urls for categories to news/topics/ and news/tags/
 * Sorry to bother everyone with my idiocracy.
 * I’ve been pretty busy taking on Snyder with the sweet ninjas move grandpa taught
   me.
 * I love Emily.

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 * ["custom structure"](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-structure/)
 * [subdirectory](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/subdirectory/)

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 * Last reply from: [rockycolttumtum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockycolttumtum-1/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-install-permalinks-base-issue/#post-6891782)
 * Status: resolved

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