Title: upgrading permalinks
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# upgrading permalinks

 *  [wynderlon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wynderlon/)
 * (@wynderlon)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-permalinks/)
 * I upgraded from 1.5.2 to 2.0.4 and everything was going fine…until I updated 
   the permalink structure. It said it couldn’t write to .htaccess, so I put in 
   a new .htaccess and CHMOD 666. All of a sudden, all my posts were gone (no longer
   show up in either admin or on the webpage). Although my archive counters show
   the correct number of posts in each category, when I click on a category, it 
   won’t show any posts. Instead, I get the user defined message one gets as if 
   there were no posts.
 * The .htaccess is in both /wordpress/ folder and / folder.
 * Any help would be appreciated!

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 *  [spencerp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spencerp/)
 * (@spencerp)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-permalinks/#post-452662)
 * Did you upgrade straight from 1.5.2 to 2.0.4!?
 * spencerp
 *  Thread Starter [wynderlon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wynderlon/)
 * (@wynderlon)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-permalinks/#post-452665)
 * erm…yes…is that bad? The wordpress website gives directions for it.
 *  [spencerp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spencerp/)
 * (@spencerp)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-permalinks/#post-452666)
 * No, [[slaps self](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress#Detailed_Upgrade_Instructions_for_1.5.x_to_2.0.4_and_2.0_to_2.0.4)]..
   I dunno what I was thinking lol. I think it’s time for bed.. 😉 I’m in and out
   of here, while doing up a looong arse reply email .. I better hit the sack now..
 * Did you update your permalinks though, clicking the update button after you uploaded
   the new .htaccess file?
 * spencerp
 * I’m going to bed, I can’t do this anymore tonight sigh.. =( I need to have a 
   clear/crisp mind to help, and quite frankly.. my mind is too pooped to play..
   Goodnight peoples.. 😉
 *  Thread Starter [wynderlon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wynderlon/)
 * (@wynderlon)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-permalinks/#post-452701)
 * Yup, I chose the new permalink structure and then pressed the update button. 
   It said permalink structure had been updated.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-permalinks/#post-452702)
 * only put the WP stuff in the .htacess in the WP directory. Clean out or remove
   the one in /
 *  Thread Starter [wynderlon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wynderlon/)
 * (@wynderlon)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-permalinks/#post-453082)
 * I tried that with the same results. I’m not entirely sure, but I think that even
   though I’ve CHMOD-ed it 666, WordPress is still not writing to the htaccess file.
   I tried to reload it without CHMODing it, which would force me to include the
   changes by hand. But, when I clicked on the update permalinks section, it doesn’t
   give me what code I need to place into the htaccess, it simply says “you should
   update your htaccess now”
 * What code do I put in it?

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

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 * Last reply from: [wynderlon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wynderlon/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upgrading-permalinks/#post-453082)
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