Title: urls stop working when plugin activated
Last modified: October 19, 2021

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# urls stop working when plugin activated

 *  Resolved [קורס בניית אתרים](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress-course/)
 * (@wordpress-course)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urls-stop-working-when-plugin-activated/)
 * Hi
    I just started using Groups, and I noticed all the URLs of posts stopped 
   working (getting a 404). When I deactivate the Groups plugin the URLs are fine
   again. Thanks!
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   to see the link]_

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 *  [gtsiokos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gtsiokos/)
 * (@gtsiokos)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urls-stop-working-when-plugin-activated/#post-14987824)
 * Hi there,
 * This can occur when there are restrictions applied to your posts and the user
   who’s trying to access them is not a member of the group used for the restriction.
   
   Please go to your Dashboard and under Posts > All Posts check the Groups column
   for each post if there is a restriction set. Then go to Users > All users and
   make sure that the user account you’re using is a member of this group. Furthermore,
   when a post is restricted to a group a non-logged-in visitor won’t be able to
   access that post.
 * Apart from that and in case you’re using a caching feature on your site, make
   sure to clear the cache contents completely when Groups is activated.
 * Kind regards,
    George
 *  Plugin Author [Kento](https://wordpress.org/support/users/proaktion/)
 * (@proaktion)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urls-stop-working-when-plugin-activated/#post-14992644)
 * Sounds like a conflict or issue related to exhausted resources to me. Groups 
   does not make the posts inaccessible unless told to do so.
 * Feel free to provide more details on your case if needed and follow up here.
 *  Thread Starter [קורס בניית אתרים](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress-course/)
 * (@wordpress-course)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urls-stop-working-when-plugin-activated/#post-15179408)
 * Hi
    The posts are marked as public. When I unmark “posts” in: Access restrictions
   > Post types, Then everything works fine. What other details do you need? Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [Kento](https://wordpress.org/support/users/proaktion/)
 * (@proaktion)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urls-stop-working-when-plugin-activated/#post-15193463)
 * Hi, yes that would expected. But this would also mean that your posts are explicitly
   protected (which I guess is not what you have done as it affects all your posts)
   or that something is interfering while Groups evaluates access.
 * What I would suggest is to make sure that your site has sufficient memory allowed
   for PHP, see for example [https://woocommerce.com/document/increasing-the-wordpress-memory-limit/](https://woocommerce.com/document/increasing-the-wordpress-memory-limit/)
 * Also in your wp-config.php enable WordPress debugging by adding these lines:
 *     ```
       define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
       define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
       define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
       ```
   
 * … see also [https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/)
 * Then check if any errors come up in the site’s debug.log (which you should find
   in the site’s wp-content folder).
 * That might give us a clue to what could be the causing the issue for your site.

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 * Last reply from: [Kento](https://wordpress.org/support/users/proaktion/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urls-stop-working-when-plugin-activated/#post-15193463)
 * Status: resolved