Title: w3 total cache: fancy permalinks code missing Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # w3 total cache: fancy permalinks code missing * [monolake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monolake/) * (@monolake) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-fancy-permalinks-code-missing/) * I upgraded WordPress to the latest version, disabled WP Super cache (tried to delete but got a cryptic error about something needing to be in the right directory), installed W3 Total Cache, and on the configuration page saw a warning “The required directives for fancy permalinks could not be detected, please confirm they are available.” I tried links to my blog posts (from an RSS feed) and none worked( 404 errors); I immediately disabled the plugin, everything worked again, but without it enabled I can’t access the configuration page. * My .htaccess file is blank – two years ago I put all the required directives into the httpd.conf file (I assume they haven’t changed): # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /today/ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!- f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /today/index.php [L] # END WordPress * Any advice for how to get this plugin to work with our configuration? Do I need to move the WordPress code back to the .htaccess file? Are there settings I can change (but without trial and error; I want to minimize downtime)? Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/) * (@fredericktownes) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-fancy-permalinks-code-missing/#post-1798243) * Do you use fancy permalinks in your site? If yes then restore it. Once you do, I don’t see any reason why you can’t re-activate W3TC. * Thread Starter [monolake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monolake/) * (@monolake) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-fancy-permalinks-code-missing/#post-1798244) * Well that is really strange… it is all working now. Must have been a temporary error. Thanks! * [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/) * (@fredericktownes) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-fancy-permalinks-code-missing/#post-1798245) * Ok, great. Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘w3 total cache: fancy permalinks code missing’ is closed to new replies. * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/) * Last activity: [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-total-cache-fancy-permalinks-code-missing/#post-1798245) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics