Title: WordPress 3 problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress 3 problem

 *  [DJSW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djsw/)
 * (@djsw)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-3-problem/)
 * Since automatically upgrading to WP3 when I click on certain (not all) categories
   in my main homepage menu I get the following message:
 * Not Found
    Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here.
 * despite the fact that there are plenty of posts within each category, which all
   appeared previously. I’m hoping this is something simple to fix and would appreciate
   any suggestions…

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-3-problem/#post-1549560)
 * Whenever I get a problem with any WP links not working, the first thing I try
   is to reset permalinks
 * save to default, test site, then save back to custom (even if you are already
   using just default, click save)
 * If the permalinks thing doesn’t help, then try deactivating all plugins and testing.
   If your site works with all plugins deactivated….turn them back on one by one
   and testing to find the culprit
 * And finally, if those don’t work, switch to default theme and test
 *  [themickmorris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themickmorris/)
 * (@themickmorris)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-3-problem/#post-1549565)
 * good luck…done all these things…problems persist..
 *  Thread Starter [DJSW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djsw/)
 * (@djsw)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-3-problem/#post-1549571)
 * Many thanks, RVoodoo. Saving the permalinks to default has solved the problem,
   but when saving them back to custom the problem returns. Have tried the plugins
   testing but to no avail. I have also recently upgraded my atahualpa theme, so
   switched to default theme and tried but that failed too. At least the site is
   now running smoothly again, but it would be good to have custom links….
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-3-problem/#post-1549573)
 * hmm…. is your .htaccess writeable? (it’s normally in the root of your WP directory)
 * with your site on default permalinks, you don’t need to have an .htaccess
 * so when I’ve had trouble with permalinks in the past, I’ve switched to default
   then deleted the .htaccess. Then, switched back to custom allowing WP to recreate
   a new .htaccess
 *  Thread Starter [DJSW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djsw/)
 * (@djsw)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-3-problem/#post-1549574)
 * I followed your .htaccess suggestion and WP created a new .htaccess file:
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule
   ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * The custom links still don’t work however….

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [DJSW](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djsw/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-3-problem/#post-1549574)
 * Status: not resolved

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