Title: WordPress Permalink – WP Doesn't write .htaccess
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Permalink – WP Doesn't write .htaccess

 *  [max0005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max0005/)
 * (@max0005)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permalink-wp-doesnt-write-htaccess/)
 * Dear All,
 * I have a problem with my WordPress. After setting my permalink structure to _/%
   author%/%post\_id%-%postname%_ I tried posting a few test articles. Although 
   they displayed on index.php, as soon as I clicked on the titles to display the
   full article I got a 404 – Page Not Found.
 * After a few tests I discovered that WP wasn’t writing to .htaccess in the main
   directory of the blog (The blog is installed in /public_html). As of now, the
   content of the file is:
    ` # 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
 * CHMOD is set to: 664
 * If I try visiting the full article by using site.xx/?p=# (Where # is the given
   id of the article) I have no problem viewing it.
 * I have a few plugins activated:
 * Akismet
    Quick Cache WordPress SEO WPTouch
 * and am using “Equilibrium” theme translated from English to Italian (by me).
 * I am also running WP 3.0.3 but it wasn’t in the options when choosing the version
   here on the Forum.
 * If allowed (I’ll wait for a mod to give me permission) I’ll post the link to 
   the website.
 * Thank You & Merry Christmas!
 * max

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permalink-wp-doesnt-write-htaccess/)
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