/?tegory%/%postname%/ not working 2.7

what does your .htaccess file say?

# BEGIN WordPress

# END WordPress

that’s it ..JF

try this…

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

and make sure it’s readable and writable (755)

ok..

i set it to # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

changed perms to 755

still the same: 404 error on any posts or pages

remove # BEGIN WordPress & # END WordPress

just

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

did that, still getting 404 erros

so just to clarify… when you use the default permalink you can hit the pages just fine however when you use the custom you get a 404 page cannot be found error?

Can you provide me an example of one of your category slugs?

Also, are you posting to multiple categories?

this is a brand new installation right now, I’ve been trying to get this working for days

the is : https://www.johnpfranksblog.com if you want to take a look..

there are no plugins and it’s using the default theme

default category: is category, default tag is: tag

Appreciate your help, happy to give you access if you could help me.

JF

Go back in and ‘reset’ your permalinks. That is, go to the wp-admin page, make sure the permalinks are what you want, and click save, essentially re-saving them.

did that several times, same thing

even spoke to my hosting company to check permissions, they are as per requirements

hrmm… well if you do not have any categories created then it’s not going to find them.

try this…

create 3 categories of any name
create 3 posts of any name saving each post to 1 category each

then test the permalinks issue.

ok, i did that..

you can see here: https://www.johnpfranksblog.com

404 errors on everything

Stupid question – You verified it works fine with ugly links, right?

curious.

try one of the preset customs like Day and Name just so I can see if that shows up.

I’m trying to do this without gaining access to your blog admin panel but seems like something fishy is going on in there.

Stupid question – You verified it works fine with ugly links, right?

yeah, see that’s what I asked originally but never got a response. kind of why I want to see what happens when he uses ugly links or one of the custom presets.