Changed permalinks – 404 problem for single posts access

  • my site: https://conseilmarketing.ca

    I have read many threads on this support forum, but nothing seems to work. Here is my situation:
    I wanted to change my permalink structure from:
    /%postname%/
    to
    /%category%/%postname%/

    then I used a plugin called Dean’s Permalink migration plugin and followed the instructions.

    I also verified that my .htacces file was on 777 permission and I can verify with the dates that it is being written to.

    Results:
    after the changes, the posts are displayed on the homepage and the correct link displayed (with the category name and postname).

    when I click on the link of a single post, I get a 404 error: page not found. the correct url is displayed (category/postname).

    When I revert back to the old permalink structure (/%postname%/) everything is working back as normal.

    Please help me get this to work. Thanks in advance.

    PS: I have upgraded to latest version of WP automatically – 2.9.2. My site is located as an add-on domain on the server (public_html/mysite.com/), but is accessed in the browser like https://mysite.com/. Could there be a problem with the htaccess file on the root site?

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  • Thread Starter obiwan77

    (@obiwan77)

    fixed it:

    am not entirely sure how but here is what I did:

    I disabled all plugins
    reverted back to the old permalink structure & saved
    cleared cache
    changed the permalink structure to new
    enabled each plugin individually one by one to see if one was causing problems (none)

    I suspect that the All In One SEO plugin canonincal links settings might have caused an issue – worth investigating on the moderator side here as many people are seeing this problem.

    cheers.

    Hi,

    Set your desired permalink from wordpress admin area and add this code in htaccess:

    # BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

    Now, check with old permalink post and new permalink posts.

    Thanks,

    Shane G.

    Thanks for coming back to post your fix obiwan77, I had the exact same issues and now everything’s working great. Love that!

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