Permalinks not working

Have you tried using different values for the permalinks? It’s possible another plugin is already using the same slug.

Can you also try to go to Settings – Permalinks in the WP Admin and save the permalinks again? Also try to disable all other plugins and see if that makes a difference, if that doesn’t change anything then try a default theme to see if the conflict comes from within your theme.

Also check if there is any custom rewrite code in the .htaccess file.

All plugin disabled, and i resaved permalink settings. Still not working.
We have live site i don’t want to revert to default theme. What can be in the theme causing permalink not working?

It’s possible the theme tries to register a custom post type with the same slug as used by the store locator, maybe unlikely, but I have seen themes do it before.

It also possible the theme modifies the rewrite rules in the htaccess.

It seem to be a common problem with GoDaddy and permalinks. I don’t know how technical you are, but maybe this post helps.

I tried creatiung web.config.
i changed slug to something to make sure its not matching to anything
i checked htaccess file as well seems pretty standard

Because you’re not the only one with a permalink issue that uses GoDaddy, maybe you should ask GoDaddy support if there are any reasons the permalink would not work.

From what I am seeing from having the same issue with a client’s site, as well as perusing a lot of articles on this subject, GoDaddy Economy hosting plans use Windows IIS and not Linux. Therefore, you cannot use pretty permalinks on those type of GoDaddy servers.

Also, they literally superglue the htaccess file to the root and you cannot do anything with it, not even download it. I know this is done for security purposes, but not having access to the htaccess file in any way is utterly ridiculous. You should at least be able to set ownership permissions via the CP, so that you can at least upload/download it.

GoDaddy + Microsoft. Truly a marriage made in Hell.