Problem of automatical Change of permalinks after migration

Hey @satimis02,

You should be able to change it back to whatever you want in the WordPress > General > Permalinks settings. When saving that option the directive is set in the .htaccess file which you can get a backup of in the root of your install. You can read more about how the process works here:

– How does Duplicator manage .ess files and what are my options?
– https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/faqs-tech/#faq-installer-300-q

Hope this helps~

Hi Cory,

Thanks for your advice.

You should be able to change it back to whatever you want in the WordPress > General > Permalinks settings.

Yes, it is correct. After migration I need to select “Plain” on Permalinks Settings. Then I can correctly browse other pages on the migrated website. But I couldn’t browse other pages linked to the Tags created on the page.

Example on Menu:
Home
Page-1
Page-2
Page-3
Page-4
Page-5
etc.

On Page-1
Tag-1 -> article-1 on Page2
Tag-2 -> article-2 on Page3
Tag-3 -> article-3 on Page4
Tag-4 -> article-4 on Page5
etc

The permalinks are still “Post Name”. I need to change all their links to “Plain” manually.

I’ll go through your document later to see whether it can help.

Regards

ok, sounds good!

Hi Cory,

I have no luck unable solving my problem.

Would it be the problem coming from creating a new database on the VM. I applied this new database on the migrated website. Is it possible retaining the old database of the live site on the migrated site?

Regards

• This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by satimis02.

Hey @satimis02,

There are a lot of moving parts to the whole process, so I’m not 100% sure of the underlying cause, however, my guess is that it has something to do with the .htaccess file as that is normally where WordPress handles permalinks. In most cases going to the settings page rewrites the .htaccess to the correct setting.

Thxs