The version 2.6 will not work! Dont install!

I have the same problem with permalinks not working, but don’t use index.php. I have completely deleted and reinstalled both software and database. I have changed .htaccess to 777. I have switched between default and custom permalinks.

Despite all of that, WordPress 2.6 will not display content beyond the home page with permalinks set to anything other than default.

I’m actually having similar problem.

Most of my permalinks work, it’s just the pages that are permalinked as a single number – instead of loading the right page, they seem to simply ignore the “/1” and load that page.

More specifically, I’ve got a page at /this-page-title and then /this-page-title/1 and /this-page-title/2 and /this-page-title/3 and, with settings-permalinks set to anything except the default, all that will load up with those URLs is the /this-page-title.

I’ve tried deleting .htaccess and having WP recreate it: no luck. I’ve tried using the other pre-made settings for permalinks: no luck. The only thing that does seem to work, other than the default ?p=id format, is <string>adding index.php/ to the permalinks.

And that just doesn’t make sense. I’m testing on a WindowsXP/Apache1.3.33 machine so there’s no reason for needing index.php in there, and anything else causes the same problem as nothing there.

Any ideas?

FYI – clean install, no imports, no plugins. Changing the page permalinks to anything except single numbers fixes everything too.

I am running on linux and all i needed to do was Customize Permalink Structure back to default. All set looking good!!!

mwahl217 – if only it could be as easy for the rest of us ??

I have been trying to upgrade for over a week. I’ve been scouring the forum here and have tried many things suggested but still have had no luck. I did successfully upgrade one blog, but my second is not working.

I get error 500 when I try to install at /blog/wp-admin/install.php. I have not seen any part of my blog during this time (including the admin page). There is no way to login.

I am on a Linux server hosted by Lunarpages.com. I tried the usual upgrade procedure as detailed on the WordPress site. I tried removing the .htaccess file. I tried creating a new .htaccess file with permissions 777. I tried a clean install (removing all files from the root folder) and uploading the new files from WordPress 2.6. I even went as far as to change all permissions to 777, just in case there was a problem there.

Then I tried removing the database and database user from the server and creating a new version of the database. In all these cases, I get the same error 500 (Internal Server Error). Still no way to login, and no blog pages visible to the public.

I have not tried reinstalling the old version again. Other than that, I don’t have any idea what more I can try.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Todd

I used the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin with great success on my main blogs but with a heap of 500 internal errors on a lesser blog. I think servers and hosting can be temperamental and it depends on their exact config as to how successful an installation is.

Some interesting thoughts about upgrading WP here https://www.sciencetext.com/now-is-the-time-to-upgrade-wordpress.html

Updated just this six blogs without any problems.

Just a quick addition after coming across a permalink failure, your .htaccess file goes in your ROOT wordpress install directory, not in the THEME sub directory.

Don’t say a word. ??