Upgraded to 2.5, now pages don’t display…WTF?

  • Resolved c0y0te

    (@c0y0te)


    16 years, 8 months ago

    Upgrade to 2.5 went ahead no problems, then when I test out my site I noticed that all my ‘pages’ were not found (e..g no post matched criteria) when I clicked on them.

    I’ve confirmed that the content is still there; tried editing/saving the pages again to see if it would make a difference but it doesn’t.

    can someone please tell me how to get my pages displaying again in 2.5 please?

    I’ve also noticed that 2.5 is MUCH SLOWER than the previous 2.3.3 version. It’s taking ages to get anything to load.
    Help?!?

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  • Great news!!!!
    If your site is in server that supports isapi_rewrite component you can change your permalinks directly as /%postname%/ . To do this, you must first put the .htaccess file below which is for windows servers.

    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule (.*) index.php/$1 [NC,L]
    </IfModule>
    # END WordPress

    But first of all, ask your server managers if their servers support isapi_rewrite component.
    So you don’t have to continue with “index.php”. And this new style of permalink doesn’t harm SEO or your archived pages in Google. I applied and made sure: it works very well. Visitors from Google can continue coming and reading my blogs.
    For more information about Isapi_rewrite you may look at this site: https://www.helicontech.com/

    thanks the knowledge became useful

    Oops… indeed, the mod_rewrite-module is not being loaded in XAMPP by default: https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/

    un-commenting the line as described made permalinks work again.

    Damn… so dumb, sometimes! ??

    The news I have informed above is for the blogs and sites that are hosted by Windows servers(not linux). And the server must use isapi_rewrite component.

    I tried this new rewrite.php and when i click the save button. the rewrite file comes up?????? please help!. im on a windows platform. is there any help or do i need to get unix? any advice is welcome.. codes, plugins whatever. need help now! ??

    Ooh and my wp 2.5 is not a upgrade its all new.. if that matters??

    Now i tried shafeng download so now the rewrite file dont come up when i click save .. so that problem is solved. However my pages still dont work.
    ??

    Sorry to write so many posts and for my bad english.

    @ to Doccorner:

    1- about the .htaccess file I have told above:
    a) First of all, ask your hosting managers if their servers support isapi_rewrite component. If the answer “no”, you can’t use it. ?f they say “yes”, that’s OK.
    b) after you upload it into your site, check its name. if it is htaccess you must change the name like this: .htaccess
    If you can use this .htaccess file in your site, everything is OK. You don’t need to get Linux.

    2- about your pages problem:
    Follow those steps carefully:
    1- Using FTP, enter “includes” and remove the existing rewrite.php file. Then put the correct rewrite.php file into the same place (includes). To download the correct file click here: rewrite.php
    2- On Your WordPress Blog: Turn your permalinks to the default, save this option, then turn on your custom permalinks and save it again.

    You ROCK, DLO. Thank you. That was one of the easiest “fixes” I’ve ever had to do. And I’m no programmer.

    THANKS!!

    Karri

    Thanks alivesitesi. Sorry i didnt write it in my first post. but they said no. i cant use the isapi_rewrite. And then its nothing i can do?

    The latest version of isapi_rewrite is seriously unstable. There is a flood of complaints in helicon’s support forum, and the developers seem to be unable to fix it as the rewriter crashes/stops as of version 3.1.38 until the latest 3.1.45.

    Craig3:
    I haven’t encountered any problem so far but I’ll check the support forum to see what they complain about and if something doesn’t work on my site as they tell, I’ll inform my site’s hosting managers. Thank you.

    Doccorner:
    So I think you can’t use it.

    If your pages still don’t work, DLO’s advice is OK. Apply it carefully.

    After you change the rewrite.php file with the correct one:
    choose the default permalink and save it.
    Then apply this one:
    /index.php/%postname%/
    and save it.
    your pages will work without any problem.

    Thanks dlo, I upgraded recently a site from 2.3.3 to 2.5 and has the same problem with pages, but after update rewrite.php and refresh permalinks the site works fine!

    Thanks again.

    Hi everybody,
    You’d surely all be glad to know that the final correction of this bug will be included in WP 2.5.1 that is soon to be released.
    Thanks for all your feedback and reactions that helped much in chasing and locating that annoying bug.

    Best regards,
    dlo

    hi dlo, i’ve tried your solution… unfortunately it doesn’t work for me….

    i downloaded rewrite.php and then replaced the old one with the new one.
    i then changed the permalink structure back to default and saved it.
    i then changed it to /index.php/%postname%/, but it didn’t work.

    any ideas?
    this permalink issue has been a real pain the @$$….

    i’m on IIS, helm.

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