brewtrader

@eugeneormktg
Question for you, was your problem sorted using the steps I provided?
Thanks,
Randy

@t-p in my case mod_rewrite was there, see the extensive info provided, so this obviously isn’t the answer to ALL situations. As you see from my resolution, it took more that than. Now, your point about contacting the hosting provider is valid, but @eugeneormktg has indicated that he needed to provide them with more instructions on what to fix. Hopefully the link I provided, along with your tips, may be enough to get the SA’s at his company to fix this issue.

Thanks,
Randy

@eugeneormktg Ok, I got mine fixed! I had to run “a2enmod rewrite” on the Apache server and that did it. This wasn’t in the turorial I followed, found it on the page linked below.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-can-i-fix-my-wordpress-permalinks

Maybe there’s something on this site that can help you. Wish I could do more.

Post back what your fix was.

Good luck!
Randy

@eugeneormktg I also think it’s an apache, Linux, PHP or permission setting. I just don’t know where to start troubleshooting further than what I have based on web searches. I am good with the Linux command line and modifying files, but I just don’t know where else go, I’ve tried the common fixes that Google brings up. Don’t know if there’s a php.ini error, a .conf file, or something else. I have access to the entire virtual box, so i can poke around and do whatever I need to (I’m root), just need some guidance as to what to look for.

I get a similar REST API error in System Health, see link below.

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BTW, not sure who you use for a host, but you should be able to go into CPanel or something and verify that you have a .htaccess file and look at it. You should have access to a File Manager or something and be able to see the structure to make sure it’s in the right directory (www root) and even see permissions…maybe even right click to “Edit” it.

Randy

@t-p thanks, but sorry that page doesn’t help…it’s too generic for the problem at hand. I am in the same situation. Here’s a little background and elaboration.

I setup a fresh installation of Ubuntu on the free tier of Google Cloud (https://cloud.google.com/) and installed Word Press. I used the technique outlined by Chris Titus in his video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJdypOqlL4) and everything seems to work right except the permalinks. Like the OP I have setup my .htaccess correctly but nothing works except the Plain permalinks. If I change it to anything else and then try to create a new page or post I get the red bar that says “Updating Failed” and it won’t save a draft or publish…I have no choice but to discard the page/post. If I change it back to Plain, bingo it works. Below is the contents of my .htaccess file. The file is in the /var/www/html folder along side the rest of the files. I’ve tried various permissions settings on the .htaccess file, but that has had no affect on it. I’m sure WordPress is writing to the file because after I go into Permalinks and do a Save Changes the file is altered (verified by commenting out a line, then clicking Save Changes and the comment line is now uncommented, so WordPress did change it!) So, I’m at a total loss! Is there somewhere else to look? I don’t think the problem lies with the .htaccess file. What is very odd is that if I do a “Quick Draft” via the Dashboard widget a Post will go in as a Draft, but if I go in and try to make any changes to that post under Posts I get the same red error as shown. Not sure if Quick Draft does something different than going in to Posts and doing Add New and saving as a Draft…but that way doesn’t work at all. Very strange.

Below are screenshots to illustrate.

Error: https://i.imgur.com/Pkruv11.png

WWWFolder: https://i.imgur.com/uZRfGz3.png

.htaccess: https://i.imgur.com/plsXz1w.png

One last bit of info. I installed the Health Check plugin and under Filesystem Permissions it says that that the Main WordPress directory is Not Writable. In the screenshot above it shows the permissions, I’m not sure which directory is the “Main WordPress” directory, assume it is /var/www/html and if so I would say it IS writable, but am I wrong? Maybe this is the problem…suggestions?

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Thanks!
Randy

@jaybrf & @catacaustic, Thanks for the feedback.