Title: 404 Errors after changing Permalink setting (Multisite)
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# 404 Errors after changing Permalink setting (Multisite)

 *  Resolved [ivarh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivarh/)
 * (@ivarh)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-changing-permalink-setting-multisite/)
 * I am a bit new to wordpress. I am running on Ubuntu 14.04.1 with the latest Apache.
   My subdomain based sites work fine with the default permalinks structure. When
   I try to change to something “Pretty” I get 404 Errors at the pages within the
   sites. I can get to the home pages of the sites.
 * I have checked my .htaccess file and it looks correct: (Is there just one of 
   these or 1 for each subdomain?)
 *     ```
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   
       # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
       RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
       RewriteRule ^ - [L]
       RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
       RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
       ```
   
 * I checked my Apache2.conf and I think it is correct:
 *     ```
       <Directory /usr/share>
               AllowOverride All
               Require all granted
       </Directory>
   
       <Directory /var/www/>
               Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
               AllowOverride All
               Require all granted
       </Directory>
       ```
   
 * Has anyone else seen this?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-changing-permalink-setting-multisite/#post-5148288)
 * Did pretty permalinks work BEFORE you activated multisite?
 * Do they work on any site?
 * Does the per-site admin work on your subsites?
 * Also try `AllowOverride Options All`
 *  Thread Starter [ivarh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivarh/)
 * (@ivarh)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-changing-permalink-setting-multisite/#post-5148298)
 * Thanks for jumping in.
 * It was set up to begin with with Multi-site. So I did not have a chance to see
   if the perms worked in pretty mode before.
 * All sites fail the same.
 * The per-site admin was fine because I could get to the home pages and the /wp_admin
   pages
 * I added the “Options” to the Apache2.conf and it fixed everything!! Thank You!

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 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last reply from: [ivarh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivarh/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-changing-permalink-setting-multisite/#post-5148298)
 * Status: resolved

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