Title: 404 Errors after permalink change… Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # 404 Errors after permalink change… * [DanoPano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danopano/) * (@danopano) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/) * Getting “404 Error – File Not Found.” on my post…[http://aboutinternetetc.com/security-with-microsoft-security-essentials.html](http://aboutinternetetc.com/security-with-microsoft-security-essentials.html) * My website is: [About Internet Security Etc.](http://aboutinternetetc.com/) * The post with this error is: [http://aboutinternetetc.com/security-with-microsoft-security-essentials.html](http://aboutinternetetc.com/security-with-microsoft-security-essentials.html) this url has the “.html” at the end of the slug string. * Actually, when I remove the “.html” from the url, it shows fine without the error. How did it happen that now there is the “.html” at the end of the slug? * I checked the actual slug and it is not a part of the title for the post.??? The “.html” is not shown as being a part of the slug for the post. * This seems to have begun shortly after I changed the permalink settings to Custom Structure > [http://aboutinternetetc.com/%postname%/](http://aboutinternetetc.com/%postname%/) from “Dan and name” setting. * So I am lost. Can anyone lend some advice? * Thanks, -Dan Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 27 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/page/2/?output_format=md) * [posthawk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/posthawk/) * (@posthawk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360242) * have you ever uploaded via media upload a file with that name, sometimes one over writes the slug of another * Thread Starter [DanoPano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danopano/) * (@danopano) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360243) * Interesting…let me see. I will now check for that. * Thread Starter [DanoPano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danopano/) * (@danopano) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360246) * I do have the photo which I loaded into the post with the same title. I will change the title of pic and see if it makes a difference. * Thread Starter [DanoPano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danopano/) * (@danopano) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360247) * I just changed the title of the photo on the post from Microsoft Security Essentials to Laptop2. And then I googled the article title to pull up the article and got same results.??? * [posthawk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/posthawk/) * (@posthawk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360249) * you have to delete the file then resave the post then reload your photo. * the slugs dont drop off easily * Thread Starter [DanoPano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danopano/) * (@danopano) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360250) * cool…thx, I will set to work on that now and get back to you about it. -Dan * Thread Starter [DanoPano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danopano/) * (@danopano) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360251) * > you have to delete the file then resave the post then reload your photo. > the > slugs dont drop off easily * By file, you do mean the photo file right and not the post file right? * I have to re-save the post? By this do you mean update the post? * Thanks, -Dan * [posthawk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/posthawk/) * (@posthawk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360253) * yeah delet the photo from the media library, and from the post, then update the post with the right slug, make sure it works, then re upload the photo, probably rename it first * Thread Starter [DanoPano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danopano/) * (@danopano) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360258) * Great…I will do that now! 🙂 * Thread Starter [DanoPano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danopano/) * (@danopano) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360264) * Hey Friend, * I must be leaving something out. I deleted the pic and then reloaded it into the post article with a different title from my post title (now the pic is titled: New Laptop) but the alternative text I have left same as before “Microsoft Security Essentials” for SEO purposes. * Also, I anchor texted the caption as [Pic by afroswede](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/Microsoft Security Essentials?output_format=md). The a href is: Microsoft Security Essentials. This all for on-page SEO. * ??? * Thread Starter [DanoPano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danopano/) * (@danopano) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360265) * Forgot to state that I got the same results. * [posthawk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/posthawk/) * (@posthawk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360269) * did you check if you got the same results after you deleted the photo? * your photo now links to [http://aboutinternetetc.com/security-with-microsoft-security-essentials/new-laptop/](http://aboutinternetetc.com/security-with-microsoft-security-essentials/new-laptop/) * but that might not be what the file is saved as if the title of the photo is still the same when you upload it * [posthawk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/posthawk/) * (@posthawk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360270) * if it’s just this one page, and you have server acces, like cpannel, you can make * [http://aboutinternetetc.com/security-with-microsoft-security-essentials.html](http://aboutinternetetc.com/security-with-microsoft-security-essentials.html) * automatically take people to * [http://aboutinternetetc.com/security-with-microsoft-security-essentials](http://aboutinternetetc.com/security-with-microsoft-security-essentials) * [posthawk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/posthawk/) * (@posthawk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360273) * i went to the front page and did a search and nothing links to the .html page, where are you getting this link? * Thread Starter [DanoPano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danopano/) * (@danopano) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/#post-3360276) * I do still get the same error after deleting the pic and updating the page for changes to take effect. I also deleted the cache after making and saving changes. * The error shows up after doing a google search in quotes on the article title:“ Internet Security with Microsoft Security Essentials”. * Am using WordPress SEO Yoast and set the permalinks to “Custom Structure” with [http://aboutinternetetc.com](http://aboutinternetetc.com) /%postname%/ specified for setting. * ?? 🙂 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 27 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘404 Errors after permalink change…’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [404-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/404-error/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 27 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [DanoPano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danopano/) * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-errors-after-permalink-change/page/2/#post-3360332) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics