Title: BBPress Permalink Rewrite Error
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# BBPress Permalink Rewrite Error

 *  Resolved [stairwayofphi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stairwayofphi/)
 * (@stairwayofphi)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-permalink-rewrite-error/)
 * Hello all,
 * Last night, my site automatically upgraded to 4.5.2, which disrupted my forum
   functionality (among many other things!) I’ve restored the primary forum, but
   now in BBPress, there is an issue linking the root forum page to the individual
   forums. The forums are still active, but are not going to their proper permalink
   location. Strangely enough, when I create a new forum, my WP Admin “permalink”(
   in the forum creator visual editor) does, in fact, show me the correct permalink
   structure. But when I hit that “Publish” button, that permalink is then rewritten
   with a new, undefined structure that will not link from the “/forums” root page.
   Example below…
 * Ex:
    – I create my “Rules” forum and the permalink is structured as “/forums/
   forum/rules”. – I hit “Publish”. – The “Rules” forum appears in my root forums
   menu (/forums) – I click the “Rules” forum from root. It brings me to a 404 Error.–
   If I go back to the WP Admin Forum Creator, I see that the new permalink inside
   of that “Rules” forum is no longer “/forums/forum/rules”, but is instead “/?forum
   =rules”. This page loads the forum as I intended for “/forums/forum/rules” to.
 * Included are a few links to demonstrate. Does anyone know what is causing this?
   Thanks.
 * Root: [http://www.stairwayofphi.com/forums/](http://www.stairwayofphi.com/forums/)
 * Where I navigate to: [http://www.stairwayofphi.com/forums/forum/rules/](http://www.stairwayofphi.com/forums/forum/rules/)
 * Where the forum actually is being stored: [http://www.stairwayofphi.com/?forum=rules](http://www.stairwayofphi.com/?forum=rules)

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 *  Thread Starter [stairwayofphi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stairwayofphi/)
 * (@stairwayofphi)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbpress-permalink-rewrite-error/#post-7357827)
 * Well, I reverted to 4.5.1 then manually installed 4.5.2 – now the forums are 
   working properly.

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