Title: Big problem with permalink redirection
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Big problem with permalink redirection

 *  [_Tristan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_tristan/)
 * (@_tristan)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-with-permalink-redirection/)
 * I just encountered a huge bug and the end of a big project I’m working on with
   other people. I need help bad.
 * The site is [http://janiebryant.com/w](http://janiebryant.com/w)
 * The bug is that 3 days ago and for whatever reason, the permalink redirection
   system stopped working correctly. I was installing a mailchimp plugin and I guess
   it started from there since I didn’t noticed it until a couple hours later when
   I came back on the site and clicked on a page link.
 * I’m using the **/%year%/%postname%/** structure and it now causes every page 
   link (event/about/contact) to redirect back to the homepage.
 * If I switch back to default permalink structure, its the custom post types (press/
   red-carpet) that stop working.
 * I tried all the combinations of permalink structures and each one was causing
   at least one type of links to stop working and automatically switch back to the
   homepage.
 * Weird because I have a 404.php in my template.
 * Sometimes if you click on a custop-post-type link (red-carpet/press), the browser
   triggers an error for “too much redirections” wich I’ve never seen before.
 * I tried switching themes also and the problem is still the same.
 * My .htaccess contains the classic # BEGIN WordPress […] #END WordPress.
 * If someone could please help me, this is the first time I ever encountered such
   a weird bug in all my WordPress experience.
 * Thanks in advance!
 * T

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 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-with-permalink-redirection/#post-2124473)
 * Looks like you may have the plugin conflict deactivate mailchimp and see if that
   clears the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [_Tristan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_tristan/)
 * (@_tristan)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-with-permalink-redirection/#post-2124474)
 * Yeah did that already!
 * I also transferred everything on a fresh install but the bug still comes back.
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-with-permalink-redirection/#post-2124477)
 * Did you try and reset permalinks
 *  Thread Starter [_Tristan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_tristan/)
 * (@_tristan)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-with-permalink-redirection/#post-2124478)
 * If you mean visiting the permalink section, yes I did it. I changed the structure
   from default to /archive/%post_id%. Tried all structures shown on [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)
 * I feel it’s a glitch in the Database…?
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-with-permalink-redirection/#post-2124479)
 * Have you tried to deactivate all plugins change default settings in permalinks
   as it has to be something that conflicting and see if your pages work if they
   do activate one plugin at time and see which one is conflicting.
 *  Thread Starter [_Tristan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_tristan/)
 * (@_tristan)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-with-permalink-redirection/#post-2124481)
 * Yeah. I deleted all plugins & did all that already. Thx for the tip but I fear
   its deeper than that.
 * UPDATE: I managed to make everything work except for categories & paged content(
   i.e. “Older posts”) using the **/%category%/%postname%/** permalink structure.
   I’m getting there!… maybe…
 *  Thread Starter [_Tristan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_tristan/)
 * (@_tristan)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-with-permalink-redirection/#post-2124502)
 * Problem FINALLY fixed! Thx!
 *  [Starko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/starko/)
 * (@starko)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/big-problem-with-permalink-redirection/#post-2124685)
 * Just installed Redirection and immediately all my permalinks stopped working.
   Well, maybe not immediately : i added empty .htaccess to httpdocs and created
   Apache group with a redirector that checks for a specific referring website URL.
 * Now is my entire site is 404!!!
    help!!! I expect 50.000 visits starting in 5
   hours
 * I deinstalled Redirection but still all links go to 404

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