Title: Cannot change permalinks
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Cannot change permalinks

 *  [dustylover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dustylover/)
 * (@dustylover)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalinks/)
 * I have tried to change my permalinks from the default to a different structure
   for the purposes of search engine optimization and getting Google Analytics for
   my site.
 * For example, instead of my pages reading something like this:
    [http://www.cpcwebsite.com/?page_id=37](http://www.cpcwebsite.com/?page_id=37)
 * I want that same page to read:
    [http://www.cpcwebsite.com/welcome-2](http://www.cpcwebsite.com/welcome-2)
 * For some reason, when I try to do this, I stay stuck on the initial entrance 
   page:
    [http://www.cpcwebsite](http://www.cpcwebsite) instead of being allowed
   to move around within the site.
 * I’m also using the Yoast.com search engine optimization plug-in.
 * I have to take the site back to the default settings so I can use it and my site
   visitors can navigate within it.

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 *  [LIMEXS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limexs/)
 * (@limexs)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalinks/#post-4208119)
 * Your page is redirecting to home. Please, check theme code or any custom plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [dustylover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dustylover/)
 * (@dustylover)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalinks/#post-4208121)
 * What entries? And where do they go?
 *  [LIMEXS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limexs/)
 * (@limexs)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalinks/#post-4208125)
 * You can find .htacess in root of wp installation. firstly change, the theme to
   default theme and then try again (may be you put some redirect header in theme
   code and forget about it)
 *  Thread Starter [dustylover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dustylover/)
 * (@dustylover)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalinks/#post-4208138)
 * Here is my .htacess – directly from my server:
 * RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
 * # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
    RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$
   $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
 * RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule
   ^ – [L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L]
   RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L]
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalinks/#post-4208140)
 * Replace all of that with:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       </IfModule>
   
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * Then, if you want to add any extra rules, add them **before** the WordPress section
 *  Thread Starter [dustylover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dustylover/)
 * (@dustylover)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalinks/#post-4208142)
 * Tried it, but my web site disappeared and I got an error message. I’m going to
   try to call my web hosting company to see about this.
 *  Thread Starter [dustylover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dustylover/)
 * (@dustylover)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalinks/#post-4208394)
 * No luck with the web hosting company. Any other ideas?

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## Tags

 * ["search engine optimization"](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/search-engine-optimization/)
 * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [dustylover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dustylover/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-change-permalinks/#post-4208394)
 * Status: not resolved

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