Title: Content Encoding Errror   Resolution
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Content Encoding Errror Resolution

 *  Resolved [converting2wp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/converting2wp/)
 * (@converting2wp)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoding-errror-resolution/)
 * On a new installation, I was getting
    ======== Content Encoding Error
 * The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because
    it uses an invalid or
   unsupported form of compression. ========= when trying to access any page but
   the home page.
 * Searching the web and these forums for the error message suggested clearing the
   Firefox cache, disabling all plugins, etc., etc.
 * What worked for me was resetting the permalink structure back to the default 
   and then resetting it again to the year/month/title that had been the original
   setting.
 * Why that worked was when I said “new installation” I meant a wp-content and database
   reinstalled in a new environment from an existing installation. I’d forgotten
   to bring the .htaccess file along …

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## Tags

 * [compression](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/compression/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [converting2wp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/converting2wp/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-encoding-errror-resolution/)
 * Status: resolved

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