Title: Custom Permalink Structure causing 404 errors
Last modified: August 19, 2016

---

# Custom Permalink Structure causing 404 errors

 *  [kringas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kringas/)
 * (@kringas)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structure-causing-404-errors/)
 * I have been using the permalink structure for a while now: /%category%/%pagename%/
 * recently, on a few of my wordpress blogs, this have been causing a 404 error.
 * when I switch back to the default permalink structure, the posts then appear 
   online no problem.
 * asked my host and there was nothing they could do. said it is a wordpress problem.
 * I don’t have many plugins installed either on this one particular blog so dont
   think there is a conflict there.
 * please help

Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)

 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structure-causing-404-errors/#post-1839824)
 * Sounds like mod_rewrite isn’t running on some of the servers. Is your .htaccess
   file writeable?
 *  Thread Starter [kringas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kringas/)
 * (@kringas)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structure-causing-404-errors/#post-1839856)
 * i really dont know.
 * the tech that I chatted with at my host said that he created a new .htaccess 
   file but still did not help.
 * Can I change the permissions from within wordpress or do I have to go the ftp
   server?
 * That would be a hassle because this problem is occuring on multiple blogs
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structure-causing-404-errors/#post-1839857)
 * You have to use an FTP client or whatever file management application your host
   provides.
 *  Thread Starter [kringas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kringas/)
 * (@kringas)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structure-causing-404-errors/#post-1839893)
 * Yup, I now changed the chmod value of the htaccess file all the way to 777
    but
   still did not work. whenever I change the permalink structure, I get a 404 error
   when visiting the post directly frustrating
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structure-causing-404-errors/#post-1839920)
 * Check with your hosts that mod_rewrite is running on the server(s).
 *  [MangoMM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mangomm/)
 * (@mangomm)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structure-causing-404-errors/#post-1840060)
 * I know that this is an old thread, but it is the first thing that comes up in
   google, so am guessing that several people might see this page… As far as I can
   see, the problem is still unresolved so here goes my suggestion…
 * Before changing .htaccess etc, check that you have typed in the permalink structure
   correctly.
 * `/%category%/%pagename%/` as far as I am aware is incorrect (that kringas used).
 * `/%category%/%postname%/` works fine for me.
 *  [jamiegerig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamiegerig/)
 * (@jamiegerig)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structure-causing-404-errors/#post-1840070)
 * I have the same problem.
 * I am using the custom permalinks plugin – though I don’t know if that’s the cause
   of the problem.
 * I get a 404 error when clicking on categories and sub-categories – though it 
   depends somewhat on my permalinks settings.
 * Here are the different settings i’ve tried and the outcomes:
 * /%category%/%postname%/
    category = 404 error sub-category = 404 error post =
   no problem
 * %postname%/
    category = 404 error sub-category = 404 error post = no problem
 * /%category%
    category = no problem sub-category = no problem post = moves to 
   sub category of that post and then – nothing happens
 * The custom permalink plugin has only one piece of advice – namely – to modify
   the .htaccess file. I have done this but the problem remains exactly the same.
 * Does anybody know what else I might try?
 * Kind regards,
 * jamie
 *  [jamiegerig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamiegerig/)
 * (@jamiegerig)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structure-causing-404-errors/#post-1840071)
 * Here’s the blog I’m referring to:
    [http://www.zorba.com.co/places/medellin](http://www.zorba.com.co/places/medellin)

Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)

The topic ‘Custom Permalink Structure causing 404 errors’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

 * [custom](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom/)
 * [permalink](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink/)
 * [structure](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/structure/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 8 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [jamiegerig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamiegerig/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-permalink-structure-causing-404-errors/#post-1840071)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics