Title: Does Permalink Setting Affect Feed?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Does Permalink Setting Affect Feed?

 *  [davidb52](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidb52/)
 * (@davidb52)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-permalink-setting-affect-feed/)
 * I am using WordPress 2.9.2.
    I participate in a few online forums that include
   my blog feed under my poster info. Whenever I post in the forums, it includes
   a link to my latest blog post. It worked fine when I had left the Permalink setting
   to the default setting. However, I recently changed the Permalink setting to “
   Day and name”.
 * Now the “Latest Blog Post” feed in my forum postings does not work.
 * Does changing the Permalink setting in WordPress affect a blog’s (RSS) feed?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-permalink-setting-affect-feed/#post-1452689)
 * Only in terms of the post links that are generated in the feed.
 *  Thread Starter [davidb52](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidb52/)
 * (@davidb52)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-permalink-setting-affect-feed/#post-1452848)
 * Thanks, esmi.
 * I just logged in to my account and re-read the “Permalink Settings” page.
 * The second section is an “Optional” section:
 * “If you like, you may enter custom structures for your category and tag URLs 
   here. . . .”
 * Then below the “Save Changes” button is the statement,
 * “If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it
   isn’t . . .”
 * Previously, I had assumed this last statement applied only to “Optional” settings
   changes that might be made. However, now I am wondering if it applies to _all_
   settings changes (i.e. – my change from Default to Day-and-Name).
 * Was I, indeed, required to edit the mod_rewrite rules in my .htaccess file for
   those changes to take effect?.
 * David
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-permalink-setting-affect-feed/#post-1452886)
 * Yes. You either need to edit the .htaccess file by hand or make it [writeable](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
   so that WP can make the necessary changes.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-permalink-setting-affect-feed/#post-1452886)
 * Status: not resolved

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