Title: Error when changing Permalinks
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error when changing Permalinks

 *  [kentoceano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kentoceano/)
 * (@kentoceano)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-changing-permalinks/)
 * Hi, my links dont work when I try to make them “pretty” and change them, and 
   Ive found many people with the same problem online but I cannot understand the
   solution given (since I am a complete beginner with wordpress and website creation
   in general). Could someone explain it to me in dummy terms please! For example,
   here is this solution I found in the forums:
 * **“What parameters did you enter for the permalinks?**
 * I’d try and undo the htaccess and anything else and start from there
 * If you have other mod_rewrite rules to include put them BEFORE WordPress’s rules
 * I think the standard htaccess is:
    # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress”
 * I have NO idea what this person is talking about, where do I go to undo htaccess?
   Could someone explain this? Much appreciated.

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 *  [Jess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcull76/)
 * (@jcull76)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-changing-permalinks/#post-3462753)
 * The .htaccess file is a small file that lives on your server, where you installed
   WordPress.
 * You can edit the .htaccess file by FTP, shell, or (possibly) your host’s control
   panel.
 * I find it easiest to download it to my computer via FTP and use a text editor,
   then upload the new file. You’ll probably have to enable the visibility of hidden
   files to find it.
 * Once you’ve found it and have it open in your text editor, copy and paste this
   after all other material in the file:
 *     ```
       # 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
       ```
   
 * However, if anything else in the file exists with “BEGIN WordPress” – replace
   it with this to reset things back to the standard setup.
 * Then save and upload the new .htaccess to copy over the old one on the server.

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Jess](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcull76/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-changing-permalinks/#post-3462753)
 * Status: not resolved

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