Title: Permalink 404 Problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permalink 404 Problem

 *  Resolved [macunix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macunix/)
 * (@macunix)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-404-problem/)
 * Fresh Install
    v 2.8.4 Import site from Export xml of v2.2.1 (1and1 Blog) Apache
   1and1 ISP
 * I get a 404 error only on **one** post when using anything other than Permalink:
   Deflaut.
 * Search and found some post. This is what I’ve tried.
    1. nuked .htaccess. Is 
   does recreate file. 2. changing permalink setting DOES update .htaccess 3. renamed
   index.php.. bad idea, site went **403** 4. Entering values into Category base&
   Tag base had no effect.
 * suggestions???
    TIA

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 *  [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * (@shane-g)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-404-problem/#post-1182543)
 * Hi,
 * Set your desired permalink link for your blog and then add this code in htaccess:
 * # BEGIN WordPress
 * <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404 RewriteEngine
   On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * After that have a check with old and new posts.
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.
 *  Thread Starter [macunix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macunix/)
 * (@macunix)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-404-problem/#post-1182553)
 * Since the 404 error wasn’t effecting all posts, I decided to focus on the problem
   record. I noticed under **‘quick edit’** that the **“Slug”** didn’t look correct.
   But by the time I figured that out I had re-created the post with a new record
   and deleted the problem post.
 * Would be nice if export and import included media files with it.
 * Thx!
 *  [gwolf70](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gwolf70/)
 * (@gwolf70)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-404-problem/#post-1182763)
 * I’m on 1and1 too, did the same but it doesn’t work, I restarted the server and
   still having problems with permalink. Any clue?
 * Thanks
 *  [gwolf70](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gwolf70/)
 * (@gwolf70)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-404-problem/#post-1182764)
 * Solved the problem work very good. The .htaccess code above allow you to fix 
   the permalink issue on 1and1
 * Thanks a lot

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-404-problem/#post-1182764)
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