Title: Permalink Custom Structure Issues
Last modified: September 7, 2017

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# Permalink Custom Structure Issues

 *  [lechon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lechon/)
 * (@lechon)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-structure-issues/)
 * I have been having problems with a custom permalink.
 * The setting looks like this:
 * Custom Structure without trailing slash at the end of URL.
 * [https://www.mysite.com/cars/%postname%](https://www.mysite.com/cars/%postname%)
 * Also a screen shot here:
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/a/IWlbp)
 * The permalink works and it resolves OK, but I have been finding out some 404 
   error where the permalink breaks like you will see below and it can’t find the/%
   postname%
    The ratio is about five (5) 404s per 300 request, and those 404s are
   starting to add up.
 * [https://www.mysite.com/cars/](https://www.mysite.com/cars/)
 * A little bit of background on this web site:
 * The original site was a site that was converted from a non-worpress site (Microsoft
   SQL) to a wordpress configuration. I created the ULR structure mentioned above
   to match the previous URL of the old site. The site has only 4 pages and about
   3,000 posts. When implementing the URL and adding the word /cars/ I did not create
   any category or slug. I just inserted the word in the URL so I could match the
   old site requests.
 * Any ideas on what to do here it would be great. I have tried many things including
   Flushing Permalinks in WordPress via the “save settings’ on permalink dashboard.
 * Any help would be greatly appreciate.

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 *  [aparentdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aparentdesign/)
 * (@aparentdesign)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-structure-issues/#post-9476755)
 * Is it any different with the trailing slash?
 * any bad characters in your old postnames that might break a link? (apostrophes,
   etc)
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by [aparentdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aparentdesign/).
 *  Thread Starter [lechon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lechon/)
 * (@lechon)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-structure-issues/#post-9476831)
 * Hi there,
    No difference with the trailing slash and there are not weird characters
   or apostrohes on the post names.

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## Tags

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

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 * Last reply from: [lechon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lechon/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-custom-structure-issues/#post-9476831)
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