Title: Permalink Issue – Can't Remove /index.php/ without 404 errors
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Permalink Issue – Can't Remove /index.php/ without 404 errors

 *  [Morkouz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morkouz/)
 * (@morkouz)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-cant-remove-indexphp-without-404-errors/)
 * Hi, I’m quite new to wordpress, i’ve recently updated to 3.4.2 (manually) and
   can’t seem to get my permalinks working again ([http://www.markseabridge.com](http://www.markseabridge.com/)).
   Its a pretty simple site and i just want the top nav items to direct to the relevant
   page (ie [http://www.markseabridge.com/about/](http://www.markseabridge.com/about/))
   but can only now get the default settings to work ([http://www.markseabridge.com/?p=123](http://www.markseabridge.com/?p=123))
   or the post name with index.php/in the extensions ([http://www.markseabridge.com/index.php/sample-post/](http://www.markseabridge.com/index.php/sample-post/)).
 * Although I backed everything up via my FTP (and database from PHPMyAdmin) I foolishly
   didn’t have show hidden files selected so my .htaccess file wasn’t backed up.
 * I’ve created a new .htaccess file following what I’ve read on the forums (code
   pasted below). When i update to the same custom structure that previously worked(
   simply /%postname%/) I get no error message just “Permalink structure updated.”
   However it hasn’t updated, instead i get 404 errors.
 * Can anyone help shed any light? I’ve tried deactivating all the plugins, switched
   to the twentyeleven theme and still the same errors.
 * Thanks in advance from a frustrated designer trying to get to grips with WP.
 * <—- code for my .htaccess 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”

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## Tags

 * [404-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/404-error/)
 * [Broken Navigation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/broken-navigation/)
 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [navigation issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/navigation-issue/)
 * [permalink broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink-broken/)
 * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/)
 * [permalinks issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks-issue/)

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 * Last reply from: [Morkouz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morkouz/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-issue-cant-remove-indexphp-without-404-errors/)
 * Status: not resolved

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