Title: Permalink Problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Permalink Problem

 *  [fuzzy_logic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fuzzy_logic/)
 * (@fuzzy_logic)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1/)
 * I’ve been testing Permalinks lately. I was using the tag structure
    /%year% /%
   postname% /. However, for one particular post, instead of using %postname%, the
   permalink has a structure of /%year% /%postid% /. Therefore, clicking on it results
   in a 404 error. Anyone has any ideas?
 * Also, if I use /%category%/%postname%/, what happens to my pages?
 * Lastly, does anyone know how I can install mod_rewrite on my Mac?
 * Thanks in advance guys!

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1/#post-176040)
 * I honestly have no clue about your first problem there. What happens if you change
   the post slug?
 * /%category%/ still seems to be a bit unstable and only appears to work on a few
   configurations. If I were you, I’d stick to a concrete date structure with a 
   postname, like:
    /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
 * As for your last query, I’m not sure, but these two tutorials will help get you
   a PHP implementation that does have mod_rewrite active.
    [http://maczealots.com/tutorials/wordpress/](http://maczealots.com/tutorials/wordpress/)
   [http://girtby.net/offerings/wordpress-osx-local-mirror](http://girtby.net/offerings/wordpress-osx-local-mirror)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-1/#post-176040)
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