Title: Permalink problem after upgrade
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Permalink problem after upgrade

 *  [brokenperfection](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brokenperfection/)
 * (@brokenperfection)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/)
 * URL: [http://brokenperfection.com/blog1](http://brokenperfection.com/blog1)
    
   Host is Yahoo!
 * I cant seem to get the permalinks to work on my blog after I updated to 2.3. 
   this is the error I get when clicking on them:
 * Error: The page isn’t redirecting properly
 *  Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address
   in a way that will never complete.
 *  * This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept
    cookies.

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-625931)
 * As I recall, the only way pretty Permalinks work with Yahoo is if you’re running
   their permalink plugin.
 * Are you?
 *  Thread Starter [brokenperfection](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brokenperfection/)
 * (@brokenperfection)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-625932)
 * Yes it is running
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-625934)
 * If you disable their plugin, and set your Permalinks to default, do things work?
 * If their permalinks plugin is breaking things, I’m afraid you may have to contact
   Y! directly to see if they’ll be fixing/upgrading it soon.
 *  Thread Starter [brokenperfection](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brokenperfection/)
 * (@brokenperfection)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-625936)
 * HA you rule! Thats what it is.. I work for yahoo! so I will see what I can do
   about this when I get into to work tomorrow..
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-625937)
 * Sweet — it would be very helpful if you let us know how that goes. 🙂
 * I bet you won’t be the last one trying the upgrade.
 *  Thread Starter [brokenperfection](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brokenperfection/)
 * (@brokenperfection)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-626073)
 * Ok so a ticket to Y! enginerring has been sent.. However is anyone Knows why 
   the Yahoo! permalinks plugin breaks permalinks in 2.3 or wants to give it a shot
   and try and fix it heres the code I pulled it from the php file:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /*
        * Copyright (c) Yahoo! Inc. 2005. All Rights Reserved.
        *
        * This file is part of Yahoo Permalink Plugin. The Yahoo Permalink Plugin
        * is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
        * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
        * Foundation under version 2 of the License, and no other version. The Yahoo
        * Permalink plugin is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
        * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
        * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
        * GNU General Public License for more details.
        * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
        * along with the Yahoo Permalink plugin; if not, write to the Free Software
        * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
        */
   
       /*
       Plugin Name: Customizable Permalinks
       Plugin URI: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/
       Description: Help drive and retain traffic to your site with the Customizable Permalinks plug-in, which enables you to give your readers easily understandable, static web addresses (URLs) for your pages. Customized permalinks make it easier for your readers to bookmark and share your blog posts.
       Author: Yahoo! Web Hosting
       Version: 1.0
       Author URI: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/
       */
   
       function update_permalink_file() {
         if (isset($_POST['permalink_structure']) ) {
           if(empty($_POST['permalink_structure']) ) {
             unlink(get_home_path() . '.plink');
           } else {
             touch(get_home_path() . '.plink');
           }
         }
   
         if(strcmp($_GET['deactivate'],"true")==0){
             unlink(get_home_path() . '.plink');
         } else if(strcmp($_GET['activate'],"true")==0){
             touch(get_home_path() . '.plink');
         }
         unlink(get_home_path() . '.htaccess');
       }
   
       // Now we set that function up to execute when the admin_footer action is called
       add_filter('mod_rewrite_rules', 'update_permalink_file');
       add_action('mod_rewrite_rules', 'update_permalink_file');
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  [deaconjim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deaconjim/)
 * (@deaconjim)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-626134)
 * Mark Jaquith of [Mark on WordPress](http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/) discusses
   [WordPress 2.3 Canonical URLs](http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/wordpress-23-canonical-urls/)
   and the problems they may cause.
 * He has a one line plug-in that disables canonical URL redirection.
 * I installed the plug-in and reactivated the Yahoo! plug-in. Everything works 
   now. I will use this until Yahoo corrects its issues – or until I move to a different
   provider.
 *  [bryanh30](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bryanh30/)
 * (@bryanh30)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-626170)
 * Deaconjim/Broken:
 * Is this all you had to do to upgrade Yahoo to 2.3? I want to do the same and 
   not familiar with making files writable and stuff. I upgraded to 2.3 then had
   to put my backup back on because the permalinks would not work — are there any
   other problems because if not then I will try again with this solution… thanks
   very much for posting this!!!
 * Bryan
 *  [deaconjim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deaconjim/)
 * (@deaconjim)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-626184)
 * Bryahn,
 * Yes, that’s it – and it worked perfectly.
 * An aside is that I always get database update errors when I upgrade – and there
   are database changes in version 2.3. I have to manually run the SQL statements.
   After doing that it works fine, but that may just be a problem with my Yahoo 
   install and security structure.
 * At the present time I’m just too lazy to leave Yahoo – but the day is drawing
   closer…
 *  [pnair123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pnair123/)
 * (@pnair123)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-626221)
 * We switched to 2.3.1 recently and noticed the site was slow..After troubleshooting
   found out that the customizable permalinks was the cluprit .Took it out..Now 
   its fast.Check out our site at [bloggermoms](http://bloggermoms.com)
 *  [joshkaufman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshkaufman/)
 * (@joshkaufman)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-626235)
 * Hello,
 * I am running wp 2.3.3. The site is hosted on Yahoo. The yahoo custom permalinks
   plugin is installed an activated.
 * I have also installed the plugin to disable canonical URLS. I still cannot get
   permalinks to work correctly. The site in question is [http://www.showukare.com](http://www.showukare.com).
 * An example of the problem is [http://www.showukare.com/faq](http://www.showukare.com/faq).
 * I have a page with the page slug of “faq” but it will not load. The page will
   load is you use the default link structure:
    [http://showukare.com/?page_id=2](http://showukare.com/?page_id=2)
 * Is there anything I can do to get this to work with this setup?
 *  [Shivanand Sharma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/varun21/)
 * (@varun21)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-626246)
 * Essentially the new yahoo permalink plugin already disallows the cannonical urls.
   however there’s nothing you can do if installing WP in the root directory.
 * If you are simply moving to a different directory, yahoo has an interface to 
   change the directory name to fix the permalinks. It’s under the “Blog Manager”.
   Ref [http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/webhosting/wordpress/wordpress-26.html](http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/webhosting/wordpress/wordpress-26.html)
 *  [jaket](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaket/)
 * (@jaket)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-626247)
 * Varun, is there anything else you did to set this up? You seem to be the only
   one I’ve found who got permalinks to work correctly with yahoo. I installed the
   new Yahoo Permalink Plugin (with the disallow cannonical urls line), but it still
   only works if I include the “index.php” in there. I have found people who have
   setup permalinks with yahoo, but they all included the blog directory, e.g., “
   [http://mysite.com/blog/welcome-to-mysite&#8221](http://mysite.com/blog/welcome-to-mysite&#8221);.
 * Here’s the blog Im trying to setup:
    [http://blog.plazalingua.com/2008/04/09/welcome-to-plazalingua/](http://blog.plazalingua.com/2008/04/09/welcome-to-plazalingua/)
 * Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!!
 * Jake
 *  [codecritic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codecritic/)
 * (@codecritic)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-626248)
 * Has anyone succeeded here to get rid of index.php from the url?
 * if so, please provide what you did to fix this on Yahoo! please.
 * Thanks,
    [http://codecritic.in](http://codecritic.in)
 *  [firassalim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firassalim/)
 * (@firassalim)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problem-after-upgrade/#post-626250)
 * My Yahoo! Customizable permalink plugin is not even being activated when I upgraded
   from 2.0.2 to 2.5.1
    Database errors was a long list when I upgraded!

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