Title: Permalink Problems, 404 Errors – maybe htaccess ?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permalink Problems, 404 Errors – maybe htaccess ?

 *  [justcreativedesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justcreativedesign/)
 * (@justcreativedesign)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-404-errors-maybe-htaccess/)
 * Hi,
 * I have just disabled about 5 of my plugins and now only the front page of my 
   website (www.justcreativedesign.com) works (all the other pages display a 404
   error).
 * Originally my permalink structure was
    /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ but
   now every page gives me a 404 error except the home page.
 * I have found if I change my permalink structure back to default (I have it there
   atm until someone can help me out) that all of the pages work however I want 
   to change back to my old permalink structure for obvious reasons however when
   I do so nothing works.
 * I believe the problem may lie with my htaccess file (which is atm 100% blank).
   I am not sure what should be there?
 * and my website is 100% the root directory if that would help.
 * If anyone could help me out with this issue, it would be appreciated.
 * Thanks.
 * PS. I emailed my host company regarding this and they said…
 * > There is nothing wrong with anything on our end. We cannot help you with your
   > issue.
   > The only thing that has changed is you doing what is listed below.
   > Try undoing all of the changes you made excepecially to .htaccess files created
   > by content management systems that rewrite URLs.

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 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-404-errors-maybe-htaccess/#post-684777)
 * Try switching your permalinks back and see if your .htaccess file updates. If
   wp can’t it should print out the code and instructions telling you to manually
   edit your .htaccess file.
 *  Thread Starter [justcreativedesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justcreativedesign/)
 * (@justcreativedesign)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-404-errors-maybe-htaccess/#post-684782)
 * Thanks for the reply. I did try changing it back and did check the htaccess file
   however it was still blank. No instructions?
 *  Thread Starter [justcreativedesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justcreativedesign/)
 * (@justcreativedesign)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-404-errors-maybe-htaccess/#post-684893)
 * Anyone have a solution?
 *  Thread Starter [justcreativedesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justcreativedesign/)
 * (@justcreativedesign)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-404-errors-maybe-htaccess/#post-684897)
 * PS.
    I have also just found out that if i add index.php infront of my posts as
   below, it works?
 * [http://justcreativedesign.com/index.php/2007/12/12/101-places-to-get-design-inspiration/](http://justcreativedesign.com/index.php/2007/12/12/101-places-to-get-design-inspiration/)
 * How can I get rid of the index.php bit?
 *  [cheese500](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cduke250/)
 * (@cduke250)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-404-errors-maybe-htaccess/#post-684906)
 * What does the [RewriteRules / Permalinks Debugger Plugin](http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/rewriterule-viewer-plugin.html)
   tell you?
 * try chmodding your `/.htaccess` to 644 and updating your permalinks..
 * try adding this to your .htaccess
 *     ```
       DirectoryIndex /index.php
   
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       ```
   
 *  [amitpatel3001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amitpatel3001/)
 * (@amitpatel3001)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-404-errors-maybe-htaccess/#post-684911)
 * Did you chmod your htaccess to 666 temporarily and check out?
 *  Thread Starter [justcreativedesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justcreativedesign/)
 * (@justcreativedesign)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-404-errors-maybe-htaccess/#post-684981)
 * Hi, thanks everyone… I have fixed the problem…
 * I added this to my 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

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 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)

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