Title: Permalink problems with XO server
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permalink problems with XO server

 *  [hcgwebsite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcgwebsite/)
 * (@hcgwebsite)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-with-xo-server/)
 * Where to begin? Okay, first off, I’ve tried clean install of wordpress, disabling
   plugins and changing back to 2010 theme, all of which don’t work. I use Enom 
   for my hosting (an XO Server that does NOT support enabling of mod_rewrite. My.
   htaccess file won’t create itself, so I wrote the following code and placed in
   the root folder:
    # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress
 * I am trying to use a custom permalink structure that would allow my url to look
   like:
    [http://www.HeritageConsultingGroup.com/events](http://www.HeritageConsultingGroup.com/events)
   rather than [http://www.HeritageConsultingGroup.com/index.php/events](http://www.HeritageConsultingGroup.com/index.php/events)
 * My current permalink structure is: index.php/%postname%/
    When I remove the index.
   php and just make it /%postname%/, I get a 404 error
 * Questions:
    1. if mod_rewrite is not enabled, does my .htaccess folder even work?
   I’d like to try to fix before having to change hosting companies only to find
   they weren’t the problem after all 2. If .htaccess will work, is my code correct?
   3. What should my permalink structure be?
 * I have been at this for WEEKS. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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 *  [Snaggle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snaggle/)
 * (@snaggle)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-with-xo-server/#post-2066715)
 * I have taken the same action as you with the same exact problem. I get a circular
   loop of too many redirects back to the original back message. Like you I did 
   change the .htaccess file per XO instructions. Only difference is that I have
   been at it for months. Customer service is stumped!
 * Have you had any success?
 *  [James3am](https://wordpress.org/support/users/james3am/)
 * (@james3am)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-with-xo-server/#post-2066771)
 * The problem HAS to be with the new version of WP. I’m having the same problem,
   and, so far, everyone I have heard of having this problem had it happened after
   the WP update.

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [James3am](https://wordpress.org/support/users/james3am/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-problems-with-xo-server/#post-2066771)
 * Status: not resolved

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