Title: Permalink Settings
Last modified: December 7, 2021

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# Permalink Settings

 *  [Bertil Rosenius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bertil-rosenius/)
 * (@bertil-rosenius)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-settings-30/)
 * WordPress 5.8.2
 * Sat a few days with an installation locally with MAMP. Time and time again the
   menu stopped responding and every time I created a new page or post I got a red
   JSON response. I logged with paper and pen everything I did and came to the conclusion
   that it happened when I changed the setting for “Perma Links”. Only the “Plain”
   setting works. Why?
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).

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 *  [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/)
 * (@a2hostingrj)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-settings-30/#post-15140761)
 * Do you have mod_rewrite enabled in your server?
 *  Thread Starter [Bertil Rosenius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bertil-rosenius/)
 * (@bertil-rosenius)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-settings-30/#post-15141515)
 * Yes it is enabled.
 *  [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/)
 * (@a2hostingrj)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-settings-30/#post-15143012)
 * What about the WordPress rewrite rules?
 *  [laurencraig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurencraig/)
 * (@laurencraig)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-settings-30/#post-15543680)
 * Log in to WordPress as the administrator.
    Under Dashboard, click Settings, and
   then click Permalinks. The Permalink Settings page appears. Under Common Settings,
   select the permalink structure that you want to use for your pages and posts.
   WordPress automatically fills in the Custom Structure text box based on the permalink
   structure that you select: Day and name: This permalink structure formats URLs
   using the date, month, year, and name of the post. Month and name: This permalink
   structure formats URLs using the month, year, and name of the post. Numeric: 
   As with the WordPress default permalink, this permalink structure formats URLs
   using the post ID. However, it also removes the ?p= parameter and substitutes
   archives instead. Post name: This permalink structure formats URLs using the 
   title of the post or [page](https://styloss.com/). No date information is included
   in the URL. Custom Structure: You can create your own permalink structure by 
   manually specifying a value in this text box.
 *     ```
       Under Optional, you can customize the permalink structure further. By default, WordPress uses category and tag in the URL to display category and tag archives. (For example, to display pages tagged with cats, the URL would be http://www.example.com/tag/cats.
   
       In the Category base text box, type the new value to use in URLs that display articles from a particular category.
       In the Tag base text box, type the new value to use in URLs that display tagged articles.
       Click Save Changes. WordPress updates the URLs for your posts and pages immediately.
       ```
   

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [laurencraig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurencraig/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-settings-30/#post-15543680)
 * Status: not resolved

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