Title: Permalinks Error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Permalinks Error

 *  [JenRus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenrus/)
 * (@jenrus)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-error-3/)
 * I want to change the permalinks on my website from “Default” to “Post Name”. 
   However, when I did this I got this message:
 * Not Found
    The requested URL /classified-department/ was not found on this server.
 * If I change it back to the “Default” option the pages display just fine. Has 
   anyone had this issue or know how to solve it?
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-error-3/#post-4911234)
 * Check with your hosts that mod_rewrite is running on your server.
 *  Thread Starter [JenRus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenrus/)
 * (@jenrus)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-error-3/#post-4911437)
 * Ok, I have checked with the host and they added the following:
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule
   ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress
 * However, it’s still not working. The option for ‘post name’ or to have pretty
   permalinks is still showing an error. Any thoughts?
 * Ex:
    Not Found The requested URL /auction-calendar/ was not found on this server.
 *  [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
 * (@lorro)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-error-3/#post-4911483)
 * It looks like you need to flush the permalinks. Normally just visiting the Permalink
   settings page and Saving will be enough, but you’ve tried that so more work is
   needed.
 * If you have a custom theme, switch to the default theme Twenty Fourteen. Re-save
   the permalinks as post name. If this doesn’t remove the error, proceed to the
   next step.
 * Deactivate all plugins and re-save the permalinks. Hopefully there will be no
   error. Now that we know that your theme is fine, and permalinks have been flushed,
   there is only one possibility. It’s one of your plugins that’s calling the flush
   function and is doing wrong.
 * Start activating your plugins one at a time, resaving the permalinks after each
   activation, and check for the error message. This will identify the faulty plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [JenRus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenrus/)
 * (@jenrus)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-error-3/#post-4911497)
 * Thank you for the suggestions! Unfortunately, I did everything you stated and
   still get the error message. I’m not really sure where to look next. Do you have
   anymore thoughts?
 *  [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
 * (@lorro)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-error-3/#post-4911499)
 * Sometimes an apparently deactivated plugin can still be having an effect. Rename
   the plugins folder temporarily to say plugin_old. See if that clears the error.
 * Next, rename .htaccess to .htaccess_old, if that fixes it we know where to look.
 * And this isn’t a fix, its a possible workaround, make a blank page with the missing
   slug “classified-department”.
 *  [robmaurer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robmaurer/)
 * (@robmaurer)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-error-3/#post-4911516)
 * One more requirement for PermaLinks: in your Apache config file for your site
   be sure to include:
 *     ```
       <Directory />
         Options FollowSymLinks
         AllowOverride FileInfo
       </Directory>
       ```
   
 * This fixed things for me (see [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks))
 *  [melissafox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melissafox/)
 * (@melissafox)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-error-3/#post-4911517)
 * Did you make/change an htc.access? This one is a pretty good resource that fixed
   permalink problems for me. [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)(
   scroll down to creating/editing)
 * Best of luck!

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