Title: Permalinks fail
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Permalinks fail

 *  [gregor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregor/)
 * (@gregor)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-fail/)
 * Hi,
    Firstly … yes, I’ve already done a search. I’m having issues configuring
   my permalinks. I’ve tried the following structure: /archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%
   day%/%postname%/ followed by the mod_rewrite rules generated for me in an .htaccess
   file at my root level (with no carriage returns before or after the rules) CHMOD’ed
   to 644. I end up with a 403 error. Not even index.php is seen by the server. 
   When I use the “secondary” method (that is, changing the structure to: /index.
   php/archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/) the result is an Internal Server
   Error. The only method that produces valid permalinks and keeps the site in working
   order is the default method (where nothing is changed in Options>Permalinks).
   This is my second WP install. My previous install had me using the first method
   mentioned above for my permalinks and there was no problem. So, what gives? Any
   ideas on how I can get the “clean” structure working?

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 *  [cybo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybo/)
 * (@cybo)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-fail/#post-70177)
 * does your isp allow “mod_rewrite” on your server? if not – it’ll never work.
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-fail/#post-70210)
 * I had the same problem until I changed:
    `/archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%
   postname%/` to `/archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%.htm`
 *  [uffela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uffela/)
 * (@uffela)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-fail/#post-70227)
 * Hi, Gregor!
    Yep, RewriteBase is the path to your blog root (I think It’ll work
   without it too). The love.php file can be anything, I just happened to have a
   file called that. You can use any file that you have or creates – the interesting
   part is to see that the link is rewritten. Phpinfo `<?php phpinfo(); ?> will 
   show more interesting stuff than an empty file.
 *  [cybo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybo/)
 * (@cybo)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-fail/#post-70593)
 * The WP options state
    >In general for this you must use mod_rewrite, however 
   if you put a filename at the beginning WordPress will >attempt to use that to
   pass the arguments, for example: >/index.php/archives/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%
   postname%/ >If you use this option you can ignore the mod_rewrite rules. however
   i cant get this to work, any clue?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [cybo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybo/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-fail/#post-70593)
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