Title: Pretty Links Generating 404 Errors
Last modified: November 5, 2019

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# Pretty Links Generating 404 Errors

 *  Resolved [windninjaonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windninjaonline/)
 * (@windninjaonline)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-generating-404-errors/)
 * Hi guys,
 * When I crawl my website like Googlebot all the prettylinks are 404’s. Can someone
   tell me why this is?

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 *  Plugin Author [cartpauj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cartpauj/)
 * (@cartpauj)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-generating-404-errors/#post-12099445)
 * What redirect type are you using on your links?
 *  [milton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milton360/)
 * (@milton360)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-generating-404-errors/#post-12167089)
 * I have the same 404 not found error, I have tried redirection 307, 302 and 301
   and it doesn’t work, how can I solve that problem?
 *  Thread Starter [windninjaonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windninjaonline/)
 * (@windninjaonline)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-generating-404-errors/#post-12177902)
 * They are all 307’s
 *  Plugin Author [cartpauj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cartpauj/)
 * (@cartpauj)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-generating-404-errors/#post-12177909)
 * You might need to work with your webhost. Pretty Links runs on the plugins_loaded
   hook to ensure as quick as possible redirect after the plugin is loaded.
 * Many times this will be caused by a folder in your website directory that has
   the same name as your link prefix (go, out, or recommends etc).
 *  Thread Starter [windninjaonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windninjaonline/)
 * (@windninjaonline)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-generating-404-errors/#post-12184779)
 * I don’t have a prefix. They look like normal URL’s. Why do I need to work with
   my webhost? I just checked the directory, nothing weird. Can you send a email
   with more info, like site name etc?

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 * Last reply from: [windninjaonline](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windninjaonline/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-links-generating-404-errors/#post-12184779)
 * Status: resolved