Title: Random permalinks error
Last modified: November 22, 2016

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# Random permalinks error

 *  [philmanners42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philmanners42/)
 * (@philmanners42)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-permalinks-error/)
 * _[ Moderator note: [moved to How-to and Troubleshooting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-my-topic-gone?replies=1&view=all).]_
 * Hi all
 * I’ve been having a pretty random problem with a couple of my WordPress sites.
 * With some sites, the homepage is working fine, but then all other pages go to
   a 404. Even entering site.com/admin goes to a 404, you HAVE to type out site.
   com/wp-login.php.
    The problem is resolved by going to Settings -> Permalinks
   and clicking Save without making any changes to the permalink structure. Magically
   all pages work fine again.
 * Has anybody else had this problem, and if so how do I prevent it from happening?
 * As I said, the error strikes randomly and often happens on sites where we haven’t
   made any changes in quite some time.

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 *  [johnpaulb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnpaulb/)
 * (@johnpaulb)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-permalinks-error/#post-8478096)
 * Hello philmanners42,
 * I have seen this type of issue caused by custom .htaccess coding. I recommend
   reviewing your .htaccess file for anything that looks unusual. You can view the
   default WordPress .htaccess rules here:
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/htaccess](https://codex.wordpress.org/htaccess)
 * Hope this helps,
    John-Paul

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

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 * Last reply from: [johnpaulb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnpaulb/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-permalinks-error/#post-8478096)
 * Status: not resolved

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