Title: WEIRD Permalinks Problem
Last modified: November 2, 2020

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# WEIRD Permalinks Problem

 *  Resolved [James Hall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/putarguygmailcom/)
 * (@putarguygmailcom)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-permalinks-problem-2/)
 * Hello,
 * Permalinks can be changed to:
    Default – /?page_id=323 OR /%postname% with or
   without the trialing slash. That’s it.
 * No errors or warnings, it just doesn’t work.
 * I’ve reinstalled WP several times, and overwritten the files via FTP.
 * I enabled WP_Debug but there’s no output on the screen or in the log file.
 * I disabled all plugins, then changed to both 2018 theme and 2020 theme with no
   joy.
 * I created rules in my .htaccess file to accomplish my needs, but that doesn’t
   work either.
 * This is a dedicated Ubuntu server with tons of other websites (all mine) that
   use mod_rewrite without issue.
 * You can set the permalinks to any type of structure you like, but you will only
   get /%postname%
 * Any ideas?? I’ve never seen this before.
 * THANKS ALL

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 *  [Liew Cheon-Fong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lcf/)
 * (@lcf)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-permalinks-problem-2/#post-13617883)
 * What is your website URL?
    What is the permalink structure you want to set? What
   is your .htaccess file content? What is the web server? (Apache, Nginx, LiteSpeed,
   etc)
 *  Thread Starter [James Hall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/putarguygmailcom/)
 * (@putarguygmailcom)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-permalinks-problem-2/#post-13622392)
 * Thank you [@lcf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lcf/)
 * I resolved this a few hours ago.
    Apparently WordPress no longer allows your 
   Permalink structure to cover “Pages”.
 * I wanted a file extension on my page URL’s but now you need a plugin like:
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-any-extension-to-pages/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-any-extension-to-pages/)
 * RESOLVED

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [James Hall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/putarguygmailcom/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-permalinks-problem-2/#post-13622392)
 * Status: resolved

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