Title: WordPress 3.0 Multisite Permalink issue
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress 3.0 Multisite Permalink issue

 *  [Memark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alreymark/)
 * (@alreymark)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-multisite-permalink-issue/)
 * Hi to all, I’m just wondering if you can help me with my problem please.
 * So to start, I was using WordPress MU before and encountered an issue where blog
   posts getting “404 Page not found”. So I read forums on how to fixed this issue
   and the only solution that I found was to update the permalink structure in the
   wp-admin which really fixed the problem. But this issue keeps on coming back,
   and I kept on updating each blogs permalink structure. I have 200 blogs which
   updating really pains for me although not all 200 blogs are getting 404 error
   only some. I was really depressed at that time.
 * So when the wordpress 3.0 was out and it supports the multiblog feature that 
   WordPress MU does, so I decided to upgrade from wordpress mu to wordpress 3.0
   using the multiblog version and hopes that this issue is fixed. And my site has
   this blog structure [http://www.yoursite.com/](http://www.yoursite.com/)**blog**.
   Now, i’m getting this issue again using wordpress 3.0. The updating of permalink
   in the wp-admin works but I don’t want to keep on doing this.
 * Does anyone know how to fix this issue? Please help me.
 * BTW, i have this permalink structure on each of my blogs **“/%postname%/”**. 
   Does this matters?
 * Any help is very much appreciated! Thanks.
 * Sincerely,
    Mark

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-multisite-permalink-issue/#post-1856237)
 * > BTW, i have this permalink structure on each of my blogs “/%postname%/”. Does
   > this matters?
 * Only in that it can use more resources to generate permalinks like that than 
   if you have YYYY in front.
 * What’s in your .htaccess? And are you using subfolders or subdomains?
 * Have you turned off ALL your plugins to make sure they’re not causing the problem?
 *  Thread Starter [Memark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alreymark/)
 * (@alreymark)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-multisite-permalink-issue/#post-1856281)
 * Hi Ipstenu, thank you very much for your response.
 * ahh I see, so its better to use the “YYYY” structure. I’ll try this feature “
   on” to all my blogs and see if this fix the issue
 * > What’s in your .htaccess? And are you using subfolders or subdomains?
 * This is what I have on my htaccess file
 * RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
 * #uploaded files
    RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}!.*
   wp-content/plugins.* RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file
   =$2 [L] RewriteRule ^(.*/)?sitemap.xml wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=sitemap.
   xml [L] RewriteRule ^(.*/)?sitemap.xml.gz wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=sitemap.
   xml.gz [L]
 * # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
   RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]
 * RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule.–[
   L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.
   php)$ $2 [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L]
 * <IfModule mod_security.c>
    <Files async-upload.php> SecFilterEngine Off SecFilterScanPOST
   Off </Files> </IfModule>
 * <IfModule mod_security.c>
    <Files upload.php> SecFilterEngine Off SecFilterScanPOST
   Off </Files> </IfModule>
 * <Files wp-config.php>
    order allow,deny deny from all </Files>
 * Is this htaccess configuration ok? I just used the htaccess file configuration
   that wordpress gave although I put something for sitemap url config but I don’t
   think that it is connected to the issue.
 * > Have you turned off ALL your plugins to make sure they’re not causing the problem?
 * Sorry, I can’t deactivate all the plugins right now, many users are using the
   site. I don’t want them to feel any downtime on the site.
    And also, this issue
   is not always happening, so if we are going to deactivate all the plugins, still
   nothing we can check because the blogs as of the moment are working ok.
 * I found these threads before that have the same problem as mine when I was still
   looking for solutions how to fix it in wordpress mu, Andrea said on that threads
   that this issue was fixed in wordpress 3.0, but this issue is still happening
   again on my site.
 * [http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/17947](http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/17947)
   
   [http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/17005](http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic/17005)
 * Does this issue was really fixed?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-multisite-permalink-issue/#post-1856282)
 * Well … your .htaccess isn’t optimized that’s for sure. It’s not right for MultiSite(
   nor MU if I remember that correctly…)
 * Are you using SubDOMAINS or SubFOLDERS? The fix is different for each one.
 * But yes, the problem was fixed.
 *  Thread Starter [Memark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alreymark/)
 * (@alreymark)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-multisite-permalink-issue/#post-1856283)
 * Sorry I forgot to add, I am using SubFolders on my site
 * that htaccess config comes from wordpress, so I was using what wordpress gave.
 * Thanks for your quick response, really appreciate it. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [Memark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alreymark/)
 * (@alreymark)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-multisite-permalink-issue/#post-1856284)
 * Can you give me please what’s the fix for this issue. Thank you very much..
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-multisite-permalink-issue/#post-1856288)
 * Don’t double post please 🙂 We’re volunteers here, so sometimes there’s a lag
   when we have our real, money making, jobs to work on.
 * Anyway. This is the BASE WordPress .htaccess for subfolders. The stuff you added
   in for sitemaps I presume came from a plugin and I’d remove them for now. That
   would be my first guess at the problem. What plugin are you using for sitemaps?
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   
       # uploaded files
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]
   
       # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
       RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
   
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
       RewriteRule ^ - [L]
       RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
       RewriteRule  ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
       RewriteRule . index.php [L]
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * All this stuff can stay BELOW and OUTSIDE the WordPress comments.
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_security.c>
       <Files async-upload.php>
       SecFilterEngine Off
       SecFilterScanPOST Off
       </Files>
       </IfModule>
   
       <IfModule mod_security.c>
       <Files upload.php>
       SecFilterEngine Off
       SecFilterScanPOST Off
       </Files>
       </IfModule>
   
       <Files wp-config.php>
       order allow,deny
       deny from all
       </Files>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Memark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alreymark/)
 * (@alreymark)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-multisite-permalink-issue/#post-1856302)
 * Hi Ipstenu, sorry for the double post.
 * Thanks again for your quick response.
 * I tested now the htaccess config that you gave, and checked the site, so far 
   the htaccess config is working ok. Hope this really fix the issue. I’ll wait 
   again for reports from the blog users, if they still experiencing the “not found”
   issue.
 * BTW, the plugin that I used for XML sitemap Gen is this plugin
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/)
 * Does this plugin have known issues for multiblog version of wordpress?
 * Thanks a lot again, hope this is it!
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-multisite-permalink-issue/#post-1856332)
 * Oh well that does have issues with WP Multisite. Read the front page:
 * > This release is not compatible with the new multisite feature of WordPress 
   > 3.0 yet.
 * Try this: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-with-multisite-support/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-with-multisite-support/)

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## Tags

 * [permalink issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink-issue/)
 * [wordpress multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-multisite/)

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 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-multisite-permalink-issue/#post-1856332)
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