Title: Yet another permalink issue :-)
Last modified: March 27, 2020
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# Yet another permalink issue :-)
* Resolved [fpiraneo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fpiraneo/)
* (@fpiraneo)
* [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yet-another-permalink-issue/)
* Hi everybody,
I’m new in WP but I’ve understand that many people has issues
with “pretty” permalinks. I’m one of the many! 😀 Hopefully I had googled around
and checked may things but the solution doesn’t came, so here to ask for help.
* When I ran a “Site Health” I receive a warning about REST API doesn’t working–
Unexpected result 404.
* What I checked:
– Running on debian 10 LAMP – apache2 rewrite module: Enabled;–
WP dir writeable to “www-data” -> .htaccess is modified every time I change under“
Settings-Permalinks”; plugins can install by themself without FTP access; – Everything
works fine with “ugly” permalinks; when I enable “pretty” permalinks the issue
appears; – Everything is last version – No updates underlined; – WP running a
fresh install (v. 5.3.2); – No funny themes installed: just the defaults; – Plugins:
bbPress, NinjaMotd, PolyLang, WP Cerber Security Antispam & Malware Scan, WP
Statistics.
* In this situation the Gutemberg block editor run only with “ugly” permalinks.
* Follows my apache2 configuration file.
* Please note: I’m behind a NGINX reverse proxy (just one public IP, sorry!); follows
also config file.
* Any suggestion to check is strongly welcome!
* Thank you very much!
* Francesco
* ```
# apache2ctl -M
Loaded Modules:
core_module (static)
so_module (static)
watchdog_module (static)
http_module (static)
log_config_module (static)
logio_module (static)
version_module (static)
unixd_module (static)
access_compat_module (shared)
alias_module (shared)
auth_basic_module (shared)
authn_core_module (shared)
authn_file_module (shared)
authz_core_module (shared)
authz_host_module (shared)
authz_user_module (shared)
autoindex_module (shared)
deflate_module (shared)
dir_module (shared)
env_module (shared)
filter_module (shared)
mime_module (shared)
mpm_prefork_module (shared)
negotiation_module (shared)
php7_module (shared)
reqtimeout_module (shared)
rewrite_module (shared)
setenvif_module (shared)
status_module (shared)
```
* **Apache2 site configuration file:**
_On a linux container: This is the only
website on this container_
* ```
ServerAdmin postmaster@mysite.ch
DocumentRoot /var/www/www.mysite.ch/
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
```
* **NGINX proxy configuration file:**
* ```
server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name www.mysite.ch;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite.ch/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite.ch/privkey.pem;
location / {
gzip off;
proxy_read_timeout 300;
proxy_connect_timeout 300;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
proxy_set_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
proxy_pass http://192.168.1.159/; # This is the IP addr of the LXC where WP run
}
}
```
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* Thread Starter [fpiraneo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fpiraneo/)
* (@fpiraneo)
* [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yet-another-permalink-issue/#post-12592471)
* More setup:
**Generated `.htaccess` with “pretty” permalinks enabled** This
is the format I choose: `https://www.mysite.ch/sample-post/`
* ```
# BEGIN WordPress
# The directives (lines) between BEGIN WordPress and END WordPress are
# dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.
# Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress
```
* Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
* (@sterndata)
* Volunteer Forum Moderator
* [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yet-another-permalink-issue/#post-12592473)
* In your virtual host config files for both ports 443 and 80, add this:
* ```
AllowOverride All
```
* then restart Apache.
* The default is “None”, which causes the web server to ignore .htacess.
- This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
* Thread Starter [fpiraneo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fpiraneo/)
* (@fpiraneo)
* [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yet-another-permalink-issue/#post-12592518)
* [@sterndata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) Solved!!!
* Thank you very much!
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* Last reply from: [fpiraneo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fpiraneo/)
* Last activity: [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yet-another-permalink-issue/#post-12592518)
* Status: resolved
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