single post link returns to home page?

can’t find the server at https://www.rentafreind.ie.

sorry bout that, try https://www.rentafriend.ie/wordpress/

Try renaming any .htaccess files in your wordpress or root domain folder.

thx for the reply esmi, I just checked the file manager but could’nt find any .htaccess file in either the wordpress or root folders?

Make sure that the file manager is configured to show all files. .htaccess files are often hidden by default.

I renamed the htaccess file in the root folder but alas no luck the links still return me to the home blog page. I also noticed that if I create a page and a link to the page that link returns to the main blog also. The only links that appears to be working are the next/previous page links.

Sorry but something on your site is still definitely rewriting your post urls. Have you tried:

– deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

– switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

I deactivated both the plugins I had installed but no luck, I also switched to the twenty ten theme and reset the plugins folder but the permalinks still didnt work. Is there anything else I could try bar re-installing wordpress? Thanks again for the help Esmi

The only other plugin I had installed, apart from the default anti-spam, was called ‘homepage excerpt’ in order to show blogs on the home page as summary only, this might have caused the problem, If I re-install is there similar summary blog plugin you might reccommend?

If the problem persisted when you reset the plugins folder and changed to Twenty Ten. then it’s highly unlikely to be a theme or plugin issue. I’m convinced that this isn’t a WordPress issue at all but that something on your server is rewriting the links before WP can get to them.

Ah, ok, Ive sent in a ticket to the scripting support in bluehost, cheers fo the help. If I have no luck with them I’ll reinstall.

A couple more things to try are, if you don’t have a .htaccess, try creating one with the default WordPress .htaccess code in it.

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Also, log into your admin dashboard and check your settings. Make sure that the blog URL and the WordPress URL are both set to: https://www.rentafriend.ie/wordpress

If one of those is something different, then it may not work properly.

fantastic! that was it; site URL was missing ‘/wordpress’.
Thanks a million bh_WP_fan – was just about to reinstall