can't use any permalink other than default

  • Hello, I’m aware of a few other responses to this problem i’ve tried to follow them but no success. So hopefully someone else can help me.

    If i try change the permalink it cause ‘internal server error’ on every page except for the home page. Im totally unsure of why, i think it might have something to do with when i tried to change the wordpress address URL, this box is now greyed out in the settings. Anyway it is the permalinks i need fixing so any help is greatly appreciated!

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  • Is the .htaccess file updated in your root folder? If so, what is in it?

    Have you spoken to your hosts about this? Are they running mod_rewrite on your server?

    Thread Starter lukelunde

    (@lukelunde)

    My .htaccess file is in a subfolder and currently it says;

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

    Previously to that it just said

    # BEGIN WordPress
    # END WordPress

    Spoke to my host about this a while back and their response was to look on here for assistance as they reckoned it had nothing to do with them :/

    Well. There’s nothing wrong with either .htaccess file. The first would apply when you were trying to use custom permalinks. The second is due to the fact that you reverted at that point to the default permalink structure.

    they reckoned it had nothing to do with them

    I think you need to go back to them about this. Try also checking your site’s error logs for a more specific error message. Your hosts should be able to help you accessing your site’s error logs.

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