Index.php appears twice in URL

How about trying this custom permalink structure and leaving category and tag base empty??

/%category%/%postname%-%post_id%

Nop, this actually eliminated my first page as well.

do I need to do something maybe in the permalink.php page?

thanks!

Have you tried using one of the date permalink presets?

And what is the current permalink structure?
Can you point me to a page where you see strange looking links?

Hi,

the current permalinks structure is default as all other create a problem
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I can change it now to day & name for an hour and you could take a look

thanks!

When you now go to https://nonaorbach.com/blog/index.php/page/2/ and click pagination links for page 2 and up you’ll notice that there is no more problem with additional index.php/ added to the url.

IMHO the problem lies in pagination base not set correctly in your theme code rather than WP not reflecting changes to the permalink structure.

Thanks so much for the quick response.
I’ll update you if I get it corrected.

any idea on how I can correct it on my theme?

I’m sorry but as you are using a commercial theme, you need to seek support from the theme’s developer/vendor. We do not support commercial themes here.
Try https://themeforest.net/user/Siiimple

Can you find paginate_links function in index.php or category.php file?

hi, couldn’t find it in the index.php file
I din’t find any category.php file

I’m sorry but as you are using a commercial theme, you need to seek support from the theme’s developer/vendor. We do not support commercial themes here.
Try https://themeforest.net/user/Siiimple