Permalink Custom Structure Issues

  • I have been having problems with a custom permalink.

    The setting looks like this:

    Custom Structure without trailing slash at the end of URL.

    https://www.mysite.com/cars/%postname%

    Also a screen shot here:

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    The permalink works and it resolves OK, but I have been finding out some 404 error where the permalink breaks like you will see below and it can’t find the /%postname%
    The ratio is about five (5) 404s per 300 request, and those 404s are starting to add up.

    https://www.mysite.com/cars/

    A little bit of background on this web site:

    The original site was a site that was converted from a non-worpress site (Microsoft SQL) to a wordpress configuration. I created the ULR structure mentioned above to match the previous URL of the old site. The site has only 4 pages and about 3,000 posts. When implementing the URL and adding the word /cars/ I did not create any category or slug. I just inserted the word in the URL so I could match the old site requests.

    Any ideas on what to do here it would be great. I have tried many things including Flushing Permalinks in WordPress via the “save settings’ on permalink dashboard.

    Any help would be greatly appreciate.

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  • Is it any different with the trailing slash?

    any bad characters in your old postnames that might break a link? (apostrophes, etc)

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by aparentdesign.
    Thread Starter lechon

    (@lechon)

    Hi there,
    No difference with the trailing slash and there are not weird characters or apostrohes on the post names.

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