Some, not all, category pages disappeared after 2.8.5 update

  • This happened after the recent update to WordPress 2.8.5 at a site I operate for my wife. https://wedding-cafe.co.nz

    There are 10 categories on the site. All of the category pages can be viewed except two: dresses and advice. They give 404 errors.

    The tag pages for the same two words are also missing in action – but other tag pages can display normally.

    I only noticed the missing category pages when they were flagged by Google Webmaster Tools

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  • Try resetting the custom permalinks to the default setting, delete the root WP .htaccess file and then re-build your custom permalink structure back up again.

    Thread Starter billbennett

    (@billbennett)

    @esmi

    Thanks for that. It worked a treat. I’m forever in your debt.

    Can you explain why this works (or is it deeply technical and liable to go above my head?)

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