What are the reasons for disabling permanent links?
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2024 5:12 am
When you access your website you may encounter a 404 Page Not Found error, maybe you have a problem with broken permalinks.
Today we will learn how to find out the main cause of the error and how to fix it.
Always remember that Quality Hosting's support team is always there in case anything goes wrong with your website.
You can contact the support team through:
New plugins interfere with your htaccess file
Migrate your site or restore a backup
Incompatibility issues after australia phone number for whatsapp updating plugins or themes
Incorrectly changing htaccess file
How to fix broken links?
Reset link structure :
Go to your WordPress dashboard and then Settings > Permalinks .
Permanent links
Fix Permalinks in WordPress
Select an alternate permalink structure > Save changes .
For example, if you are using the settings (today + article title), change it to something else.
Fix Permalinks in WordPress
Fix Permalinks in WordPress
Once done change it to the standard structure and press save changes.
If the error is not resolved you need to move to another method.
Disable add-ons :
Deactivate the most recently installed add-on. You can also remove all installed add-ons.
From the main dashboard go to Add-ons > Installed Add-ons.
Click the Disable button next to the plugin.
Once done, reset the link structure using the previous method.
replace htaccess file
The problem could be related to the htaccess file, so you should replace the file with the default one.
You can follow the article How to set up an htaccess file to learn how to find the file.
Go to your Cpanel control panel and click on the File Manager icon .
Select the public_html folder and right click on the htaccess file and rename it (for example name it htaccess_old)
Then click on the Add New File icon and name it .htaccess.
Once finished save everything and close.
If the problem is not solved, try to remember the actions you took before the error occurred, and restore everything as it was. Restoring a backup may be one of the reliable options to get the site up and running.
Today we will learn how to find out the main cause of the error and how to fix it.
Always remember that Quality Hosting's support team is always there in case anything goes wrong with your website.
You can contact the support team through:
New plugins interfere with your htaccess file
Migrate your site or restore a backup
Incompatibility issues after australia phone number for whatsapp updating plugins or themes
Incorrectly changing htaccess file
How to fix broken links?
Reset link structure :
Go to your WordPress dashboard and then Settings > Permalinks .
Permanent links
Fix Permalinks in WordPress
Select an alternate permalink structure > Save changes .
For example, if you are using the settings (today + article title), change it to something else.
Fix Permalinks in WordPress
Fix Permalinks in WordPress
Once done change it to the standard structure and press save changes.
If the error is not resolved you need to move to another method.
Disable add-ons :
Deactivate the most recently installed add-on. You can also remove all installed add-ons.
From the main dashboard go to Add-ons > Installed Add-ons.
Click the Disable button next to the plugin.
Once done, reset the link structure using the previous method.
replace htaccess file
The problem could be related to the htaccess file, so you should replace the file with the default one.
You can follow the article How to set up an htaccess file to learn how to find the file.
Go to your Cpanel control panel and click on the File Manager icon .
Select the public_html folder and right click on the htaccess file and rename it (for example name it htaccess_old)
Then click on the Add New File icon and name it .htaccess.
Once finished save everything and close.
If the problem is not solved, try to remember the actions you took before the error occurred, and restore everything as it was. Restoring a backup may be one of the reliable options to get the site up and running.