WordPress Daily Routine

Pretty URLs return 404 errors or don’t update properly.

Permalinks Not Working

Key Points: Pretty links result in 404 errors; settings ignored due to missing rewrite module or .htaccess issues.

You click a blog post and — 404. Everything looks right, but WordPress acts like that page never existed. The culprit? Permalinks that aren’t actually linking.

📉 Common Causes

• Missing or broken .htaccess
• Apache mod_rewrite not enabled
• Permalinks set to default and not flushed properly

🛠️ How to Fix

1. Go to Settings → Permalinks and click “Save” (this flushes rules)
2. If on Apache, make sure mod_rewrite is enabled
3. Ensure this is in your .htaccess:

   # 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

🧠 Tip

If you’re on NGINX, make sure permalinks are configured in the server block instead. No .htaccess there.