Wordpress permalink is not working when set to postname

Question

I have problem with my WordPress permalink. I'm running a WAMP server. I tried to change the permalink to postname: "/%postname%/" .

When I test one of my pages I get an 404 Not Found.

How can I fix this problem?

Answer 1

Looks like your .htaccess doesn't exists or better said the mod_rewrite isn't working.

My guess though, since you are using wamp, is that the .htaccess was created by wordpress. Just check if the file exists otherwise create it.

Answer 2

Please read the appropriate documentation . In short, you should put a file named .htaccess in your root directory and have the following in the file:

# 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