How to Fix Messed Up Permalinks When a Blog Already Has Content

I’ve run into this problem a couple of times and finally figured out the easy way to fix it.  Someone probably figured this out a long time ago and if I had looked hard enough I probably would have found the answer, but oh well.  At least now I know!

Ok, so here’s an illustration of the problem.  You’ve just started a new blog and even written a few posts.  Then one day you realize that you have ugly URL’s.  For example your URL’s are something like www.blog.com/?p=5.  And the you realize, “OH CRAP!  I forgot to set up pretty permalinks!”

So naturally the next step is you go into your permalinks options and change it to something like /%category%/%postname%/.  Then you breathe a sigh of relief, until you go to your blog and all of your pages cannot be displayed!!!  OH NO!

Ok, so I’m being a little dramatic with this, but it’s happened to me a couple of times and who knows, it may have happened to you as well.  So here’s the quick fix that I used today and it worked:

  1. Revert to the default permalink structure.
  2. Log into your hosting account.
  3. In the root folder of your blog, find the .htaccess file and delete it.
  4. Now, set up the permalink structure the way you want it and save it.

That should fix it!  At least it did for a blog I was helping someone with today!  If you have any other tips on this, feel free to share, but hopefully that saves you some headaches.

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273 Comments

Japanese BushidoNovember 14th, 2008 at 5:15 am

I have dealt with the problem myself, but there is also one other thing to keep in mind, if you are under a linux server, you have to be under 777 access mode in order to write the a new .htaccess file.

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Dan Reply:

That is true. The cool thing about this fix is that by deleting the file WordPress automatically tries to recreate the file once you change the permalink structure. But yeah, if your chmod isn’t set up right it won’t work anyway!

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lubrifiant intime Reply:

i needed this information…..THANK YOUUUUUUUU!

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Ella Reply:

oh really? well thanks! now i know what to do.:)

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Web Tasarim | John Alden Reply:

Yeah Japanese bushide. I remember when i started Wordpress & linux after a long while of IIS, the access modes took a while for me to get used to. I recently found out that you should 777 your .htaccess file :)

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yemek tarifleri Reply:

thank you for this post. I have solved the problem.

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ZobelNovember 14th, 2008 at 11:50 am

i needed this information…..THANK YOUUUUUUUU!

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Dan Reply:

You’re welcome :)

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Scarpe Da GinnasticaNovember 15th, 2008 at 3:00 am

Just to avoid ending in a mess and not being capable of fix it, the first thing i do when i start a blog is to triple check if i have set up permalinks properly. :-)

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Dan Reply:

I have a tendency to forget that step for some reason. I’m glad that you’re not like me in that regard!

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Rika Susan's Outdoor Lighting NewsNovember 15th, 2008 at 4:47 am

Thanks for this tip, Dan! I need to try this on one of my blogs, but I have always been too scared that I would mess things up. You have some really practical posts here with doable info. Keep it up! Also following you on Twitter.

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Dan Reply:

Glad to help. I’ve just run into this problem too many times and I think I finally found a good fix for it. The one thing to be careful of is that if your blog has been around for awhile you may not want to make the switch at all because of any links you have out there.

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Used computersNovember 16th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

Sometimes deleting .htaccess is not possible, depending on server and what other redirections you have setup on it. So maybe manually redirection in .htaccess file could solve your problem. Usually Wordpress gives you the redirection syntax; if not (or if your blog is not made in Wordpress), you could find on net how to make 301 permanent redirection.

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Dan Reply:

Yes, they do give some instructions in the WordPress codex on how to change the .htaccess file. This fix is mainly for a relatively new blog and not one that has been established for awhile.

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RockstarNovember 17th, 2008 at 4:26 am

I this Giving WRITE Permission to htacess file s enough ….. What you say ??

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Dan Reply:

There are modification to the htaccess file that you can make, but this fix works because WordPress recreates the htaccess file once you delete it and then try to change permalinks.

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Andy | West Florida ComponentsNovember 18th, 2008 at 9:32 am

Thanks for the specific directions. I wish I had them before I started blogging. Actually, in the beginning, I found different instructions that made my posts disappear so I reverted to the default.

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Dan Reply:

Yeah, it’s never a comforting feeling when your posts disappear :) . I still feel though that if your blog has been running for awhile you should probably just leave it alone so you don’t mess up any links that you have out there. Unless you set up 301’s for all of those pages, but that wouldn’t be much fun at all ;)

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Em @ Think HorsesNovember 19th, 2008 at 6:50 am

You just saved me hours of work. We just bought an old domain and it was kind of messed up so this tip is so relevant.

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Dan Reply:

I’m glad it helped!

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online utilityNovember 19th, 2008 at 10:06 am

That’s a nice solution but how to redirect your traffic to the new links? Also, aren’t you going to lose your pagerank for your pages once a Google pagerank update occur? i dont know but this solution seems to rise a lot of doubts to me!

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Dan Reply:

that’s why this solution is really for a new blog. If your blog has been up for a long time you’d have to do some 301 redirects to maintain the PR and links.

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Webdesign web design Reply:

Unless your weblog is very large. It’s better to just start over with correct/new links.
I’ve had this problem once.

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Suet FeedersNovember 25th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

I’ve seen a Wordpress plug in that handles the 301 redirect automatically after the permalink change, but I can’t find the note on it. but I’m sure one exists, and it handles the heavy lifting of changing the permalink as well.

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Dan Reply:

That would be a great plugin, let me know if you ever remember the name of it or find a link to it. Thanks!

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forex day trading manNovember 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pm

Wow, that was exactly the kind of information I was looking for. I have made this mistake many many times, and never knew how to fix it. But what about links to internal pages? Those links wont work anymore?

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Dan Reply:

You know I’m not sure if they would or not. WordPress might be smart enough to translate it over, but my first guess would be that it wouldn’t.

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Khaled Quadrant vansDecember 2nd, 2008 at 6:19 am

I had a similar problem on a blog and used deans permalinks migration which is a plugin for Wordpress. I tried a few times unsuccessfully to get it to work, then found out you have to get the hosting company to enable mod rewrite on your hosting, worked nicely then.

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Dan Reply:

Do you by chance have a link for the plugin? That sounds like a really cool one to have!

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Khaled Quadrant vans Reply:

http://www. deanlee.cn/wordpress/permalinks-migration-plugin/ to download the plugin and
http:// uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EFH26FmJURI for an ideots guide how to use the plugin (for people like me) You need to make sure that your mod-rewrite is enabled in apache (speak to hosting if it doesn’t work) Hope it helps

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african antelopeDecember 8th, 2008 at 10:49 pm

Well yes, it is always possible to fix it at anytime, but is it really advisable to change your permalink structure, after 2 years of having a blog, etc? That’s my biggest fear.

-Jean

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Dan Reply:

If you use the plugin Khaled mentioned above, you’ll probably be ok because I’m pretty sure it does a 301 redirect for the old links.

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Leon Belenky-Compare Web Hosts ExpertDecember 11th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

Such helpful information, though I would think it would be best to have your web host do the change for you.

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Dan Reply:

Yeah, I’ve found that in some situations you really do have to have the host make a few changes. And here I thought I had found a super simple fix :)

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J.R. FarrDecember 12th, 2008 at 8:08 am

Hey Dan,

Nice post man. Very informative for anyone with a new blog. I noticed in the comments everyone is mentioning the 301 re-directs. I was going to mention this as well but you mentioned this was more the relatively newer blogs.

If anyone out there has an older blog there is a Wordpress plugin that is makes your life so easy if you want to have a 301 redirects automatically.

It seriously is ridiculous how easy this plugin makes it. Go check it out if you need 301 redirects setup.

http://www.deanlee.cn/wordpress/permalinks-migration-plugin/

Again, nice post man!

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Dan Reply:

Thanks for the tip and info about the plugin. This can be a great resource for the older blogs that need to make some changes.

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LillaDecember 19th, 2008 at 9:48 am

I see permalinks on many of the blogs. Technically what does it actually mean?

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Dan Reply:

A permalink is just a link to an individual post. This way each post has it’s own url that can be linked to directly.

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Grand Rapids Website DesignsDecember 24th, 2008 at 10:10 pm

Another great post, this information is great for those who are forgetful when starting a new blog.

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I recommend you the Platinum Seo plugin for Wordpress. You can set it to solve permalinks error redirections automatically.

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Arnas Reply:

I agree, I’m using Platinum SEO (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/platinum-seo-pack/) and among other cool features it handles permalink redirects automatically.

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Thanks for the tips!!!

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beckyFebruary 15th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

everything is fine but what abvout these 2 how /%category%, /%postname%.do i have to make any change or anytjinh in its attributes.thanx

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Any issue related to links require utmost care and attention. Permalinks are what your website is indexed by. Any errors are likely to have a long term impact on your overall ranking of your website on search engines.

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Seth RIdleyFebruary 25th, 2009 at 11:57 am

Thanks, that is very useful. We’ve been caught out by not setting up permalinks in WP at the start of the development process . Also it seems that clients tend to know about permalinks now so it’s exactly the sort of issues you’ll get asked about just before a site is due to go live!

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Thanks for sharing this great info; having permalinks set up correctly can make or break a site looking professional

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IvalApril 5th, 2009 at 11:57 pm

I have messed up my permalinks structure once and traffic goes down the drain fast. huhuhu

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Leon Blenky-Compare Web HostsApril 28th, 2009 at 11:07 am

This is such a great tip; it is so easy to accidentally mess up a permalink, so knowing how to quickly correct it without messing up anything else is GREAT for everyone to know.

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JuneMay 3rd, 2009 at 8:03 am

This is a great tip! The one thing that I am not understanding though, is if you delete the .htaccess file, don’t you have to create another one? Being a complete non-techie - how would you create a new one? Also what is the difference between All-in-one-seo-pack plug-in and the platinum-seo-pack? Does anyone know? If I were to install the platinum, would I have to deactivate and uninstall the all-in-one? Really appreciate this post and any responses to my questions!

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DevNetJuly 29th, 2009 at 1:12 am

But it depends if you already have other information like mod rewrite on hat .htaccess file.

Thanks for the tip.

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It’s just the small step but bring big effect. .htaccess file is the only annoying file if we want to fix our broken permalink (that’s just my own idea). Thanks for informing,. Good idea shared here. CHEERS!

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Thanks for the post. There are actually new plugins that help with permalink issues. Unfortunately, they sometimes cause other headaches. Still, I suggest trying them out. Look for them in the Wordpress Codex.

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The one thing to be careful of is that if your blog has been around for awhile you may not want to make the switch at all because of any links you have out there.They do give some instructions in the WordPress codex on how to change the .htaccess file. This fix is mainly for a relatively new blog and not one that has been established for awhile.

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This article is a life saver. I have a wordpress blog and I changed the parmalink format. And Oh no! all the pages are no longer there. So I followed your steps and it now works!

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Sometimes deleting .htaccess is not possible, depending on server and what other redirections you have setup on it. So maybe manually redirection in .htaccess file could solve your problem. Usually Wordpress gives you the redirection syntax; if not (or if your blog is not made in Wordpress), you could find on net how to make 301 permanent redirection.

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Very useful post! I’ve also had some problems when I wanted to change my permalinks structure. After changing them I lost all the backlinks pointing to my blog. :(

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I’ve changed permalinks without having a problem finding my posts afterwards. Maybe Wordpress has been updated to handle them better since then. The only problem I found when changing them is Google. “1,200 pages cannot be found” < that was a problem which hurt my rankings a lot.

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Then I copy the 404 errored urls to the right original links (this is like a puzzle game) and redirected them using wordpress redirection plugin. This was a few days ago.
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