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  • permalink – page not found issue

    Solving the page not found issue when using permalink

    This post is about how to solve the page not found problem when using the Permalinks feature of WordPress in Raspberry Pi.

    About the Issue

    When using “Post Name” or “Day and name” as the permalink, a not found error occurs when accessing the link in the WordPress page.

    However, this problem doesn’t exist when using the “Plain” permalink.

    The Solution

    It seems the problem is caused by Apache server prohibits using an .htaccess file to apply URL rewrite rules. Below are the steps to enable it.

    Make sure /var/www/html/.htaccess file contains the following:

    # BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress

    Enabling mod_rewrite

    sudo a2enmod rewrite

    Check default Apache configuration file (/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf) contains the following directives 

    <VirtualHost *:80>
<Directory /var/www/html>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>
.....

    Restart Apache

    sudo systemctl restart apache2