Just transferred my wordpress blog to the new server ubuntu 10.4 with the LEMP setup. But I can’t get my permanent links to work, getting 404 error. Already tried the following and nothing seems to work Enabled apache2 for mod_Rewrite Regenerate the .htaccess file in WordPress by going to Settings -> Permalinks -> and clicking to “Save Changes” Database was setup correctly. Able to login to admin and saw all my pages got transferred

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Can't get permanent links in wordpress to work - 404 error

Posted on March 4, 2013

Just transferred my wordpress blog to the new server ubuntu 10.4 with the LEMP setup. But I can’t get my permanent links to work, getting 404 error.

Already tried the following and nothing seems to work

Enabled apache2 for mod_Rewrite
Regenerate the .htaccess file in WordPress by going to Settings -> Permalinks -> and clicking to “Save Changes”

Database was setup correctly. Able to login to admin and saw all my pages got transferred

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jason

March 4, 2013

Pastebin your .htaccess file. And you say you “enabled apache2 for mod_rewrite”. Did you restart apache?

eticonleong

March 4, 2013

Hi Jason, I just figured it out and it is now working. The problem was due to Apache2 AllowOverride Not Enabled. I had to change that to ALL Enabled. Thanks for the response. Very much appreciated.