why my permalink is not working except default and /index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
This textbox defaults to using Markdown to format your answer.
You can type !ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!
These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.
What worked for me, as mod_rewrite was not enabled (Fresh DO-provided wordpress app droplet as of oct.2016):
a2enmod rewrite
service apache2 restart
Hey there,
You’ll want to make sure your /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf has AllowOverride set to All. Also you want to make sure your /var/www/html/.htaccess file has the following permissions and contents:
CHECK PERMISSIONS:
- ls -lah /var/www/html/.htaccess
OUTPUT:
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 235 Feb 12 22:27 /var/www/html/.htaccess
CHECK CONTENTS:
- cat /var/www/html/.htaccess
OUTPUT:
# 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
Happy coding,
Jon Schwenn Platform Support Specialist DigitalOcean
Same issue here, receiving a 404 unless permalinks are set as the default
/index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
Fresh DO-provided wordpress app droplet. Default.conf, permissions and .htaccess as suggested by Jon.
Become a contributor for community
Get paid to write technical tutorials and select a tech-focused charity to receive a matching donation.
DigitalOcean Documentation
Full documentation for every DigitalOcean product.
Resources for startups and AI-native businesses
The Wave has everything you need to know about building a business, from raising funding to marketing your product.
The developer cloud
Scale up as you grow — whether you're running one virtual machine or ten thousand.
Start building today
From GPU-powered inference and Kubernetes to managed databases and storage, get everything you need to build, scale, and deploy intelligent applications.
