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WordPress post page get 404 but Homepage works – SEO

I already red a lot about this problem, but non of the solutions helped me out. I installed a fresh WordPress on my Apache. After changing the permalink structure from default (www.domain.com/?p=id) to another one, wordpress delivers me an 404 error for each page except the homepage.

I already checked the following:

  • mod_rewrite is installed and enabled (checked through phpinfo)
  • .htaccess is read- and writable

Here is my default .htaccess

# 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

Using the plugin “Debug this”, I could also find out, that the rewrite rule always deliveres additional index.php? at the beginning. E.g. sitemap_index.xml$ is rewrited as index.php?sitemap=1

What can I do so solve the problem? Default links like www.domain.com/?p=1 but that kills all my SEO.

Edit: After the installation, there was also /index.php/%postname% written in the custom permalink. But this setting is also returning a 404.

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  1. 0

    go to your permalink settings and change the permalink structure to “post name” and update your permalink structure. hope it will help.

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  2. 0

    open this file

    /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

    chnage all AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All and restart your apache
    after that update your permalink structure to post and update it.

    path can be different from "/etc/apache2/apache2.conf"

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  3. 0

    In my Ubuntu server VirtualBox VM this problem was caused by apache2 not having the rewrite mod enabled. What I did:

    1. sudo a2enmod rewrite to enable mod-rewrite.
    2. In /etc/apache2/apache2.conf inside the <Directory> entry for my folder I changed
    • This: AllowOverride None
    • To this:
      AllowOverride FileInfo
    1. sudo service apache2 restart

    And now I can permalink. Shoutout to the thousands of people saying just click save settings on your permalink page to fix the 404

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