I have a group of wordpress sites. There is an install in the root that uses permalinks as expected, eg /%postname%/ = root/postname for the URL. In the subfolder installs that structure results in a 404 error, but if I structure the links to include /index.php/%postname%/ they work just fine. This just started happening today after having run fine for about two months.
Things I’ve done to try and get the subfolder sites working again:
- Rewritten the htaccess,
- Insured mod_rewrite was active
- Deactivated all the plugins for the subfolder install
- Tried various permalink structures (all result in 404)
- Installed a backup from when it was working
- Created new sites in subfolders and tested navigation with the same results
- Deactivated Wordfence in the root install and all plugins in a cloned subfolder test site
On the same server I am able to create sites in a subfolder under a different URL whose permalink structure works as expected.
Has anyone experienced this or have suggestions on what to try next?
2
Answers
I was never able to fix this problem and moved the site into a subdomain where it is currently running fine.
I once had a problem because in the root, next to index.php an index.html was installed.. Can you check?