I did a brand new wordpress setup for a client and when I went to the permalinks settings it was blank. No options to change the permalink structure from the awful default settings. I found out a fix for it and thought I’d share it with you.
The file that should display is /wp-admin/options-permalink.php, but the problem file turns out to be wp-admin/includes/misc.php
Look for the line that reads:
$got_rewrite = apache_mod_loaded(‘mod_rewrite’, true);
It should be close to the top of the code. Change it to read:
$got_rewrite = true;
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but as I understand it, you are changing a conditional statement to an absolute one by doing this. I’m not sure why it’s causing a problem, but that fixed it for me.
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Hey Mike,
Yeah, the conditional statement basically says that “if the mod_rewrite apache module is currently loaded then rewrite option is true”. So either php is unable to detect that your mod_rewrite module is loaded or the client site/server system is performing the rewrite through an alternate means (not the mod_rewrite module). Or, of course, there is potential that the client site/server system is not able to rewrite due to the module not being configured/being included in the first place.
Hope that helps,
Adrian Pavone
Bingo! Finally got the “real” resolve. I’ve been searching this solution for hours. Though I did change the permalink_options in the database manually for the custom permalink, but this problem just bothers me ever since I installed the wordpress in our site.
Huge thanks to you Mike. Cheers.
You’re very welcome Reyven. Glad I could help
nice website. thanks to mike and reyven.
This is it, ive been having the same issue with reyven’s. This is really a big help!
Thnx to you Mike, great article..
Thanks Joseph & Karl. Good to know others don’t have to figure it out like I did
Thanks everybody.
This is the only solution that worked after hours of trying all the others.
Worked for me too
This is the only solution that worked after hours of trying all the others. (2)
Thanks, Mike Haydon!
YESSS!!! it works ur a god bro ! thought i was gunna have to do a complete reinstall haha nice thanks