WordPress permalink change throws 500 Internal Server Error

Question

I am changing my permalink structure in wordpress admin panel,

after changing this, when I click on post its throwing Internal server error

if changing it to default permalink structure , its working fine.

changing permalink setting in my localhost is working fine , but in staging server its throwing internal errors, I checked my .htaccess file in staging server , new rules are getting updated , but its showing internal error issue which is not coming in localserver.

I am using Wpengine webhost .

and I am in staging server mode.

How can I get rid of this problem

Answer 1

Talk to your webhost; your changes are not being written to .htaccess or your webhost doesn't allow .htaccess and mod_rewrite to be used.

See http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

If you're on a Windows server, see http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Permalinks_without_mod_rewrite

Answer 2

You trying to rewrite the url two times:

1. .htaccess file
2. WP Permalink settings

Get rid of your .htaccess file (or comment first line)

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase ./
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . ./index.php [L]
</IfModule>

hope this will help.

Answer 3

If you installed wordpress in a subdirectory you need to change the line RewriteRule . /index.php [L] (last line before /IfModule) with RewriteRule . subdirectoryName/index.php [L] Change subdirectoryName with the name of the subdirectory that wordpress is installed.