Summary: A WordPress Permalinks error is an albeit-easy issue to resolve which can crop up at times due to some setting issues or plugin conflicts in your WordPress site. To fix the problem and understand if permalinks in your WordPress are not working, you must be well-versed beforehand in WordPress, what permalinks are, what breaks them, what are the symptoms, and lastly how you can fix them on your own. So, without any further wait, let’s dive straight in to understand and do some diagnostic job. What are permalinks in WordPress? The term Permalinks is the combination of two words; 'Permanent' and 'Links'. It is defined as URLs of posts, WebPages, weblog postings, and categories, which allow the users or readers to access the web content easily. It is a permanent link or URL which another weblogger uses to link to another weblog post on the WordPress site. In short, a reader has to simply enter a permalink of his/her desired page into the address bar of the web browser to access the content on the Internet. Why permalinks are needed in WordPress? Permalinks in WordPress connect the content of the webpage to the readers by using URLs on search engines. For instance, if you have a page named Writer’shunt, then the WordPress permalink of your website would be www.writer’shunt.com/literaryaesthetics/. Every permalink has a domain name at the end of the link which is called Slug. Here, in the above example, the domain name or ‘Slug’ of your webpage would be “literary aesthetics.” Universal Resource Locator abbreviated as URL is the web address of a page on a website. Types of WordPress permalinks There are three types of WordPress permalinks: Default WordPress Permalinks This type of permalinks is also known as 'ugly permalinks' because they do not state what the content of a specific page is about. They may look like yourdomain.com/?p=16 Pretty WordPress Permalinks This type of permalinks states the title of the webpage in their domain name (end part of the link) or what you call as ‘Slug’ which may look like www.citizenship.com/your-civil-responsibilities. Almost Pretty Permalinks Almost Pretty Permalinks are SEO-friendly and readable links that consist of useful information regarding the post, the date of the post, title, and other necessary information. They may look like www.myblog.com/index.php/my-first-blog-post. What could break permalinks in WordPress? Some solid possibilities of your broken WordPress permalinks might be that you have: Installed New Plugins Plugins that are available by default in WordPress are functionally awesome. However, they can cause severe headaches because they are the center of many issues in W... You are listening to the topic about "Top 4 ways to fix WordPress Permalinks Not Working Errors", if you want to read the full article, please visit https://geniuswp.com or the link in the description.
