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Kashish Question is :
I am not able to edit my permalinks to /%postname% in wordpress, it shows now
edit your .htaccess.txt file, but i cud not find it anywhere in the installation
or root directory. Any way to create it..?
Thanks,
Kashish
In most of wordpress blog .htaccess file resides by default in the root of wordpress installation. If you
are using Filezilla FTP client, you can refer to my post on how to edit your .htaccess file. all you need to do is click on force showing hidden file, from the option menu, which is already explained earlier.
In case .htaccess file does not exist, simply create a new notepad file and rename it to .htaccess. Make sure, it should not be like .htaccess.txt in any ways.
If you using windows you can uncheck the option which says hide extension of known file type.
Once you have renamed the file to .htaccess, upload it to the root of wordpress installation and edit your file according to your need. In case you having hard time renaming from htaccess.txt to .htaccess, simple upload the htaccess.txt file and rename it on the server.
Do read following .htaccess related articles for Wordpress :
- How to Block Visitors from specific IP
- How to stop hotlinking your blog images using .htaccess file
- Avoid spam comment in Wordpress using .htaccess method
Though his question was specifically for changing permalink and for that I will rather suggest Dean permalink migration plugin and if you like to read about it read : How to use Dean permalink migration plugin.
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I had the same issue when I started SpeakBindas but after experimenting was fortunate to have solved this issue. This is a very primary problem that many starter bloggers would be coming across. This will help them.
htaccess file is the most important for any kind of website
May be I will need this tutorial some day.
Wiredcubes I’m sure you will soon. People actually need it, when they install most imp. Super cache wordpress plugin.
Thanks for The Tutorial Bro!
Thanks for your comment Chethan. I’m glad it helped you.