Changing the permalink settings on a local development server I found that the page was not found when I chose the more usual Permalink setting based on Post Name.
I was observing the error:
Not Found The requested URL /wordpress/testimonials/ was not found on this server. Apache/2.4.33 (Debian) Server at localhost Port 80
The htaccess file looked to be correct:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
The page would show if I chose to follow the basic Permalink style of Plain with URLs shown in the form:
http://localhost/wordpress/?p=123I enabled mod rewrite using
a2enmod rewrite
The message shown is:
Enabling module rewrite. To activate the new configuration, you need to run: systemctl restart apache2
As instructed I restarted apache
systemctl restart apache2
All was well I was now able to set the Permalink style to Post Name and view the pages on the development website in the more usual style:
http://localhost/wordpress/about/
