Quick fix for 404 error in WordPress category / tag page
Just a quick fix for a common problem: Sometimes, especially after switching themes, wordpress will generate 404 errors on the category and tag pages. There might be multiple reasons – and also multiple solutions – to this, but I’m usually very successful with this:
Go to your WordPress backend, click Settings, click Permalinks. Make sure the category base is “category” and the tag base is “tag” (unless you have some VERY weird special settings) and simply press the “save changes” button. Even if nothing has changed, clicking the button will probably make your category and tag pages work again now.
Don’t forget to clear your WordPress cache for testing.
This article was written quite a while ago (3 years), please keep this in mind when using the information written here. Links, code and commands might be outdated or broken.
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Super thnx!
its not working for me also
It’s working On my blog. Thank’s @Chris :)
Not work for me, I’m so sad
Thanks!!!!
Thanks so much! This worked for me too :)
Thanks man! Still works in 2017 : ) It was merely a caching issue, but your solution works. Don’t forget to clear the cache people.
Thnx dude you are awesome Love you boss
Wow..it was really quick. It saved my time to fix the issue. Thanks