I’m currently running WordPress on a Virtual Linux Machine (Debian 11) using Nginx as my web server engine.
Being new to the world of blogging I noticed my URL’s end with https://richay.com.au/?page_id=2
Where an easier URL to remember would be much better. This feature is offered in the admin panel of WordPress in Settings -> Permalinks
Where I chose to have my post name as my link.
This immediately gave 404 errors on all except my homepage of https://richay.com.au/
To remedy this and have my links working again, I had to edit my Nginx default settings:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
Replacing the part of the code:
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
With:
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
All links started working instantly and my page does not show the miserable 404 error.
My blog page is now https://richay.com.au/blog/
🙂