[Ancianto]

Hi,

I’m using the **Read WP theme** and I have an issue with Standard Portfolio items.

My WordPress permalinks are set to **Post name**.

When I create a Portfolio item and set its type to **Standard**, clicking on it leads to a 404 / “Not Found” page.

For example:

https://mywebsite/portfolio/title/

→ returns **Not Found**

However, the same Portfolio item works perfectly with the WordPress query URL:

https://mywebsite/?portfolio=title

→ displays the Portfolio item correctly.

Portfolio items using Lightbox Featured Image also work, since they do not open the individual Portfolio page.

I already tried resaving the permalink settings, but it does not solve the issue.

It therefore seems that the Portfolio item itself works correctly, but the rewrite/permalink rule for Standard Portfolio items does not.

Could you please tell me how to fix this?

Thank you!

[Mehmet S.]

Hi,

Thank you for reporting this issue.

I’ll investigate the Portfolio Standard permalink/404 issue today and get back to you with an update.

Best regards,
Mehmet
Pixelwars Support

[Mehmet S.]

Hi,

Thanks for the clear report and for sharing your URL — that made this easy to check.

The good news is this isn’t a Portfolio or theme issue. Pretty permalinks aren’t currently active anywhere on your site. Every link WordPress generates is still in query format:

Blog posts → ?p=645
Pages → ?page_id=759
Categories → ?cat=15
Pagination → ?paged=2

WordPress generates these links from the permalink setting in the database, independently of the theme and of your .htaccess. If the structure were actually set to Post name, those links would read /post-title/ even if rewriting were broken. Since they don’t, the structure is still on “Plain” — which is exactly why /portfolio/a-une-passante/ returns 404 while ?portfolio=a-une-passante works. Portfolio just happens to be where you noticed it first.

To fix it:

1. Go to “Settings → Permalinks”, select “Post name”, and click “Save Changes”.

2. Reload your homepage and hover a blog post title. If it now reads /personne-ne-changera-davis.../, the setting saved correctly.

3. If it still reads ?p=645, the setting is being reverted. Temporarily deactivate caching, security and SEO plugins and try again.

4. If it saves but URLs then return 404, ask your host to confirm that mod_rewrite is enabled and .htaccess is writable (or, on nginx, that the WordPress rewrite block is present).

Once that’s sorted, please clear any page cache and check a Portfolio item again. If it still 404s at that point, reply here and I’ll look further.

Best regards,
Mehmet
Pixelwars Support