A problem that several of our users encountered with their local server installations of WordPress was that they couldn’t get permalink rewrite rules to work. Whenever they tried enabling custom permalinks all of their posts and pages would show “page not found” errors.
In order to fix this you need to turn on the rewrite module in you WAMP, XAMPP, or MAMP installation. Start by finding the WAMP icon in your taskbar. Navigate to Apache » Apache modules.
This will bring up a long list of modules that you can toggle on and off. Find the one called “rewrite_module” and click it so that it is checked.
After doing this your custom permalink structures should work immediately.
Alternatively, you can locate the local server. Go to the apache folder, then go to the configuration “conf” folder. Locate the httpd.conf file. Search for a line like this:
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Simply get rid of the pound sign in front of it. So it looks like this:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Well that was easy….Thank you!
Thanks ….Finally all set with this solution.
i have tried so many search on google but no one suggest me to do change in my local wamp.
This pretty permalinks on local server tutorial is what I have searched for. Thanks
not sure ig your familar with instant WP, but this fix doesn’t apply to its local installs! Ant Ideas Thanx
This method works with most local servers. Instant WP is a script. You should probably ask their devs. why it doesn’t work. We never tried InstantWP.
Thanks peeps.
I use XAMPP as my local install and have wondered how to enable pretty permalinks.
Now I know.
Many thanks.