WordPress Postname 404 errors

Web, Wordpress

Issue

Changing the WP PermaLink setting to postname causes a 404 error

Solution

Edit the 

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Change your apache config or add the following to it if its missing

<Directory /var/www/<yoursitefolder>>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Restart the service

sudo service apache2 restart

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