Automattic / Automattic/babble
404 after fresh install on WP 4.5.3
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- Dominant language
- PHP
- Stars
- 250
- Forks
- 44
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
404 on all pages on frontend that use the // prefixes in url, ie `site.com/en/page`
Seems like Rewrite Rules are broken, checked with Rewrite Rules Inspector:

Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue on a fresh install with WordPress 4.5.3 and inspect the rewrite rules using Rewrite Rules Inspector. Trace why frontend URLs containing // return 404, then verify that those localized pages load successfully after the rewrite rules are corrected.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100