404 errors

[abdulrahmankz]

well, i tried to edit permalinks in wordpress site
all pages i edited when i try to open the old url it leads me to the home page with 301 redirect
it shows in the Search console as 404 errors and cant be indexed
any idea how bad is it ?
how can i fix it ?

[not2easy]

Where are you editing the Permalinks? I ask because it sounds like you are editing them manually and that can't work. The Admin panel holds the place to edit Permalinks. You go to Settings > Permalinks and change that setting for all Permalinks.

It sounds like something is wrong with your .htaccess file if it is redirecting 404s to the home page, but it may have happened because of manually editing Permalinks.

[abdulrahmankz]

i edited some links for pages
like under the title ... there is a permalink and to the right there is an edit button

[not2easy]

The thing is that once a page exists, it has a Permalink and you may edit a title, but not the format because that is controlled in your Settings > Permalinks. WP is not like a plain html site, it is centrally managed by WP which is a CMS (Content Management System) and it works using the Settings you have entered.

Edited to add:
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