wordpress permalinks not working - htaccess seems ok but getting 404 error on pages

Question

I updated the permalink structure to /%postname%/ and this updated my .htaccess with:

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
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Answer 1

If you are setting up a new or cloned site on ubuntu, remember to symlink the site configuration file e.g. /etc/apache2/sites-available/your-file.conf to the /etc/apache2/sites-enabled folder so apache loads it.

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Just run: sudo a2ensite your-file.conf, then sudo service apache2 reload.

sudo a2dissite your-file.conf to remove symlink i.e. disable config.