To start with, I am not an expert of any kind. Codes drive me insane. I run a site called: http://nascentarray.com.
I moved the site from one host to another and after the migration, I found that many images were broken. So, I changed the permalink structure:
From: nascentarray.com/post-name/
To: nascentarray.com/year/month/date/post-name/
Everything looked fine until I started getting 404 errors on images interested into the posts directly.
To me more specific, I use two methods to insert images:
- I use the Jetpack module of WP to create a gallery in mosaic layout that gives a carousel of images when someone clicks on the gallery.
- For some posts, using Jetpack gallery module makes no sense and so, I simple insert individual images between texts using the simple media uploader.
Problem: The problem is with the posts where I do not use the Jetpack gallery module. When I click on a post, the post opens fine and shows all images in it. However, the moment I start clicking on individual images, they start giving 404 error.
Example: http://nascentarray.com/2013/02/08/tallest-buildings-of-2013/
Clicking on any image in the post will return a 404 error.
How to solve this problem? Anyone, please help me. This is so disturbing and I don’t have enough technical expertise to deal with this on my own and so I can came here with a hope to find some help from experts.
The posts where you don’t use jetpack image gallery module doesn’t embed a gallery. Instead, you embed images in your posts individually. When you embed, there’s option with image link whether you want to link image with post, attachment page, custom link or source file.
Your images are not linked to source file – instead those are linked to POST ATTACHMENT link.
Once you changed the permalinks structure of your post, the links associated with your image files were not updated and those remained as per previous permalink structure those don’t exist now and thus it gives 404 error.
It’s solution can be to revert your permalinks structure to previous one (short and immediate solution) and other solution can be writing a short script and update all links of images in batch with their source file or anything else.
Another solution is to use Yoast SEO plugin to generate redirect URL’s for old backlinks.
See the guide in this blog post regarding this solution.
I hope this helps and you understand the issue now.
Your permalink structure is incorrect. You need to change it back to nascentarray.com/year/month/date/post-name/
If it’s already that way, then you need to double check your folders in uploads. Because if you look at your one page here http://nascentarray.com/2013/06/17/stock-wallet-the-only-wallet-you-will-ever-need/
That image is linked with ../year/month/date/post_name/image_name/
i.e. http://i0.wp.com/nascentarray.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/stock_wallet_2.jpg?resize=389%2C176
Obviously your plugin for viewing galleries adds the extra stuff in the URL’s.
Where as the link you gave above has just ../post_name/image_name/ Which isn’t working with your plugin or linking of the image file.