WordPress Links not Working after Site Move

Reset Permlinks

I helped moving a wordpress blog from one directory to another (from a directory to its parent) and after the move, all links stopped working and returned a 500 Internal Server Error. Notice it was not a 404 file not found error.

After some search, it was suggested on a forum (sorry I don't have the link) that reset permlinks fixes the issue. This is important if the site url and home changes. Basically from Settings -> Permlinks , hit Save. This will cause all permlinks to reflect the new url.

Having all links broken was scary. I hope this tip helps someone.