{"id":176,"date":"2024-03-02T15:12:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T09:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/?p=176"},"modified":"2024-03-02T15:13:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T09:43:55","slug":"change-permalinks-in-wordpressseo-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/change-permalinks-in-wordpressseo-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Permalinks in WordPress(SEO friendly)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"176\" class=\"elementor elementor-176\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-388ea81 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"388ea81\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b5d19d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b5d19d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\"><div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"49d92b00-51f5-4864-b755-49c73f92afae\"><div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\"><p>It is very common task to change permalinks in WordPress and can be done easily through the WordPress dashboard. Here are the steps to change permalinks:<\/p><ol><li><p><strong>Log in to your WordPress Dashboard:<\/strong> Enter your WordPress admin URL in your browser (typically, it&#8217;s something like <code>http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/wp-admin\/<\/code>) and log in.<\/p><\/li><li><strong>Access Permalinks Settings:<\/strong> Once logged in, go to the left-hand menu and navigate to <code>Settings<\/code> -&gt; <code>Permalinks<\/code>.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-180 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/permalinks-94x300.png\" alt=\"Change permalinks in wordpress\" width=\"94\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/permalinks-94x300.png 94w, https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/permalinks.png 163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 94px) 100vw, 94px\" \/><\/li><li><p><strong>Choose a Permalink Structure:<\/strong> WordPress provides several common permalink structures. You can choose one of these or create a custom structure. Some examples include:<\/p><ul><li>Plain<\/li><li>Day and name<\/li><li>Month and name<\/li><li>Numeric<\/li><li>Post name &#8211; <strong>this one is SEO friendly<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p><strong>Custom Structure:<\/strong> If you want a custom structure, you can use a combination of tags. Common tags include:<\/p><ul><li><code>%year%<\/code> &#8211; The year of the post.<\/li><li><code>%monthnum%<\/code> &#8211; The numeric month of the year.<\/li><li><code>%day%<\/code> &#8211; The day of the month.<\/li><li><code>%postname%<\/code> &#8211; The post slug.<\/li><\/ul><p>For example, if you want your permalink structure to include the post name, you can use the custom structure: <code>\/%postname%\/<\/code>.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Save Changes:<\/strong> After selecting your desired permalink structure, scroll down and click on the &#8220;Save Changes&#8221; button.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Update Permalinks:<\/strong> After saving your changes, it&#8217;s a good practice to update your permalinks. To do this, go to <code>Settings<\/code> -&gt; <code>Permalinks<\/code> again and click the &#8220;Save Changes&#8221; button without making any modifications. This helps ensure that your permalinks are updated and applied.<\/p><\/li><\/ol><p>Remember that changing permalinks might affect your existing links, so it&#8217;s essential to set up redirects or update links if necessary, especially if your site has been live for a while.<\/p><p>After making these changes, WordPress will automatically generate new permalinks based on your chosen structure for all your posts and pages.<\/p><\/div><p>After update if you face issue adding new post or updating a post then you can add below web.config file under your root directory<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0055667 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0055667\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8933913 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8933913\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&lt;?xml version=&#8221;1.0&#8243; encoding=&#8221;utf-8&#8243;?&gt;<br \/>&lt;configuration&gt;<br \/>&lt;system.webServer&gt;<br \/>&lt;rewrite&gt;<br \/>&lt;rules&gt;<br \/>&lt;rule name=&#8221;Main Rule&#8221; stopProcessing=&#8221;true&#8221;&gt;<br \/>&lt;match url=&#8221;.*&#8221; \/&gt;<br \/>&lt;conditions logicalGrouping=&#8221;MatchAll&#8221;&gt;<br \/>&lt;add input=&#8221;{REQUEST_FILENAME}&#8221; matchType=&#8221;IsFile&#8221; negate=&#8221;true&#8221; \/&gt;<br \/>&lt;add input=&#8221;{REQUEST_FILENAME}&#8221; matchType=&#8221;IsDirectory&#8221; negate=&#8221;true&#8221; \/&gt;<br \/>&lt;\/conditions&gt;<br \/>&lt;action type=&#8221;Rewrite&#8221; url=&#8221;index.php&#8221; \/&gt;<br \/>&lt;\/rule&gt;<br \/>&lt;\/rules&gt;<br \/>&lt;\/rewrite&gt;<br \/>&lt;\/system.webServer&gt;<br \/>&lt;\/configuration&gt;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is very common task to change permalinks in WordPress and can be done easily through the WordPress dashboard. Here are the steps to change permalinks: Log in to your WordPress Dashboard: Enter your WordPress admin URL in your browser (typically, it&#8217;s something like http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/wp-admin\/) and log in. Access Permalinks Settings: Once logged in, go&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}