Wordpress Permalink Structure - SEO Friendly URL's

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Howto & Style

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• Wordpress
• Wordpress Tips
• SEO friendly urls
• permalinks

[ZinfandelRed1914]

Sorry, the image is blurry, I cannot read the text that is supposed to be placed in the 'custom structure' I;m a newb as well so that doesnt help. Would you mind replying with what is to be typed in there? Would be mu ch appreciated.

I often find youtube videos hard to read text, too blurry

[wordpresshowtos]

@ZinfandelRed1914 Sorry about that. All you need to have in that field is /%postname%/

That's it. Let me know if you have any other questions.

[MassInfinity]

Thanks for this video! It was really helpful and clear.

I bought "Wordpress for Dummies" and it was not a great at explaining this as your video.

Way to go!

[wordpresshowtos]

Awesome! Glad it was useful for you!

[thinkbig100]

but will you lose traffic traffic, if you change the structure a prominent WP person wrote this:

Once you get your site indexed in the search engines and start gaining inbound links, you

would destroy your traffic in an instant by changing your permalink structure so take the time

to get it right the first time.

;

[wordpresshowtos]

Not at all. Simply put a 301 redirect on your URL's that you've changed. By doing this you're letting the search engines know where you've moved your link.

Plus since you're using Wordpress you can use a plugin to do this, especially if you don't know much about changing your htaccess files.

I would recommend these plugins (they can be found in the Wordpress Plugin Directory):

- Redirection

- Simple 301 Redirects

[c2ntraining]

Is permalinks an option for the free version of wordpress

[playsteady]

Thanks Bro... big help!!!

[scottpoley]

Very useful, thank you so much!!!

[MSPLNOLTE]

Thank you!

[sje1964]

Thanks mate, useful info

[djemerald2]

@stana1980

thats what happened to me as well

[redtaillight]

thank you very much. . As a result of your video, my hits increased instantly once I corrected the permalink titles.

Thanks again. Mike at red tail light dot com

[redtaillight]

thank you very much. . As a result of your video, my hits increased instantly once I corrected the permalink titles.

Thanks again. Mike

[babibump]

wow great info! love it.