How Can I Change URL Links In Wordpress ??

[Damaxi]

I have a wordpress blog, the problem is that all my links have this sequence:

blog.com/?p=2085

I?ve seen many blogs that the URL includes category and the name of the post, example:

blog.com/downloads/thor-2011-dvdrip/

How can I convert the first URL (p=2085) into the second URL (thor-2011) ??

(I have more than 100 entries in the blog, I don?t know if this affect or if I need to create again that entries)

Hope that someone help me

Damaxi Reviewed by Damaxi on 27th Aug 2011. How Can I Change URL Links In Wordpress ?? I have a wordpress blog, the problem is that all my links have this sequence: blog.com/?p=2085 I?ve seen many blogs that the URL includes category and the name of the post, example: blog.com/downloads/thor-2011-dvdrip/ How can I convert the first URL (p=2085) into the second URL (thor-2011) ?? Rating: 5

[Mark96]

in settings -> permalinks enter /%postname%/ in custom structure

[DuckBre]

go to your dashboard>settings>permalinks>select custom structure>type this /%postname%/
and you will get site.com/postname/

[gopinath112]

If you have lots of pages/pages attached to Google,then dont change,you may face errors

[desibreaker]

i suggest not to change if you have lots of visitors, it happened to me that few months back i changed the premalink url. Unfortunately most of my visitors was having 404 errors while making searches or had made bookmarks

[Damaxi]

i suggest not to change if you have lots of visitors, it happened to me that few months back i changed the premalink url. Unfortunately most of my visitors was having 404 errors while making searches or had made bookmarks

If you have lots of pages/pages attached to Google,then dont change,you may face errors

Yes, that?s the problem that I found when I tried to change permalinks, everytime that I entered with the new url, it appears me a 404 error (thanks to Mark96 and Duckbre anyway

So, if you say that I will face errors with 404, it?s better to continue with the original URL, thanks to all, rep added

[Rox]

install Platinum SEO plugin and change the url structure... all the old links will be 301 redirected to the new structure... you will not get a 404 error this way..

and make sure you tick this option in the plugin settings

[Phresh]

if your category slugs are intact..its okay to change the permalinks ....moreover url like blog.com/?p=2085 are less likely to get indexed...