Can I change permalink structure mid-stream?

  • mobius55

    (@mobius55)


    14 years, 3 months ago

    I’m thinking that I would like to change my permalink structure from default http://www.mysite/?p=123 to http://www.mysite/%category%/%postname% for better SEO results (hopefully). But I’m apprehensive about doing this mid-stream – already have a lot of posts & pages in place and I don’t want to screw up all of my links. Can such a change be done safely, or will I have to re-create all of my work under the new permalink option?
    Thanx in advance for your thoughts.
    CR

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  • Rev. Voodoo

    (@rvoodoo)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Yes, you can change your permalinks any time, I did mine after having my site up for about a year with no problems

    Shane G.

    (@shane-g-1)

    14 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    You can change and set your desired permalink . If you get 404 error message on old posts then add this code in htaccess:

    # BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

    Thanks,

    Shane G.

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