Changing Permalink Structure

  • erniew

    (@erniew)


    17 years, 10 months ago

    I set up my first WordPress, ignorantly using the default permalink structure. Later on, I set up a new WordPress site with the numeric structure. It worked well and create pretty links. So I went back to the old site and changed the Permalink options to numeric.

    Alas — after that, the server couldn’t find anything that I had links to. Fortunately, when I changed back to the default permalink structure, the site resumed normal function.

    Is there any trick to change the permalink structure, once a site is up and running?

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  • Michael Bishop

    (@miklb)

    17 years, 10 months ago

    Are you sure your htaccess file was writable?

    alrescha

    (@alrescha)

    17 years, 10 months ago

    I think what erniew is describing is that his previously written links (that used the old permalink structure) like in old posts that linked to other posts, now doesn’t work anymore. (Right?)

    In that case, I suppose you’d just have to manually go and re-write all those links that used the old permalink structure.

    Thread Starter erniew

    (@erniew)

    17 years, 10 months ago

    Yes, alrescha is right. When I changed the permalink structure, access to old stuff was lost. Not only to old pages, but also the cathegory links in the blog where made useless.

    As for the .htaccess file, its persmissions was 644. And its content did change when I changed the permalink structure. Btw, these changes where still in place after I changed the structure back to normal.

    I don’t pretend to understand .htaccess that well, but it doesn’t seem to me that it is an issue in this case. However, once the links where created, I couldn’t change the structure without loosing access to old pages and to the blog archive. In other words, perhaps you have to stick to your original choice of permalink structure, once you have started create links on your site.

    If this is a proper assumption, then perhaps a warning about it on the option/permalink page should be a good idea.

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