TheOrganicSister
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
I currently have my permalinks structure set to /year/month/postname
I'd like to change this in the structure .com/postname/
However I don't want to cause old inbound links to be broken.
Is there a way to do this without causing broken links? Either with a simple redirect or a plugin?
(I was using Advanced Permalinks which was working fine for posts but it was causing my category links to be broken or direct to homepage. If I use a plugin I'd prefer one that...you know, works. And who's author is still supporting it.)
CrimsonLB42
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
In the past, I've slightly modified a post URI by removing a word or two and the old URI still directed to the post. It seems WordPress somehow manages to find a closest matching permalink or remembers previous URIs. However, when I did this, any FB or Twitter share counts I had accumulated were instantly lost.
It'd be great if there was a plugin that once installed allowed you to only retain the permalinks on archived posts. For example, say you run a magazine site and you are consolidating categories, but don't want to lose inbound links to archived articles. This would be useful.
