I think WordPress should automatically redirect old URLs to new URLs when you change the permalink structure.
It's just better that way.
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If you are changing from the default to a custom structure, it will.
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Posted 4 months ago #Yes but what about changing from one custom structure to another?
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No - it won't. Not sure that's even slated for a future version as it would involve keeping the old permalink structures in the database (rather like post revisions) and where do you draw the line there? 1 revision? 2 revisions? 5 revisions?
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Posted 4 months ago #Well I dunno.
But how long do you really need to do a 301 re-direct for before Google re-indexes the website anyway?
I'm sure someone much smarter than myself can come up with a good solution.
I want to change the permalink structure on my blog but the links keep breaking.
I've tried a few plugins but they don't work.
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It kind of depends what you're switching from and to.
I mean if you're changing from domain.com/YYYY/MM/DD/POSTNAME to domain.com/YYYY/POSTNAME, you can use .htaccess redirects for it.
Though I've noticed WP's freaky smart about catching onto that anyway.
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Posted 4 months ago #What if I wanted to change my permalink structure from
YYYY/MM/DD/CATEGORY/POSTNAMEtoCATEGORY/POSTNAME-POSTIDHOUR?Can someone help me with this?
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Try posting a topic in the How-To forum.
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And look up .htaccess regexp :)
(You probably can't do it, though, since while you can turn YYYY/MM/DD/CATEGORY/POSTNAME into CATEGORY/POSTNAME, there's no way for .htaccess to grock -POSTIDHOUR - Of course, you probably don't need to. CATEGORY/POSTNAME itself should redirect to CATEGORY/POSTNAME-POSTIDHOUR anyway.)
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