Title: A question about Permalinks
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# A question about Permalinks

 *  [mikesinner69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikesinner69/)
 * (@mikesinner69)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/)
 * I have the htaccess file set up. Now how do I change the links and do I need 
   to do them each individualy or can I do them all at once?

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 *  [Michael Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miklb/)
 * (@miklb)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292380)
 * Options –>Permalinks in your admin panel should do the trick. If you haven’t 
   already, read the codex page on permalinks and permissions on your .htaccess 
   file. [Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)
 *  Thread Starter [mikesinner69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikesinner69/)
 * (@mikesinner69)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292383)
 * My host has mod_rewrite and I want to do something like this.
    /%year%/%monthnum%/%
   day%/%post_id%/
 * How do I set this up in the box in the permalinks section of admissions in my
   blog?
 * Do I just paste this in or do I need to paste the link in for each post?
 *  [Michael Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miklb/)
 * (@miklb)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292386)
 * Paste that into the box, click the update(or what ever it says at the bottom 
   button), and if all is well, it will say at the top “permalinks updated”. If 
   the file doesn’t have the right permissions, it will say something to the effect“
   if the file was writable..”, and then have the info that would be cut and pasted
   into the .htaccess file.
 *  Thread Starter [mikesinner69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikesinner69/)
 * (@mikesinner69)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292393)
 * I did something wrong. The individual pages are blank when I click on them.
 *  Thread Starter [mikesinner69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikesinner69/)
 * (@mikesinner69)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292394)
 * I had to delete the htaccess and upload a new blank one
 *  [angsuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angsuman/)
 * (@angsuman)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292395)
 * [@mikesinner69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikesinner69/)
    Please always
   mention clearly that you have NSFW site in your profile.
 *  [Michael Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miklb/)
 * (@miklb)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292396)
 * I’m assuming you’re working on a site other than the NSFW one in your username
   link, in which I find no reference to WordPress in the source, and the single
   page view worked?
 *  Thread Starter [mikesinner69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikesinner69/)
 * (@mikesinner69)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292401)
 * I’m using the one in my username link. I can view the front page but not the 
   single post links won’t work
 *  [Michael Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miklb/)
 * (@miklb)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292406)
 * Is WP writing to the .htaccess, or are you copying and pasting the rewrite rules?
 *  Thread Starter [mikesinner69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikesinner69/)
 * (@mikesinner69)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292407)
 * This is the cut and paste I did after the permalinks set up
 * <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}-
   f [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^.*$ – [S=47] RewriteRule
   ^feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^(feed
   |rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^page/?([0-9]{
   1,})/?$ /index.php?&paged=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^comments/feed/(feed|rdf|rss
   |rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^comments/(
   feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^comments/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?&paged=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^search/(.
   +)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?s=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^search/(.+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?s=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^search/(.+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?s=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^search/(.+)/?$ /index.php?s=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/feed/(feed
   |rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^category/(.+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$
   2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?category_name
   =$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$
   1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.
   php?author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|
   rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^author/([
   ^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^author/([^/]+)/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^date/([0-9]{
   4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year
   =$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^date/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([
   0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&
   feed=$4 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^date/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([
   0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&paged=$4 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^date/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&
   day=$3 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^date/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2
   |atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^date/([
   0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum
   =$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^date/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?
   $ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&paged=$3 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^date/([0-9]{4})/([
   0-9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^date/([0-9]{
   4})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^date/([0-9]{4})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,
   L] RewriteRule ^date/([0-9]{4})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&paged
   =$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^date/([0-9]{4})/?$ /index.php?year=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]+)/trackback/?$ /index.php?year=$
   1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&p=$4&tb=1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([
   0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum
   =$2&day=$3&p=$4&feed=$5 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([
   0-9]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&p=$4&
   feed=$5 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]+)/page/?([
   0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&p=$4&paged=$5 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$ /index.php?year=$
   1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&p=$4&page=$5 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([
   0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day
   =$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf
   |rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&
   monthnum=$2&day=$3&paged=$4 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-
   9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{
   4})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum
   =$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?
   $ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-
   9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&paged=$3 [QSA,L]
   RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2 [QSA,L]
   RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&feed
   =$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year
   =$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year
   =$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/?$ /index.php?year=$1 [QSA,L] </
   IfModule>
 *  [Michael Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miklb/)
 * (@miklb)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292409)
 * There’s no need to paste all that. I simply was inquiring as to whether or not
   WP was writing to the .htaccess. Did you paste that on the current .htaccess?
   And why not simply alter the permissions, and let WP write?
 *  Thread Starter [mikesinner69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikesinner69/)
 * (@mikesinner69)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292411)
 * yeah.. lol I got now. I have another question though. Can I change the dates 
   of posts without messing up the links or should I reset the permalinks if I need
   to do that?
 *  [Michael Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miklb/)
 * (@miklb)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-question-about-permalinks/#post-292418)
 * > yeah…lol I got now.
 * Got what? Permalinks working? For future viewers of this thread, could you clarify
   on what you did to succeed.
 * AFAIK, changing the time stamp shouldn’t effect anything regarding permalinks,
   other than possible incoming links getting 404 errors.

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