Title: changing page url
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# changing page url

 *  [worksitemassage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/worksitemassage/)
 * (@worksitemassage)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-page-url-2/)
 * My permalink urls are set up with this option:
 * [http://example.com/?p=123](http://example.com/?p=123)
 * Would like to specify a custom permalink url for a particular page.
 * [http://example.com/custompagename](http://example.com/custompagename)
 * WP doesn’t give me an Edit button for the permalink, even after I’ve published
   the page.
 * This is also true with posts (though I’ve only tried private publishing for these).
 * Is there any way to do this?
 * I don’t want to change my permalink structure because lots of links will break.
 * Much appreciated, thanks.

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 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-page-url-2/#post-2472330)
 * You need to set up “pretty permalinks” in order to have custom “slugs” like “
   custompagename” instead of the default “?p=123”
 * All about permalinks and pretty permalinks:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)
 * The short strokes:
 * 1) Go into Settings > Permalinks
 * 2) Choose your pretty permalink structure
 * After those steps, depending on your server setup, either your server will automatically
   update your .haccess file for you to enable pretty permalinks, **or** you may
   need to manually create and/or edit your .htaccess file. Instructions for doing
   that are on the above Codex page.
 * Once your pretty permalinks have been set up, you’ll be able to edit the page“
   slug” for each page and post to whatever you want.
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-page-url-2/#post-2472333)
 * p.s.
 * >  I don’t want to change my permalink structure because lots of links will break.
 * Even after setting up pretty permalinks, your old “ugly” links will still work,
   so there shouldn’t be any broken links.
 *  Thread Starter [worksitemassage](https://wordpress.org/support/users/worksitemassage/)
 * (@worksitemassage)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-page-url-2/#post-2472339)
 * Thanks zoonini!
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-page-url-2/#post-2472342)
 * My pleasure. Good luck!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-page-url-2/#post-2472342)
 * Status: not resolved

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