Title: Changing Permalink Structure
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Changing Permalink Structure

 *  [David Lassiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/david-lassiter/)
 * (@david-lassiter)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure-4/)
 * I want to change my permalink structure numeric, but I have know idea what I’m
   doing, or what I have to do with .htaccess I’ve tried to read some guides but
   I just don’t understand what I’m to do?
 * Also I have a handful of post under the default structure, do I have to do something
   extra to change them as well?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure-4/#post-1912689)
 * Have you reviewed [Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks)?
 * > do I have to do something extra to change them as well?
 * No. The changes will affect all posts – old & new.
 *  Thread Starter [David Lassiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/david-lassiter/)
 * (@david-lassiter)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure-4/#post-1912725)
 * Yeah I did read it, and I’m still not sure what I’m doing or where to start.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure-4/#post-1912726)
 * Have you tried using the numeric preset permalink structure in Settings->Permalinks?
 *  Thread Starter [David Lassiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/david-lassiter/)
 * (@david-lassiter)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure-4/#post-1912737)
 * yeah did that but when I do that I get a 404 error for every page beside the 
   home page
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure-4/#post-1912885)
 * Check with your hosts that mod_rewrite is running on your server.
 *  Thread Starter [David Lassiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/david-lassiter/)
 * (@david-lassiter)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure-4/#post-1913033)
 * Where would I go to find that (besides emailing C.S.)
 * I use Ipage is my host, there is an .htaccess editor
    but can’t see, to find 
   any place to put the permalink code
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       ```
   

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 * [numeric](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/numeric/)
 * [permalink](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink/)

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalink-structure-4/#post-1913033)
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