Title: Changing Permalinks
Last modified: September 5, 2019

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# Changing Permalinks

 *  [rwrider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rwrider/)
 * (@rwrider)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalinks-49/)
 * I created the site without knowledge about “friendly” links, winding up with 
   the default Permalinks. Now, I am wishing to change them to %post-name%. This
   breaks the site I hear.
 * How can I get around this without have to start over from scratch?
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by [rwrider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rwrider/).
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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalinks-49/#post-11900690)
 * Have a read of:
    [https://www.wpexplorer.com/change-permalinks-wordpress/](https://www.wpexplorer.com/change-permalinks-wordpress/)
   [https://wpengine.com/resources/wordpress-permalinks/](https://wpengine.com/resources/wordpress-permalinks/)
   [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-do-i-change-the-permalink-structure/](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-do-i-change-the-permalink-structure/)
 *  [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * (@jnashhawkins)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalinks-49/#post-11902019)
 * Read the three articles [@t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) suggested…
   they are very good.
 * Your permalinks should be fine in your case so go ahead and change them. I usually
   choose the ‘Day and Name’ setting!
 * Since you never actually set a custom permalink structure you’ll start seeing
   the ‘pretty permalinks’ but links that are using the default structure should
   still be fine as that is the underlying ‘permalink’ structure.
 * The ‘pretty permalinks’ are a boon to SEO and can really help attract visitors
   to your article when seen written out. I like including the day and date as that
   helps point out the ‘freshness’ of a new post while also denoting the age of 
   the older posts which probably would have been deleted or replaced if they were
   not worthy of publication.
 * At times you might want to look at your older posts and replace them or edit 
   the posts to reflect more info and a rewrite. In those cases a 301 redirect would
   be in order.

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 * Last reply from: [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalinks-49/#post-11902019)
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