Changing permalinks after page creation

  • mannyboi

    (@mannyboi)


    13 years, 11 months ago

    Hi everyone!

    Just wondering if i am missing something;
    I am trying to change the permalinks of my WP-page. The current setting is the default (page_id=XXX), and i have created my whole page with that setting enabled.

    Just for the esthetics, i now want to change the structure to the /%postname%/-setting, and wondering if this is impossible?

    I have understood that the pages are still persistent in the old permalink-structure, even though i change my settings. But is there any way to update my pages to the new structure? When i click on the posts it displays the correct permalink-structure, and even though i update the post, it never becomes avalible on the new link. Shouldnt it be easy to just “republish” the pages to the new URL?

    Am i missing something?

    Any help is greatly appreciated.
    Thanks!

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  • WP Libra

    (@wpbum)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    Changing permalinks everything should change for you.

    If you were direct linking to your template to pageidxxx whatever then it will redirect to the new permalink.

    Thread Starter mannyboi

    (@mannyboi)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks for a quick answer!

    Thats what I thought too; WP is very intuitive, but sometimes when a function doesnt work, i feel like a complete retard. I am using a menu that links to the correct url.

    Note that when i am viewing a post, the correct permalink is displayed, but when i press “view page” it just gives me a 404.

    Changing the permalink-settings just sends me to a 404 on every page, no matter what i do…

    WP Libra

    (@wpbum)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    Could be your theme.

    Swap to the default theme and test. If it works then you know you got a theme issue.

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