Title: Changing permalinks
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Changing permalinks

 *  [arthurvandalay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arthurvandalay/)
 * (@arthurvandalay)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalinks/)
 * Simple question – If I alter my permalinks after running my blogs for a few months,
   will it effect my already archived post locations?
 * Edit: I meant to post this in permalinks, my mistake.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalinks/#post-228595)
 * No, most of your permalinks are dynamic, so they will change along with the overall
   permalink change. The only permalinks that won’t change are ones that have hard-
   coded `<a href="">``</a>` tags. For example, if you have linked to post B inside
   post A, then you will have to go back and change post B’s link inside post A.
   Your Google pagerank may also be affected, as the bot’s index of your site may
   have to “rebuild” because of the new link structure. To avoid that, use a Google
   Sitemap. See: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Search_Engine_Optimization_for_Wordpress#Google_Sitemaps](http://codex.wordpress.org/Search_Engine_Optimization_for_Wordpress#Google_Sitemaps)
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalinks/#post-228596)
 * Yes, it will (that is in regards to older permalink links). However, if you prepare
   a bit in advance of the change, you can avoid breaking old links (if using .htaccess
   and mod_rewrite). All it takes is to copy your older rewrite rules from .htaccess,
   and after updating the permalink structure paste them back in (under the new 
   ones).
 *  [spaceninja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spaceninja/)
 * (@spaceninja)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalinks/#post-229217)
 * Question: If I use this method (copying my old .htaccess rules into my new .htaccess
   to keep my old permalinks working), do I need to add the R flag to them all to
   make them 301 redirect?

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-permalinks/#post-229217)
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