Title: Changing SLugs
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Changing SLugs

 *  [jamipanama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamipanama/)
 * (@jamipanama)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-slugs/)
 * I keep changing my slugs for my categories on the categories page. then hitting“
   update” button and they won’t change. Is there another setting I need to be changing
   to change my slugs? i am trying to make them more SEO friendly. i am using agent
   press child theme with genesis.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-slugs/#post-2110153)
 * Perhaps you need to review [Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks).
 *  Thread Starter [jamipanama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamipanama/)
 * (@jamipanama)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-slugs/#post-2110186)
 * I understand how permalinks work. I have changed my permalink to be a custom 
   structure, which works fine. part of my custom structure is inserting the slug
   for the category into the permalink before the post name. I want to clean up 
   the category slugs (which were created by someone else and are not right for 
   SEO). Seems easy enough, but when I make the changes in the categories tab and
   then hit update the changes will not save.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-slugs/#post-2110209)
 * You have to have a category base.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-slugs/#post-2110209)
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