Title: Changing URL structure Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Changing URL structure * Resolved [baristacoffees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baristacoffees/) * (@baristacoffees) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/) * For some reason, I am having a problem with my URL structure. I want to display my e-commerce site with [http://www.baristacoffees.com/blog](http://www.baristacoffees.com/blog) or /shop and when going to any other pages I am getting [http://baristacoffees.com/barista-cofees-2/blog](http://baristacoffees.com/barista-cofees-2/blog) or /shop * What can I do to fix this? * This happens on every page, except for the front page. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [derweili](https://wordpress.org/support/users/h3p315t05/) * (@h3p315t05) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6807850) * Your Permalink should be set to “postname”. You can check to in the wordpress backend under Settings > Permalinks * Maybe the current setting is “Custom -> /barista-cofees-2/%postname%/” * [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/) * (@songdogtech) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6807924) * [@derweili](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derweili/) said: * > Maybe the current setting is “Custom -> /barista-cofees-2/%postname%/” * No. * [@baristacoffees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baristacoffees/): the WordPress install is a folder called barista-coffees-2. To move the site to root, see [Giving WordPress Its Own Directory « Using a pre-existing subdirectory install](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install) * Thread Starter [baristacoffees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baristacoffees/) * (@baristacoffees) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6807964) * Ok, I changed the Permalink structure for the products that i have and they are turning our like this: * [http://www.baristacoffees.com/product/tour-of-the-world/](http://www.baristacoffees.com/product/tour-of-the-world/) * But, when I go back to the blog page: * [http://www.baristacoffees.com/barista-coffees-2/blog/](http://www.baristacoffees.com/barista-coffees-2/blog/) * What I did was change the permalink structure for products to: * Custom Base: /product * I also went back to confirm that the blog is still: * [http://www.baristacoffees.com/barista-coffees-2/blog](http://www.baristacoffees.com/barista-coffees-2/blog) * This is even after checking to see if if was still %postname% * Although posts are showing correctly: * [http://www.baristacoffees.com/image-of-page-42-of-civil-government-redent-bachelor-1917/](http://www.baristacoffees.com/image-of-page-42-of-civil-government-redent-bachelor-1917/) * Thread Starter [baristacoffees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baristacoffees/) * (@baristacoffees) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6807965) * By the way. This install is in the root directory. Very puzzled about this. * [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/) * (@songdogtech) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6807966) * Are the URLs in Dashboard>>Settings>>General both the same? * Thread Starter [baristacoffees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baristacoffees/) * (@baristacoffees) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6808188) * Yes, both URL’s are the same. Never changed. So, what would cause the issue I am having? * [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/) * (@songdogtech) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6808189) * So they are the same; but what are the URLs? * Thread Starter [baristacoffees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baristacoffees/) * (@baristacoffees) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6808215) * Here’s a list of the primary URL’s affected: * [http://www.baristacoffees.com/barista-coffees-2/blog/](http://www.baristacoffees.com/barista-coffees-2/blog/) * [http://www.baristacoffees.com/barista-coffees-2/contact-us/](http://www.baristacoffees.com/barista-coffees-2/contact-us/) * ….. * Pages not affected: * All products pages are fine (They show up as /product/XXXXXX). The front page is also fine. Also, articles on the blog are fine (They show up as [http://www.baristacoffees.com/name_of_article](http://www.baristacoffees.com/name_of_article)). * So, what does it look like? Will I have to re-do the installation or is this fixable? * [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/) * (@songdogtech) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6808216) * What are the two URLs in Dashboard>>Settings>>General? * Thread Starter [baristacoffees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baristacoffees/) * (@baristacoffees) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6808226) * WordPress Address: [http://www.baristacoffees.com](http://www.baristacoffees.com) Site Address: [http://www.baristacoffees.com](http://www.baristacoffees.com) * [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/) * (@songdogtech) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6808227) * #1 You have a plugin that allows you to give custom permalinks to pages * #2 You have pages set up that are children of other pages, i.e. a parent page called barista-coffees-2 and other pages that are children of it. * Thread Starter [baristacoffees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baristacoffees/) * (@baristacoffees) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6808242) * songdogtech, you are a lifesaver. I completely forgot about setting the pages to be child pages my homepage. Thank you for helping. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Changing URL structure’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [Coding](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/coding/) * [url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/url/) * [url structure](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/url-structure/) * [website](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/website/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 12 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [baristacoffees](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baristacoffees/) * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-url-structure-2/#post-6808242) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics