Title: create blog posts under specific directory
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# create blog posts under specific directory

 *  [jeepxj3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeepxj3/)
 * (@jeepxj3)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-blog-posts-under-specific-directory/)
 * Ok, so first off I have already set the static pages to go to my “blog” page.
 * My blog shows up just fine, but when I click on a blog topic, the URL does not
   show the individual post as being saved under this “blog” page, rather its a 
   page under the main directory.
 * Here is what I am after:
    [http://www.mainsite.com/blog/post1](http://www.mainsite.com/blog/post1)
 * Here is what I get:
    [http://www.mainsite.com/blog](http://www.mainsite.com/blog)
   [http://www.mainsite.com/post1](http://www.mainsite.com/post1)
 * Help!

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 *  [AdamBCarrier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adambcarrier/)
 * (@adambcarrier)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-blog-posts-under-specific-directory/#post-6698824)
 * Looks like you’re running WordPress at the server root ([http://www.mainsite.com/](http://www.mainsite.com/)).
   That means you’d need to add the “blog” part of the URL manually.
 * To do that, you could modify the Permalink structure to include “blog” at the
   directory root.
 * On your WordPress Dashboard, go to _Settings_ > _Permalinks_
 * Then, under _Common Settings_, choose _Custom Structure_. Add “blog” behind _/%
   postname%/_, so it looks like this:
 * [http://www.mainsite.com/blog/%postname%/](http://www.mainsite.com/blog/%postname%/)
 *  Thread Starter [jeepxj3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeepxj3/)
 * (@jeepxj3)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-blog-posts-under-specific-directory/#post-6698825)
 * Would this set all of my pages to be part of this sub directory as well? I figured
   that would be the answer, but I dont want to make the change and screw up the
   existing pages.
 *  Thread Starter [jeepxj3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeepxj3/)
 * (@jeepxj3)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-blog-posts-under-specific-directory/#post-6698826)
 * Existing setup:
    [http://www.mainsite.com/page1](http://www.mainsite.com/page1)
 * I do not want this to happen:
    [http://www.mainsite.com/blog/page1](http://www.mainsite.com/blog/page1)(
   NOT OK)
 * [http://www.mainsite.com/blog/post1](http://www.mainsite.com/blog/post1) (OK)
 *  [AdamBCarrier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adambcarrier/)
 * (@adambcarrier)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-blog-posts-under-specific-directory/#post-6698843)
 * The Permalinks setting will only affect your blog _Posts_, not your _Pages_, 
   so you’re safe.
 * [http://www.mainsite.com/page1](http://www.mainsite.com/page1) will _not_ show
   up as [http://www.mainsite.com/blog/page1](http://www.mainsite.com/blog/page1)
 *  Thread Starter [jeepxj3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeepxj3/)
 * (@jeepxj3)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-blog-posts-under-specific-directory/#post-6698847)
 * Excellent, Thank you Adam! This is exactly what I was looking for.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [jeepxj3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeepxj3/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-blog-posts-under-specific-directory/#post-6698847)
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