Title: Manipulating Custom Permalink Structure Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Manipulating Custom Permalink Structure * Resolved [David Gard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duck_boy/) * (@duck_boy) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/) * Hey all, * I have just switched my site to friendly URLs as opposed to the standard Permalinks and I’m looking for some help to customise these links. * What I’m trying to do is make it so that certain groups of posts have one identifier, and others another. For example. - Posts displayed on page News (posts here are taken from several different Categories)to have the - URL ‘[http://www.example.com/company-news/%postname%’](http://www.example.com/company-news/%postname%’); - Posts displayed on the pages Individials (cat 38) or Businesses (cat 70) to have the URL ‘[http://www.example.com/services/%postname%’](http://www.example.com/services/%postname%’); - Posts displayed on pages Our People to have the URL ‘[http://www.example.com/our-people/%postname%’](http://www.example.com/our-people/%postname%’); * Adding %category% to the custom structure seems to only take the first Category that a post is assigned to, so it’s not quite what I would like. * Any pointers would be appriciated. * Thanks. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/#post-1380728) * What you’re asking for isn’t possible within the standard WP permalink system. * Thread Starter [David Gard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duck_boy/) * (@duck_boy) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/#post-1380733) * Shame. Do you know of any plans for that in the future, or of any Plugins that may achieve this (or close to this) * Thanks. * [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/) * (@t31os_) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/#post-1380735) * Take a look into using custom taxonomies, they provide a URL structure of.. * example.com/taxonomy/term * So for example, for all intents and purposes, one example could be.. * example.com/services/catering example.com/services/wedding-cakes * Or another.. * example.com/movies/the-matrix example.com/movies/3-weddings-and-a-funderal * This is actually how categories work, category being the taxonomy, and the category name being the term (they are taxonomies). * More on custom taxonomies here. [http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/06/custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress-28](http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/06/custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress-28) * Using a custom taxonomy means you can still use it alongside, or in conjunction with using categories or tags, or both… * Here’s a couple of plugins to make handling custom taxonomies easier. [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-taxonomies/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-taxonomies/) [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-taxonomies/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-taxonomies/) There are also some additional plugins relating to taxonomies if you wish to investigate further. [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=taxonomy](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=taxonomy) * Short of writing your custom rewrite structure to manage the posts and pages differently, i do believe that’s as close as you will get, due to how the rewrite structure operates. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/#post-1380743) * **[@t31os_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)**: Have you trued using Custom Taxonomies? Only 2.7+ support sounds like its a bit shaky. On the face of it, Simple Taxonomies looks more sound. * Thread Starter [David Gard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duck_boy/) * (@duck_boy) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/#post-1380752) * Thanks for the input guys. I have used one custom taxonomy on the site, and although I am finding them difficult at the moment I’m sure I’ll get there in the end. * Thanks muchly. * [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/) * (@t31os_) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/#post-1380762) * I believe i’ve used both under 2.8 without a problem, though unsure if i’ve used either under 2.9 … * In using them i think i preferred custom taxonomies if i remember correctly ( might be vice versa), i remember they both had their downsides in implementation, but both offered some good insight in how to manage and use custom taxonomies, so both very interesting plugins. * The blog post Justin did regarding custom taxonomies is i believe still a valid approach, and if memory serves both plugins pretty much use similar methods, so i can’t see why they wouldn’t work. * Are there some changes in how taxonomies are handled between 2.8/2.9 that you’re aware of, that may be cause for concern? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/#post-1380772) * No – just the notes on the lower part of the Custom Taxonomies page sound a little worrying. 🙂 * [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/) * (@t31os_) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/#post-1380786) * Oh, i see… i’ve just loaded it up (it’s still in my plugins folder – current version), and indeed it doesn’t work.. at least not on 3.0 .. * Disregard that plugin, although simple taxonomies still works just fine (tested under 3.0 alpha). * Thread Starter [David Gard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duck_boy/) * (@duck_boy) * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/#post-1380804) * I used Justins blog as a tutorial when I created the Taxonomy on my site, running 2.8.5 atm, and it was a massive help. I recommend that to anyone wanting to learn how to do these. * [http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/06/custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress-28](http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/06/custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress-28) * [yeeloon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yeeloon/) * (@yeeloon) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/#post-1381160) * Hey guys, * How can I achieve a link like this for Movie category posts: [http://popcritics.com/movies/the-junction-boys](http://popcritics.com/movies/the-junction-boys) * And this for Article category posts: [http://popcritics.com/2007/12/03/tom-hanks-film-charlie-wilsons-war-to-be-released-early](http://popcritics.com/2007/12/03/tom-hanks-film-charlie-wilsons-war-to-be-released-early) * I can’t seem to find an answer on Justin’s site on the custom taxonomy tuts. Anybody know how to do this? * Thanks, yeeloon Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Manipulating Custom Permalink Structure’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [yeeloon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yeeloon/) * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/manipulating-custom-permalink-structure/#post-1381160) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics