Title: ODD Permalink Issue
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# ODD Permalink Issue

 *  [kgravessd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgravessd/)
 * (@kgravessd)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/odd-permalink-issue/)
 * I have a basic WordPress CMS/Blog setup with a custom homepage and blog page 
   under Settings->Reading
 * Permalink Structre is setup as this:
    “/blog/%postname%/”
 * I can go to page I created in WordPress such as [http://www.example.com/pagename/](http://www.example.com/pagename/),
   however when I am debugging my URL’s to make sure the URL structure is SEO friendly
   I have tried typing in [http://www.example.com/blog/pagename/](http://www.example.com/blog/pagename/)
   to see what happens.
 * This URL is 302 redirecting to [http://www.example.com/pagename/](http://www.example.com/pagename/)
   because it recognizes it as a page not a post. Why is this not responding to 
   a 404 header(or atleast 301 redirecting)?
 * What is the solution for users that use WordPress for large scale cms’ with hundreds
   of pages? Do they need to manually 301 redirect these urls as they create new
   pages?

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 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/odd-permalink-issue/#post-1123412)
 * Why not just remove **blog** from your permalinks structure and move WordPress
   to a directory named **blog**?
 *  Thread Starter [kgravessd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgravessd/)
 * (@kgravessd)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/odd-permalink-issue/#post-1123418)
 * Yes, I could do that but It defeats the purpose of having the ability to use 
   WordPress as a CMS and a Blog in one. That is not a very ideal situation.
 * Why does it return a 302 rather than a 404 or 301?
 *  Thread Starter [kgravessd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgravessd/)
 * (@kgravessd)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/odd-permalink-issue/#post-1123422)
 * All the page URLs would then become /blog/pagename/ rather than just /pagename/
   unless I managed these pages manually outside of WordPress.

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 * Last reply from: [kgravessd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgravessd/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/odd-permalink-issue/#post-1123422)
 * Status: not resolved

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