Title: Permalink Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Permalink * Resolved [soltanamir1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soltanamir1/) * (@soltanamir1) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-19/) * Hi everyone, * I have a best which displays our products, and I have little section called “ Related Products” at the bottom of the listed product. Refer to the following link: [http://www.terraworldltd.com/storage/932.html](http://www.terraworldltd.com/storage/932.html) * My problem is that the links in the Related products section uses the “/?p=N” structure, which the actual permalink structure is “/%category%/%post_id%.html”. This issue only happenes in the “Related Products” section. Based on my research there is a problem with the coding of this section, which is the following: * _[Code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome). Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/)]_ * I have to change the coding somehow that it uses the permalink structure of my website. But I have a trouble figuring it out. I really really appreciate it if you can help me with this. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-19/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-19/page/2/?output_format=md) * [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/) * (@stvwlf) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-19/#post-1888672) * I am not sure if this is exactly right as I didn’t test the code. * Try replacing this line: `$productlink = $postval->guid;` with this: `$productlink = get_permalink($product_id);` * back up the file before you change it * Thread Starter [soltanamir1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soltanamir1/) * (@soltanamir1) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-19/#post-1888725) * hey, Thank you for your reply. I really appreciate it. * I actually tried this solution but it didn’t resolve the issue. Do you have any other suggestions? * [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/) * (@stvwlf) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-19/#post-1888726) * What happened – nothing changed? * If that is correct I suggest inserting some debugging code for a few minutes * change this * ``` $product_id = $postval->ID; $product_post_title = $postval->post_title; $productlink = get_permalink($product_id); ``` * to this * ``` $product_id = $postval->ID; echo 'ID = '. $product_id. '
'; $product_post_title = $postval->post_title; echo 'permalink = '. get_permalink($product_id). '
'; $productlink = get_permalink($product_id); ``` * This will print two lines that will show the ID # on one line and the permalink on the next line, one set for each post. I can’t say where on the page it will print – depends on where it runs. You may have to look hard for it. What you are after is to see what the permalink printout looks like, * The problem in your original code is it is using what is called the post GUI Id code, which contains the link formatting that you don’t want. * If you are seeing no output of those lines I added you should make sure the right version (meaning the right file) of the code is getting executed – one source of “nothing changed” issues is that the changed code was never used by the program. If you are using a caching plugin make sure you are seeing the live page and not a cached copy. * Thread Starter [soltanamir1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soltanamir1/) * (@soltanamir1) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-19/#post-1888730) * hey the problem was actually the caching. As soon as I disabled it, it worked. It now uses my custom permalink structure. Thank you. * But it didn’t resolve my initial issue, which I didn’t explain above. I thought by fixing the permalink, it would resolve the issue. Maybe if I explain it to you, you might be able to help me. * I recently changed the directory of my wordpress site from [http://www.TerraWorldLtd.com/wordpress](http://www.TerraWorldLtd.com/wordpress) to [http://www.TerraWorldLtd.com](http://www.TerraWorldLtd.com). Everything works fine except the “Related Products” section. * In this section, the thump image is not displayed ref: [http://www.terraworldltd.com/laptop/13inch/164.html](http://www.terraworldltd.com/laptop/13inch/164.html) under Related products. But the new product entries under the new directory, shows the product thump as it should. ref:[http://www.terraworldltd.com/storage/932.html](http://www.terraworldltd.com/storage/932.html) under Related products. * So the problem is that it doesn’t display the thumbs from the products entry in the old directory. I hope I explained my issue correctly. I spent days into resolving this issue, but still no luck. I really appreciate your help. * [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/) * (@stvwlf) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-19/#post-1888734) * I went to [http://www.terraworldltd.com/laptop/13inch/164.html](http://www.terraworldltd.com/laptop/13inch/164.html) and I am seeing all the images on the page. I see thumbnails in related products and the full size images when I click the thumbnails. * Am I not understanding something you are asking? If so please rephrase * Thread Starter [soltanamir1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soltanamir1/) * (@soltanamir1) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-19/#post-1888735) * I am not talking about the actual images of the product listed in that page. Those are fine. But if you look at the bottom of the page under Related Products, you see title of products which links to their actual page. It should display image thumb along with the title. Similar to [http://www.terraworldltd.com/storage/932.html](http://www.terraworldltd.com/storage/932.html). * Hope this time I explained correctly. 🙂 * [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/) * (@stvwlf) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-19/#post-1888736) * Got it * This is the Related products HTML the browser is seeing for the first item on storage/932.html * ```