Title: Yoast Bulk Permalink Change
Last modified: August 11, 2017

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# Yoast Bulk Permalink Change

 *  Resolved [therealrobinrobin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therealrobinrobin/)
 * (@therealrobinrobin)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-change-8/)
 * Greetings,
 * I am working on a site/blogg that primarily relies on SEO traffic. They are using
   Yoast however it has been set to populate the permalinks in a way so that it 
   uses both the post title+date.
 * Example link:
    [http://berlinlovesyou.com/2017/08/06/berlin-premiere-the-jt-leroy-story-documentary/](http://berlinlovesyou.com/2017/08/06/berlin-premiere-the-jt-leroy-story-documentary/)
 * The recommended option in my oppinion is show only the title
    so the url should
   be [http://siteurl/post-title](http://siteurl/post-title)
 * Easier readability for user = higher click through rate (CTR) = better SEO rankings.
 * Anyone that has done this change in bulk before and have experience with this?
 * What I am considering is
    1: will I drop a lot of organic traffic initially, 
   is it very likely to recover from it?
 * 2: Will I have to re-direct every post that I change the permalink on with a 
   plugin like re-direction. If so can I do this in bulk? Most if not al of their
   posts have organic links connected to them.
 * This blog is run by friends of mine, they are making next to no money on it hence
   their budget is very small. I am helping to to start monetizing on it now. And
   if I would be required to manually re-direct all posts, it would simply cost 
   to much time.
 * Any ideas or suggestions would be truly appreciated!
 * Kind regards,
    Robin
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 *  [Pcosta88](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcosta88/)
 * (@pcosta88)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-change-8/#post-9401921)
 * Hi Robin,
 * If you are trying to change your structure we suggest using this guide: [How to Change your Permalink Structure](https://yoast.com/change-wordpress-permalink-structure/)
   and then using this [Permalink Helper Tool ](https://yoast.com/research/permalink-helper.php)
   to place some rules in your .htaccess file. You can locate your .htaccess file
   by going to SEO->Tools->File Editor and then pasting the rules at the top. Though,
   since we do not know your site, server configuration, or set-up we are unable
   to say for sure if the above guide or tool would work. 
 * We would suggest creating a staging site to make sure it works as expected. This
   guide explains more about creating a staging site:[ http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-staging-environment-for-a-wordpress-site/](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-staging-environment-for-a-wordpress-site/)
 * When those rules are placed in your .htaccess file you can expect any time a 
   user lands on the old permalink structure to be redirected to the new one.
 * Unfortuantely, we do not know your site or set-up so we cannot say how your organic
   traffic will fare. It may improve or it may drop. We do not know.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by [Pcosta88](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcosta88/).

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 * Last reply from: [Pcosta88](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcosta88/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-change-8/#post-9401921)
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