Title: Permalinks
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Permalinks

 *  Resolved [HoddzDJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoddzdj/)
 * (@hoddzdj)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-125/)
 * Hi everyone! WordPress has been a big part of my life for years and I’m finally
   getting on my feet with my blog and getting it how I like. I’ve got myself a 
   WooTheme which has helped me make the place look great but there’s one thing 
   I’d like to change that relates to the permalinks.
 * At the moment my links are in the format 2012/06/08/sample-post/ but I’d like
   to know if it’s possible to do a few things with the links.
    1. Can I have it
   so my links are category/sample-post/ 2. Can I have ./category instead of ./category/
   category-name/sample-post/
 * So for example one of my categories is music so I’d like the link ./music/ to
   list all of my must posts and then if a post is gone into it goes over to ./music/
   sample-post/
 * I hope I’ve made myself clear here and not made it as clear as mud! Any help 
   would be greatly appreciated.
 * Regards, Ben

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-125/#post-2800158)
 * See [Using_Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks).
 *  Thread Starter [HoddzDJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoddzdj/)
 * (@hoddzdj)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-125/#post-2800193)
 * Thanks for the reply esmi. Not sure how I go about setting the main ./category/
   tag though. That’s where I’m totally lost! I’ve managed to figure out the other
   bit for the posts, but my links are still showing as
 * ./category/music/ for the music category and I just want it as ./music/
 * Regards, Ben.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-125/#post-2800196)
 * Unless you use a plugin, you still need a category base name. All you can do 
   otherwise is change the base name to something like “topics” or “section”. I 
   also have to point out that I have no idea how reliable (or not) these “remove
   category base” plugins are.
 *  Thread Starter [HoddzDJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoddzdj/)
 * (@hoddzdj)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-125/#post-2800199)
 * Okay no problem. Think I’ll probably leave it the way it is then, I have found
   a plugin that would do the job but it’s not a major problem so probably just 
   as easy to leave it as it is!
 * Thanks again esmi.
 * Regards, Ben.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-125/#post-2800317)
 * No problem 🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalinks-125/#post-2800317)
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